Infectious disease
What the appearance of yet another variant shows is the “unpredictability of the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants,” according to the researchers who discovered IHU.
A bispecific antibody discovered by Twist Bioscience and licensed to Revelar Biotherapeutics neutralizes both the Omicron and Delta variants of SARS-CoV-2 in studies with the live virus.
Evidence continues to accumulate suggesting that Omicron, although significantly more infectious than previous COVID-19 strains, causes less severe disease.
More than 103,000 people in the U.S. were hospitalized on January 3, 2022, for COVID-19—the highest daily figure of hospitalizations since last summer when the Delta variant emerged.
While women are more statistically susceptible to autoimmune diseases, the research found that men with at least a mild COVID-19 infection had far more autoantibody (AAB) reactivity.
Novavax vaccine’s emergency use authorization application has been submitted to FDA recently. Novavax is hoping to bring it to the Finish Line in 2022.
Low-income countries still struggle to get first jabs into arms. Researchers and pharma companies continue to push for low-cost vaccines and drugs worldwide.
From the continuing fight against COVID-19 to new companies emerging in exciting therapeutic areas to the people who mattered most, here’s a look at just some of the biggest successes, most dramatic flops – and a few that fall somewhere in between.
Positive data from a Phase II/III trial of Bharat Biotech vaccine, Covaxin. Read more about the research and know about the efficiency of the vaccine.
New Year is coming, and COVID-19 is still at play. For more COVID-19 studies, vaccines, and treatments, here are the latest updates.
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