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Northwestern researchers continue investigation on all aspects of COVID-19 pandemic

Northwestern Medicine scientists continue to investigate all aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic: from molecular mechanisms of infection, to child hospitalization and single-dose vaccine response.

28 Aug 2021

Bhutan starts immunizing children in the 12 to 19 age group against COVID-19

Bhutan is following up on its success in vaccinating 90 per cent of its adult population against COVID-19 by embarking on a plan to immunize children in the 12 to 19 age group.

27 Aug 2021

Additional COVID-19 support deployed to the South West of England

From Friday 27 August additional support will be deployed to some local authorities in the South West of England.

27 Aug 2021

SARS-CoV-2 destabilizes host RNA to improve fitness

In a study recently published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists have mapped the interactions between SARS-CoV-2 RNA and host RNA. They have observed that the virus heavily methylates its genome using the methylation machinery of the host RNA, leading to an improvement in viral fitness.

27 Aug 2021

Recognizing viral genomes in quick, ‘CRISP’ ways

Researchers from China recently reviewed the latest advancements, applications, and prospects of virus detection using CRISPR-Cas systems.

27 Aug 2021

States pull back on covid data even amid delta surge

Two state government websites in Georgia recently stopped posting updates on covid-19 cases in prisons and long-term care facilities, just as the dangerous delta variant was taking hold.

27 Aug 2021

ACTG announces positive data for monoclonal antibody combination therapy from the ACTIV-2 study

The AIDS Clinical Trials Group, the largest global HIV research network, which has expanded its focus to include evaluating outpatient treatment for COVID-19, today announced positive data for the monoclonal antibody combination therapy BRII-196/BRII-198 from the ACTIV-2 study of Outpatient Monoclonal Antibodies and Other Therapies.

27 Aug 2021

Study: One half of hospitalized COVID-19 patients experience persistent symptoms after one year

Most symptoms of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients are resolved within 12 months, however, around one half still experience at least one persistent symptom, a study of 1,276 patients from Wuhan, China, published in The Lancet, has found.

27 Aug 2021

Study examines safety of COVID-19 vaccine in a nationwide mass-vaccination setting

The Clalit Research Institute, in collaboration with researchers from Harvard University, analyzed one of the world's largest integrated health record databases to examine the safety of the Pfizer/BioNTech BNT162B2 vaccine against COVID-19.

27 Aug 2021

COVID-19 vaccine potency has diminished in recent months, but still helps in saving lives

COVID-19 vaccines remain effective, but their potency has diminished in recent months, according to a nationwide study at eight sites, including Salt Lake City, Utah.

27 Aug 2021

Study: 31% of Americans had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 by the end of 2020

A new study published in the journal Nature estimates that 103 million Americans, or 31 percent of the U.S. population, had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 by the end of 2020.

27 Aug 2021

COVID-19 pandemic illuminates the importance of airborne transmission of respiratory viruses

SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind today's global coronavirus pandemic, spreads primarily by inhalation of virus-laden aerosols at both short and long ranges - and a comprehensive new assessment of respiratory viruses finds that many others probably do as well.

27 Aug 2021

Improved understanding of aerosol transmission could help control airborne respiratory viruses

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed critical knowledge gaps and assumptions concerning how respiratory viruses spread between hosts.

27 Aug 2021

Pregnant women with COVID-19 are more susceptible to pre-eclampsia

A review of the scientific literature published by Brazilian researchers shows that pregnant women infected by the novel coronavirus run a higher risk of developing pre-eclampsia, a pregnancy complication characterized by persistent high blood pressure, usually in the second half of pregnancy or shortly after delivery.

26 Aug 2021

German study shows high protection from COVID-19 in over 80s with Pfizer vaccine

A new observational study in Germany, recently published on the medRxiv* preprint server, found the Comirnaty vaccine to be 68.3% effective against COVID-19 for people over 80. In those fully immunized, the vaccine was found to be 73.2% effective in preventing hospitalization and 80.1% effective against death.

26 Aug 2021

Oral mucosa identified as potential target for SARS-CoV-2 infection

A recent study suggested that ACE2 receptors are expressed in oral tissues, making the oral cavity an important potential entry point of SARS-CoV-2.

26 Aug 2021

What Missouri learned the hard way about rapid covid testing in schools

Early in the tumultuous 2020-21 school year, Missouri officials made a big gamble: set aside roughly 1 million rapid covid tests for the state's K-12 schools in hopes of quickly identifying sick students or staff members.

26 Aug 2021

New Montana law sows confusion, defiance over school quarantines

As classes get underway this week and next, Montana school and county health officials are grappling with how a new state law that bans vaccine discrimination should apply to quarantine orders for students and staffers exposed to covid-19.

26 Aug 2021

Potential variant of interest in South Africa assigned to the PANGO lineage C.1.2

Continual genomic surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 strains in South Africa has revealed an increase in the number of sequences belonging to C.1 lineage during the third wave (May 2021) of SARS-CoV-2 infections. This observation was unexpected because C.1 was last reported in January 2021.

26 Aug 2021

The influence of COVID-19 on platelet activation and aggregation

In a paper recently uploaded to the bioRxiv* preprint server, humanized ACE2 mice are infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and platelets are subsequently isolated from the blood for quantitative proteomic analysis.

26 Aug 2021

Virus News and Research

Latest Virus News and Research

Northwestern researchers continue investigation on all aspects of COVID-19 pandemic

Bhutan starts immunizing children in the 12 to 19 age group against COVID-19

Additional COVID-19 support deployed to the South West of England

SARS-CoV-2 destabilizes host RNA to improve fitness

Recognizing viral genomes in quick, ‘CRISP’ ways

States pull back on covid data even amid delta surge

ACTG announces positive data for monoclonal antibody combination therapy from the ACTIV-2 study

Study: One half of hospitalized COVID-19 patients experience persistent symptoms after one year

Study examines safety of COVID-19 vaccine in a nationwide mass-vaccination setting

COVID-19 vaccine potency has diminished in recent months, but still helps in saving lives

Study: 31% of Americans had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 by the end of 2020

COVID-19 pandemic illuminates the importance of airborne transmission of respiratory viruses

Improved understanding of aerosol transmission could help control airborne respiratory viruses

Pregnant women with COVID-19 are more susceptible to pre-eclampsia

German study shows high protection from COVID-19 in over 80s with Pfizer vaccine

Oral mucosa identified as potential target for SARS-CoV-2 infection

What Missouri learned the hard way about rapid covid testing in schools

New Montana law sows confusion, defiance over school quarantines

Potential variant of interest in South Africa assigned to the PANGO lineage C.1.2

The influence of COVID-19 on platelet activation and aggregation

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