Authors: Daniel Engber 1 day agoLike As the pandemic drags on into a bleak and indeterminate future, so does the question of its origins. The consensus view from 2020, that in the likeliest scenario SARS-CoV-2 emerged naturally, through a jump from bats to humans (maybe with another animal between), persists unchanged. But suspicions that the outbreak started […]
Both of the mRNA vaccines available in the US are highly effective against severe COVID-19, but recent studies suggest that Moderna’s elicits a stronger immune response and might be better at preventing breakthrough infections. Authors: Alejandra Manjarrez Sep 24, 2021 TeamPfizer and #TeamModerna are two of the captions often found next to selfies of […]
Author: Carissa Wolf, Frances Stead Sellers, Ashley Cusick, Kim Mueller 1 day ago Even in Idaho, which has one of the lowest coronavirus vaccination rates in the country, clinics have been gearing up for an onslaught of calls and emails requesting booster shots. Administrators at the Primary Health Medical Group updated their website Thursday and then […]
By ILAN BEN ZIONyesterday JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is pressing ahead with its aggressive campaign of offering coronavirus boosters to almost anyone over 12 and says its approach was further vindicated by a U.S. decision to give the shots to older patients or those at higher risk. Israeli officials credit the booster shot, which has […]
Authors: JORDAN LANCASTER REPORTER September 10, 20214:03 PM E Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday night on CNN that he didn’t have a “firm answer” as to why those who have been previously infected with Covid and have natural immunity are being required to take the vaccine. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent, pointed out a recent […]
Authors; Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Research conducted by the University of California has found that teenage boys are six times more likely to suffer from heart problems caused by the COVID-19 vaccine than to be hospitalized as a result of COVID-19 itself. “A team led by Dr Tracy Hoeg at the University of California […]
Authors: By Hannah Sparks September 7, 2021 The National Institutes of Health has announced a $1.67 million study to investigate reports that suggest the COVID-19 vaccine may come with an unexpected impact on reproductive health. It’s been a little over six months since the three COVID-19 vaccines in the US — Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson — became widely […]
Researchers discovered an enzyme that is genetically related to a key enzyme in snake venom and was found in COVID-19 fatalities in doses 20 times the safe amount. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF SEPTEMBER 4, 2021 19:37 A study from the University of Arizona discovered that an enzyme with a key role in severe inflammation may be a […]
Authors: Fenit Nirappil The Washington Post Aug. 31, 2021 Andrew Kinsey knew that even after being vaccinated against the coronavirus, there was a chance he could still fall ill with covid-19. He just never expected to feel this lousy from a case doctors call mild. For nearly a week, Kinsey felt like he had been […]
Date: June 10, 2021Source:American Society of Nephrology Summary: The virus that causes COVID-19 can infect and replicate in human kidney cells, but this does not typically lead to cell death. Kidney cells that already have features of injury may be more easily infected and develop additional injury. Researchers have studied human kidney cells in the […]