Authors: August 19, 2021in News Covid precautions have turned many parts of our world into a giant salad bar, with plastic barriers separating sales clerks from shoppers, dividing customers at nail […]
CDC Data Shows ‘Worrying Drop’ in Vaccine Efficacy over Time
Authors: HANNAH BLEAU18 Aug 2021 Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has demonstrated what has been described as a “worrying drop” in coronavirus vaccine efficacy over […]
Biden to require nursing homes get staff vaccinated or lose federal funds
Authors: By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Updated 2:38 PM ET, Wed August 18, 2021 (CNN)The Biden administration will direct all nursing homes to require their staff be vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to continue receiving Medicare […]
Vaccines show declining effectiveness against infection overall but strong protection against hospitalization amid delta variant
Authors: Ben Guarino 2 hrs agoLike6 Comments|51 Three studies published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that protection against the coronavirus from vaccines declined in the midsummer […]
More than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths recorded as US returns to April levels
Authors: BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL – 08/18/21 07:27 AM EDT The U.S. recorded more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday as numbers reach levels last seen in April, largely due to the highly infectious delta […]
‘We are on fire’: Five U.S. states set new records for Covid cases as hospitalizations rise
PUBLISHED MON, AUG 16 20213:54 PM EDTUPDATED MON, AUG 16 20214:49 PM EDT KEY POINTS Nationwide, less than 11% of all hospital beds are being used by Covid patients. In […]
No point vaccinating those who’ve had COVID-19: Cleveland Clinic study suggests
Authors: By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D.Jun 8 2021 Scientists from the Cleveland Clinic, USA, have recently evaluated the effectiveness of coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19) vaccination among individuals with or without […]
Simple blood test can tell whether patients will suffer from ‘long COVID’
Authors: by Study Finds AUGUST 15, 2021 CAMBRIDGE, England — A simple blood test for long COVID is on the horizon. Biological “fingerprints” can identify individuals with the debilitating syndrome, according […]
Evaluation of the safety of mRNA-Moderna in adolescents
Authors: Killian Meara The vaccine demonstrated an acceptable safety profile in the adolescent population. A recent study conducted by investigators from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, Moderna, has found that […]
The Lancet COVID-19 Resource Centre
Welcome to the Lancet COVID-19 Resource Centre, bringing together all COVID-19 research, reviews, commentary, news, and analysis from across the Lancet family of journals as it is published. The resource aims to assist health […]