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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: We may be done with covid, but covid’s not done with us

Logistics expert Jeff Zients, who has headed the White House covid-19 response team since the start of the Biden administration, is stepping down and will be replaced by popular public health expert Dr. Ashish Jha, who will take a leave from his post as dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University.

17 Mar 2022

It was already hard to find Evusheld, a covid prevention therapy. Now it’s even harder.

As immunocompromised people across the country work to get Evusheld, a potentially lifesaving covid therapy, several hundred providers of the injections were removed from a federal dataset on Wednesday night, making the therapy even harder to locate.

17 Mar 2022

Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant is more stable than its ancestral strain on smooth and porous surfaces

Researchers showed that the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern is more stable on smooth and porous surfaces compared to its five ancestral strains.

17 Mar 2022

Evaluating vesicular stomatitis virus-based COVID-19 vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters

Researchers assessed the efficacy of vesicular stomatitis virus-based coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines in Syrian golden hamsters.

17 Mar 2022

Study reports thiopurines inhibit the replication of the betacoronaviruses HCoV-OC43 and SARS-CoV-2

Researchers demonstrated that the thiopurines block coronaviruses spike protein assembly and integration into progeny virions.

17 Mar 2022

Narrative review reports two important mediators in SARS-CoV-2-induced ischemic stroke recovery

Researchers explored neuroinflammation and COVID-19-induced ischemic stroke recovery.

17 Mar 2022

Study finds co-infected individuals carrying two distinct lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in Argentina

Researchers used molecular surveillance to identify cases of co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern Delta and Omicron reported in Argentina during December 2021 and January 2022.

17 Mar 2022

Study reports reduced disease severity in Syrian hamsters during re-infection with SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant

Researchers studied the immune responses in Syrian hamsters re-infected with SARS-CoV-2 Delta and B.1 variants three months after the primary infection.

17 Mar 2022

Researchers evaluate predictors for mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Researchers identified independent factors associated with early and late deaths in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

17 Mar 2022

Clinical utility of Roche assays determined utilizing samples from participants enrolled in a phase 2 trial of the mRNA-1273 vaccine

Researchers quantified the humoral immune response against the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine using commercially available high throughput assays.

17 Mar 2022

Biomarkers to identify SARS-CoV-2 patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation

Researchers evaluated biomarkers that could help identify COVID-19 patients needing invasive mechanical ventilation.

17 Mar 2022

Novel mathematical model could predict the evolutionary trend of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers used a novel mathematical model to simulate SARS-CoV-2 dynamics inside the host.

17 Mar 2022

Novel fusion inhibitor blocks SARS-CoV-2 spike-mediated cell-cell fusion

Researchers constructed a novel fusion inhibitor−based recombinant protein, referred to as 5−Helix, to block SARS-CoV-2 spike-mediated cell-cell fusion.

17 Mar 2022

Impact of B-cell depletion therapy on hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Researchers assessed the clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infections who were previously treated with B-cell depletion therapy.

17 Mar 2022

Study finds serum antibody levels after BNT162b2 booster dropped significantly but remained higher than after the second dose

A recent study assessed the reduction in antibody titers observed after the third dose of SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine in adults.

17 Mar 2022

The immunogenicity of homologous and heterologous boosters in adults who received inactivated COVID-19 vaccine six months prior

Researchers compared the efficacy of booster doses of heterologous intramuscular and aerosolized adenovirus-vectored vaccine, a recombinant protein-based ZF2001 vaccine, and homologous CoronaVac vaccines.

17 Mar 2022

Coronavirus News and Research

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: We may be done with covid, but covid’s not done with us

It was already hard to find Evusheld, a covid prevention therapy. Now it’s even harder.

Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant is more stable than its ancestral strain on smooth and porous surfaces

Evaluating vesicular stomatitis virus-based COVID-19 vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters

Study reports thiopurines inhibit the replication of the betacoronaviruses HCoV-OC43 and SARS-CoV-2

Narrative review reports two important mediators in SARS-CoV-2-induced ischemic stroke recovery

Study finds co-infected individuals carrying two distinct lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in Argentina

Study reports reduced disease severity in Syrian hamsters during re-infection with SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant

Researchers evaluate predictors for mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Clinical utility of Roche assays determined utilizing samples from participants enrolled in a phase 2 trial of the mRNA-1273 vaccine

Biomarkers to identify SARS-CoV-2 patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation

Novel mathematical model could predict the evolutionary trend of SARS-CoV-2

Novel fusion inhibitor blocks SARS-CoV-2 spike-mediated cell-cell fusion

Impact of B-cell depletion therapy on hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Study finds serum antibody levels after BNT162b2 booster dropped significantly but remained higher than after the second dose

The immunogenicity of homologous and heterologous boosters in adults who received inactivated COVID-19 vaccine six months prior

Study suggests single nucleotide polymorphism in interferon receptor impacts COVID-19 outcomes

Researchers develop extraction-free saliva RT-LAMP assay for workplace surveillance of SARS-CoV-2

Prevalence and duration of post-COVID condition in healthcare workers

Exploring the connection between SARS-CoV-2 infection and the human gut microbiome

Sensing a Healthier Future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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