Authors: Patrick C Y Woo 1, Yi Huang, Susanna K P Lau, Kwok-Yung Yuen The drastic increase in the number of coronaviruses discovered and coronavirus genomes being sequenced have given us an unprecedented opportunity […]
COV-19 NCBI Genomics Basic: Unlocking capacities of viral genomics for the COVID-19 pandemic response
Authors: Sergey Knyazev,# Karishma Chhugani,# Varuni Sarwal,# Ram Ayyala,# Harman Singh,# Smruthi Karthikeyan, Dhrithi Deshpande, Zoia Comarova, Angela Lu, Yuri Porozov, Aiping Wu, Malak S. Abedalthagafi, Shivashankar H. Nagaraj, Adam L. Smith, Pavel Skums, Jason Ladner, Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam, Nicholas C. Wu, Alex Zelikovsky, Rob Knight, Keith A. Crandall, and Serghei […]
Elevated levels of a blood clotting factor linked to worse outcomes in severe COVID-19
Authors: MGH NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS This article is part of Harvard Medical School’s continuing coverage of medicine, biomedical research, medical education and policy related to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the disease […]
COVID-19 presenting with diarrheas’ and hyponatremias
Authors: Fateen Ata, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9549-8352Hussam Almasri, Jamal Sajid and http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4631-9899Zohaib Yousaf COVID-19 is a viral disease with a high infectivity rate. The full spectrum of the disease is not yet understood. This understanding may help […]
Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
Authors: Lindsey R. Baden, M.D., Hana M. El Sahly, M.D., Brandon Essink, M.D., Karen Kotloff, M.D., Sharon Frey, M.D., Rick Novak, M.D., David Diemert, M.D., Stephen A. Spector, M.D., Nadine Rouphael, M.D., C. Buddy Creech, M.D., John McGettigan, M.D., Shishir Khetan, […]
Early High-Titer Plasma Therapy to Prevent Severe Covid-19 in Older Adults
Authors: Romina Libster, M.D., Gonzalo Pérez Marc, M.D., Diego Wappner, M.D., Silvina Coviello, M.S., Alejandra Bianchi, Virginia Braem, Ignacio Esteban, M.D., Mauricio T. Caballero, M.D., Cristian Wood, M.D., Mabel Berrueta, M.D., Aníbal Rondan, M.D., Gabriela Lescano, M.D., et al., for the Fundación INFANT–COVID-19 […]
Cellular pathology in the COVID-19 era: a European perspective on maintaining quality and safety
Authors: John R Gosney1, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0431-9353Paul Hofman2, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1630-5805Giancarlo Troncone3, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6813-0395Fernando Lopez-Rios4 COVID-19 is a zoonotic viral infection that originated in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. WHO classified the resulting pandemic as a ‘global health […]
COVID-19 Vaccination in Autoimmune Diseases: Patient Perspectives and Concerns
Authors: Meghna Rao The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that individuals with autoimmune diseases and those with weakened immune systems receive the COVID-19 vaccines; however, no solid […]
An itchy erythematous papular skin rash as a possible early sign of COVID-19: a case report
Authors: Alice Serafini, Peter Konstantin Kurotschka, Mariabeatrice Bertolani & Silvia Riccomi Background Several recent studies suggest the possibility of a skin rash being a clinical presentation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The purpose of […]
What’s Sex Got to Do With COVID-19? Gender-Based Differences in the Host Immune Response to Coronaviruses
Authors: Nirupa Gadi1,2, Samantha C. Wu1,2, Allison P. Spihlman1,2 and Vaishali R. Moulton1* The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the cause of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has ravaged the world, […]