Category: Health
SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection
“These data reveal strong selection on SARS-CoV-2 during convalescent plasma therapy associated with emergence of viral variants with evidence of reduced susceptibility to neutralising antibodies.” More...
100 UK children a week are being hospitalised with Covid-19 PIMS MISC
Up to 100 UK children a week hospitalised with rare post-Covid disease PIMS (MISC)
75% of children worst affected by paediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome are BAME
Up to 100 children a week are being hospitalised with a rare disease that can emerge weeks after Covid-19, leaving them in intensive care, doctors have said. More...
SARS-CoV-2 may be transported by ambient particles especially at sites close to Covid-19 infection hot-spots
According to RT-PCR and 3D-RT-PCR analysis, dual RdRP and N1 gene positivity were detected in 20 (9.8 %) of the samples. More...
Corzano, Italy: We have 140 positives and 60% are elementary and kindergarten students
10 percent of the population of Corzano, a town of 1,400 people in the province of Brescia, is positive for Covid. More...
7% SARS-CoV-2 reinfection rate: 30 Brazil healthcare workers reinfected, often with worse symptoms than first infection
A professor of immunology at Imperial College London, told Sky News that while there were only 100 proven cases worldwide of reinfection, his conversations with doctors suggested it was “far more common than we’ve imagined”. More...
Robust spike antibody responses and increased reactogenicity in seropositive individuals after a single dose of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine
“we show that the antibody response to the first vaccine dose in individuals with pre-existing immunity is equal to or even exceeds the titers found in naïve individuals after the second dose. More...
A novel SARS-CoV-2 related coronavirus in bats from Cambodia
Here we describe the identification of SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses in two Rhinolophus shameli bats sampled in Cambodia in 2010. More...
Persistence and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in an immunocompromised host
A 154 day Covid infection, with possible multiple different infections. More...
Coronavirus vaccine that has proven safe and effective in mice and monkeys
Researchers at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have developed a COVID-19 vaccine that has proven safe and effective in mice and monkeys. More...
International travel showed the biggest impact on increases in coronavirus death rates
A new study comparing countries most severely hit by COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic has found that international travel showed the biggest impact on increases in death rates.