SARS-CoV-2 omicron XBB.1.5 variant is highly transmissible and infectious, study shows
Medical Xpress· 6 days agoAlthough we now have highly effective vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19,...
Sick With Something That Isn't COVID-19 or the Flu? Here's What It Might Be
Time via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoData from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that a mixture of...
New report suggests COVID pandemic's origins linked to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market
ABC News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFirst reported in The Atlantic, a team of scientists from around the world announced Thursday they...
SARS-CoV-2 infection weakens immune-cell response to vaccination, suggests study
Medical Xpress· 7 hours agoThe magnitude and quality of a key immune cell's response to vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were considerably lower in people with prior SARS< ...
New study finds co-infection with 'superbug' bacteria increases SARS-CoV-2 replication
Medical Xpress· 7 hours agoGlobal data shows nearly 10 percent of severe COVID-19 cases involve a secondary bacterial...
Teams identifies cell entry mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 and therapeutic target for COVID-19
Medical Xpress· 14 hours agoA study led by scientists from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has identified a protease called MT1-MMP that is a major host factor behind the infectivity of the SARS- ...
SARS-CoV-2 studies: Only neutralizing antibodies allow conclusions to be drawn about protection...
Medical Xpress· 7 hours agoAlthough the population has developed specific immune responses due to previous infections and vaccinations, vaccinated and vulnerable individuals continue to contract COVID-19. In a review ...
WHO details discussions over newly revealed Wuhan market SARS-CoV-2 sequences
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 7 hours agoCopied to clipboard Over the weekend, the World Health Organization (WHO) detailed conversations...
SAGO statement on newly released SARS-CoV-2 metagenomics data from China CDC on GISAID
Benzinga· 22 hours agoWHO was made aware of new SARS-CoV-2 sequences and metagenomics data associated with samples collected in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale ...
Enhanced recombination among omicron variants shown contributes to viral immune escape, finds study
Medical Xpress· 6 hours agoIn January 2022, around the time that the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 started spreading rapidly, a team of researchers at the Indian ...