Persistent breathlessness is reported by more than 50% of patients recovering from COVID-19. Now researchers have suggested that this may be due to long-lasting immune activity in the airways, raising the possibility of finding ways to overcome the problem. In their study, published in Immunity, researchers from Imperial College London’s National Heart […]
It’s now known that tinnitus may be an unexpected side effect of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, and there is an urgent need to understand the precise mechanisms and best treatment for vaccine-associated tinnitus, researchers say. As of mid-September 2021, 12,247 cases of tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, following COVID-19 vaccination have been reported […]
Background Protection afforded from prior disease among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection is unknown. If infection provides substantial long-lasting immunity, it may be appropriate to reconsider vaccination distribution. Methods This retrospective cohort study of 1 health system included 150,325 patients tested for COVID-19 infection via polymerase chain reaction […]
With new cases of COVID-19 continuing to fall, this could be the time to focus on making sure everyone has equal access to vaccines and other drugs before the next public health emergency. The coronavirus pandemic, now in its third year, saw major issues develop around equal access to diagnosis, […]
China, que lleva blindada contra el coronavirus desde el inicio de la pandemia, se está enfrentando a la mayor ola de infecciones desde hace meses. El gigante asiático ha superado la barrera de los 1.000 contagios locales dentro de su territorio por primera vez desde el estallido de la crisis sanitaria mundial […]
Cases of COVID-19 show signs of rising among the over-55s, raising the possibility that the pandemic could be prolonged by the spread of the BA.2 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant, a study has suggested. Increased socialising and waning immunity after vaccination could be behind the development, scientists led by a team […]
Hybrid versions of the coronavirus that combine genes from the Delta and Omicron variants have been identified in at least 17 patients in the United States and Europe, researchers said. Because there have been so few confirmed cases, it is too soon to know whether such infections will be very […]
Vaccines are the best way to protect yourself against COVID-19. They elicit a strong defense against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease. Vaccines activate your body’s disease defense system, called the immune system. The response starts by engaging two kinds of immune cells: B cells, which produce antibodies that […]
In the pandemic’s initial dark days, physicians and patients and their families were desperate for effective COVID-19 treatments. They didn’t yet have monoclonal antibodies or antiviral pills to lessen the ravages of the disease, so many turned to a therapy more than a century old. At the very least, they […]
More than 100 disability advocacy groups have told CDC Director Rochelle Walensky that the agency’s new face mask guidance threatens the health of the disabled, people of color, and chronically ill, immunocompromised, and older Americans. Specifically, the groups complained that the new CDC guidance says that most people don’t need to […]
