Infectious disease

The analysis showed that the Pfizer and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines can protect patients from being hospitalized by as much as 90 percent.
Last summer, claims that the deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus emerged from a virology lab in Wuhan were generally dismissed by the scientific community as right-wing conspiracy theories. A year later, the theory isn’t sounding so far-fetched.
With COVID-19 ducking for cover and going into an almost full retreat across the U.S., Americans are throwing caution – and masks – to the wind. But many are still nervous, and wondering: How do we protect ourselves in this brave new normal?
Concerns over vaccination links to heart inflammation are valid, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee announced this afternoon.
Crisis has a way of opening doors of opportunity for fraud around the globe. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought not only a fresh slew of financial schemes, but pharmaceutical fraud as well.
Recent research shows those who had been hospitalized due to COVID-19 might already have a reduced sense of smell and taste, not just for the short term, but possibly for life.
Cuba’s Abdala vaccine is 92% effective against the novel coronavirus, according to a recent analysis of late-stage trials.
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Use of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin could reduce COVID-19 related deaths, data from a peer-reviewed study shows.
The U.S. CDC issued new guidance for long COVID, and the NIH is figuring out how to deal with the disease, while Tonix Pharma plans to develop TNX-102 SL.
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