COVID-19 antibodies persist at least nine months after infection, study finds
Photo Cred: Andrea Crisanti By Katherine Shagoury Antibody levels remain high nine months after infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), whether symptomatic or asymptomatic, according...
Read MoreFDA announces new warning for Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Photo Cred: Mufid Majnun/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced this week revisions to the vaccine recipient and vaccination provider fact sheets for the Johnson &...
Read MorePfizer develops booster strategy, officials say not yet needed
Photo Cred: Mohammad Shahhosseini/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The companies behind one of the three novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations authorized for emergency use, Pfizer and BioNTech, met with health officials on...
Read MoreStudy links COVID-19 pandemic to reduced access to gender-affirming care
Photo Cred: Brett Sayles/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A survey offered to transgender and nonbinary people across six continents and in thirteen languages shows that during the first months of the...
Read MoreNew research looks at how immune system reacts to COVID-19 variants
Photo Cred: Australian Red Cross Lifeblood By Katherine Shagoury In a new study published in the journal PLOS Medicine, researchers from the University of Sydney looked at how the immune...
Read MoreStudy links mild COVID-19 symptoms with prior coronavirus encounters
Photo Cred: Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury People with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) may experience milder symptoms if certain cells of their immune systems “remember” previous encounters with seasonal coronaviruses,...
Read MoreLancet study looks at inactivated COVID-19 vaccine for children
Photo Cred: CDC/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Two doses of the inactivated novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, CoronaVac, manufactured by Sinovac, are safe and provoke a strong antibody response among 550 children...
Read MoreTrauma patients with COVID-19 greater risk of complications, death
Photo Cred: Martha Dominguez de Gouveia/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)-positive patients with traumatic injuries have six times higher risk of death and complication than patients without COVID-19, according...
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