Authors: By Ariel Hart, Helena Oliviero– The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Responding to the resurging pandemic and breakthrough infections, President Biden and some top health officials are pushing for the U.S. to begin vaccine booster shots by Sept. 20. But the committee of scientists who officially recommend whether to take such steps met Monday and pushed back. The […]
Authors: By Yaron SteinbuchAugust 30, 2021 10:50am A COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa could be more infectious than other mutations — and may have the potential of being resistant to vaccines, according to a report. The C.1.2 strain has been linked to “increased transmissibility” and is said to have mutated the most from the original virus, which […]
Authors: BY TYLER DURDENMONDAY, AUG 30, 2021 – 02:14 P Earlier this month, we reported on leaked data from a Canadian study which arrived at a disturbing conclusion: the risk of rare side effects like myocarditis and pericarditis – types of heart inflammation that are potentially deadly in some patients – was at least 2.5x higher […]
Experts believe there will be no long-term side effects to the mRNA vaccines. Authors: By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN AUGUST 30, 2021 22:34 As thousands of Israelis rush back to their health funds in search of a third COVID-19 vaccine shot and a Green Pass from isolation after traveling abroad, others are asking if another injection of messenger RNA […]
Authors: Bryant, Andrew MSc1,*; Lawrie, Theresa A. MBBCh, PhD2; Dowswell, Therese PhD2; Fordham, Edmund J. PhD2; Mitchell, Scott MBChB, MRCS3; Hill, Sarah R. PhD1; Tham, Tony C. MD, FRCP4 American Journal of Therapeutics: July/August 2021 – Volume 28 – Issue 4 – p e434-e460doi: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000001402 Abstract Background: Repurposed medicines may have a role against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The […]
Authors: By Jon CohenMay. 6, 2021 , 2:45 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation. A team of prominent scientists has doubled down on its controversial hypothesis that genetic bits of the pandemic coronavirus can integrate into our chromosomes and stick around long after the infection is over. If they are right—skeptics have […]
Author:TorstenHansenaUlfTitzeaNidhi Su AnnKulamadayil-HeidenreichbSabineGlombitzacJohannes, et. al. Highlights • We report on a patient with a single dose of vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. • He developed relevant serum titer levels but died 4 weeks later. • By postmortem molecular mapping, we found viral RNA in nearly all organs examined. • However, we did not observe any characteristic morphological features of COVID-19. • […]
Authors: Spyros Lytras1, Wei Xia2, Joseph Hughes1, Xiaowei Jiang3, David L. Robertson1 See all authors and affiliationsScience 27 Aug 2021:Vol. 373, Issue 6558, pp. 968-970 DOI: 10.1126/science.abh0117 Although first detected in December 2019, COVID-19 was inferred to be present in Hubei province, China, for about a month before (1). Where did this new human disease come from? To understand the origin […]
Authors: ViewAmarendra Pegu1,†, Sarah O’Connell1,† View ORCID ProfileStephen D. Schmidt1,†, Sijy O’Dell1,†, View ORCID ProfileChloe A. Talana1, Lilin Lai2, Jim Albert Science 12 Aug 2021: eabj4176m OI: 10.1126/science.abj4176 Abstract SARS-CoV-2 mutations may diminish vaccine-induced protective immune responses, particularly as antibody titers wane over time. Here, we assess the impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants B.1.1.7 (Alpha), B.1.351 (Beta), P.1 (Gamma), B.1.429 (Epsilon), […]
Julia Hippisley-Cox1, Duncan Young2,3, Carol Coupland4, Keith M Channon5, Pui San Tan6, David A Harrison7, Kathryn Rowan8, Paul Aveyard6, Ian D Pavord9, Peter J Watkinson5,10 Correspondence to Prof Julia Hippisley-Cox, Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 Abstract Background There is uncertainty about the associations of angiotensive enzyme (ACE) inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) drugs with COVID-19 disease. We studied whether […]