By Brenda Goodman, CNN August 28, 2023 Experts say it’s less risky to catch Covid-19 than it used to be, but there are still good reasons not to treat it casually. Daly and Newton/The Image Bank RF/Getty ImagesCNN — Covid-19 was never just another cold. We knew it was going to stick around and keep changing to try to […]
DEC 14, 2023 – Authored by Amie Dahnke via The Epoch Times The COVID-19 virus can remain in the lungs for months after an individual has been infected—even though it may be undetected by over-the-counter (OTC) tests, a new study finds. The findings, established by a research team from the Institut Pasteur in France and […]
NOV 25, 2023 – The Epoch Times People with protection against COVID-19 following recovery from the illness were better protected than those who received a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new study. People who received a vaccine were nearly five times as likely as the naturally immune to test positive for COVID-19 during the Delta era […]
Shiv Pillai, Published , 2023 – More infoView PDF , 10.1172/JCI168080 Abstract The continued emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants and waning vaccine immunity are some of the factors that drive the continuing search for more effective treatment and prevention options for COVID-19. In this issue of the JCI, Changrob, et al. describe an anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody, isolated from a […]
by Erik Robinson, Oregon Health & Science University JANUARY 25, 2023 Immunity from COVID-19 appears to gather strength with more time between vaccination and infection, a new laboratory study from researchers at Oregon Health & Science University suggests. The findings carry implications for vaccine recommendations as the pandemic transitions to an endemic state. Researchers measured the […]
By Jim Hᴏft Sep. 17, 2023 Medical professionals are finding it increasingly challenging to distinguish between Covid-19, allergies, and the common cold. Gone are the days when the loss of taste or smell and a dry cough were the telltale signs of Covid-19. According to Dr. Erick Eiting, vice chair of operations for emergency medicine at Mount […]
Authors: David Axe Updated Oct. 16, 2022 A new subvariant of the novel-coronavirus called XBB dramatically announced itself earlier this week, in Singapore. New COVID-19 cases more than doubled in a day, from 4,700 on Monday to 11,700 on Tuesday—and XBB is almost certainly why. The same subvariant just appeared in Hong Kong, too. A highly mutated descendant of the Omicron […]
Authors: Kenji Yamamoto Virology Journal volume 19, Article number: 100 (2022) Abstract Recently, The Lancet published a study on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and the waning of immunity with time. The study showed that immune function among vaccinated individuals 8 months after the administration of two doses of COVID-19 vaccine was lower than that among the unvaccinated individuals. According to European Medicines […]
Authors: Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, UL 18, 2022 The protection afforded by surviving COVID-19 was strong against the latest virus subvariants, including the one currently dominant in the United States, scientists in Qatar found. People who were infected with Omicron, a variant of SARS-CoV-2, had 76.1 percent protection against symptomatic reinfection from BA.4 and BA.5 […]
But scientists warn that the findings do not mean that children should not be vaccinated against COVID-19. Authors: Heidi Ledford July 4, 2022 NATURE Children and adolescents who had not been vaccinated against COVID-19 mounted a long-lasting immune response to infection with the Delta variant of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to a large study of Israeli […]
