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New findings highlight the need to expand the toolbox to fight against COVID-19

When Kamlendra Singh flew back to Missouri from India in April, he developed a cough and fever on the plane, despite being vaccinated for COVID-19 and testing negative for the virus right before departure.

28 Sep 2021

Study finds common adverse events between Flu and COVID-19 vaccines

A study compared the top 10 common adverse events of COVID-19 vaccines and flu vaccine’s adverse effects.

28 Sep 2021

Review of COVID-19 clinical and viral characteristics, pathogenesis, and genetics

A new review article investigates the clinical and viral characteristics, pathogenesis, as well as human genetic basis associated with COVID-19.

27 Sep 2021

SARS-CoV-2 infection less severe in children and youth during first part of the pandemic

New research has found that children and youth may be at low risk of severe acute COVID-19, according to a study conducted during the first half of the pandemic and published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.210053.

27 Sep 2021

Study to determine the characteristics and outcome of patients hospitalized with COVID-19

The study summarized the clinical presentation and demographic features of patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19.

26 Sep 2021

Childhood asthma is not a risk factor for COVID-19

A new study provides new insights on the association of childhood asthma and COVID-19.

26 Sep 2021

Researchers discover how Rift Valley fever virus enters cells

Rift Valley fever virus causes economically devastating outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in livestock such as sheep, goats and cattle.

24 Sep 2021

COVID-19 transmission is higher with warm weather and increased visits to indoors public places, study finds

A new study finds that environmental factors and human mobility predict seasonal changes in COVID-19 rates, just as in influenza and similar diseases.

23 Sep 2021

Long-term effects of COVID-19 in children

A recent preprint deals with the incidence and importance of long COVID in children.

23 Sep 2021

Evidence for safety of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine booster dose

Researchers have conducted a study demonstrating the safety of administering a third (booster) dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s BNT162b2 vaccine.

22 Sep 2021

Those undergoing treatment for hematological malignancies show reduced immune response to COVID-19 vaccines

Researchers recently investigated the effect of infection with SARS-CoV-2 in patients with hematologic malignancies in minority populations.

21 Sep 2021

COVID-19 induces the generation of distinct autoantibodies

In a recent study, the association between COVID-19 and autoimmunity is investigated at all levels of disease severity.

21 Sep 2021

Neurokinin-1 receptor: a potential drug target for the treatment of COVID-19

An opinion article aims to provide evidence that SP could be the possible factor for initiating the cytokine storm during severe SARS-CoV-2 infection.

21 Sep 2021

Count of severe COVID-19 no higher in children during second wave compared to first wave

Researchers in the UK have conducted a study suggesting that severe disease in children and young people admitted to hospital following infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is still rare and was no more common during the second wave of infections than the first.

21 Sep 2021

New evidence confirms the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination in cancer patients

The long-awaited confirmation of the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination in patients with cancer has arrived, on time to be disseminated to a global audience at the annual congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO Congress 2021), the leading professional society for medical oncology.

20 Sep 2021

I got a ‘mild’ breakthrough case. Here’s what I wish I’d known.

The test results that hot day in early August shouldn’t have surprised me — all the symptoms were there. A few days earlier, fatigue had enveloped me like a weighted blanket. I chalked it up to my weekend of travel. Next, a headache clamped down on the back of my skull.

20 Sep 2021

Medical staff with a history of allergy suffered adverse reactions to BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine

Scientists have addressed the gap in the research regarding the adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine among individuals with allergies.

20 Sep 2021

Myocarditis risk from mRNA COVID vaccines re-evaluated in Canadian study (Research Now Withdrawn)

Scientists from the University of Ottawa, Canada, have recently estimated the prevalence of myocarditis/pericarditis in individuals recently immunized with mRNA-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. The analysis reveals a prevalence of 10 myopericarditis cases for every 10,000 vaccine doses. The study is currently available on the medRxiv* preprint server.

20 Sep 2021

Changing weather patterns in Laos linked to increase in typhus cases

Changing weather patterns in Laos may be responsible for an increase in bugs responsible for the neglected tropical diseases scrub typhus and murine typhus, a new study finds.

18 Sep 2021

mAb treatment can rapidly select for SARS-CoV-2 resistance, suggests study

A study evaluates the efficacy of a mAb to prevent disease progression in non-hospitalized persons with symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection.

17 Sep 2021

Q Fever News and Research

New findings highlight the need to expand the toolbox to fight against COVID-19

Study finds common adverse events between Flu and COVID-19 vaccines

Review of COVID-19 clinical and viral characteristics, pathogenesis, and genetics

SARS-CoV-2 infection less severe in children and youth during first part of the pandemic

Study to determine the characteristics and outcome of patients hospitalized with COVID-19

Childhood asthma is not a risk factor for COVID-19

Researchers discover how Rift Valley fever virus enters cells

COVID-19 transmission is higher with warm weather and increased visits to indoors public places, study finds

Long-term effects of COVID-19 in children

Evidence for safety of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine booster dose

Those undergoing treatment for hematological malignancies show reduced immune response to COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19 induces the generation of distinct autoantibodies

Neurokinin-1 receptor: a potential drug target for the treatment of COVID-19

Count of severe COVID-19 no higher in children during second wave compared to first wave

New evidence confirms the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination in cancer patients

I got a ‘mild’ breakthrough case. Here’s what I wish I’d known.

Medical staff with a history of allergy suffered adverse reactions to BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine

Myocarditis risk from mRNA COVID vaccines re-evaluated in Canadian study (Research Now Withdrawn)

Changing weather patterns in Laos linked to increase in typhus cases

mAb treatment can rapidly select for SARS-CoV-2 resistance, suggests study

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