Questions about safety, side effects preclude youth from getting COVID shot, UCSF study shows. Vaccine skepticism among young adults may stall efforts to achieve herd…
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Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (purple) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (yellow), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID…
Study finds “thriving gap” between students who attend high school remotely vs. in person. Data from the COVID pandemic show high school students studying remotely…
Should we delay covid-19 vaccination in children? The net benefit of vaccinating children is unclear, and vulnerable people worldwide should be prioritized instead, say experts…
Spatial autocorrelation in COVID-19 mortality and related health and socioeconomic indicators. Counties with significant Local Moran’s I are shown; color indicates measures of autocorrelation. Credit:…
Images portraying the SARS-CoV-2 virus with an accurate depiction of the protein spikes it uses to attach to and enter cells in the human body.…
A team of researchers has submitted the system to the Cough Sound Track of the Diagnosing COVID-19 using Acoustics (DiCOVA) Challenge. The covid-19 crisis has…
The Soterius Scout sensor can detect COVID-19 even if someone is asymptomatic, to provide the all-clear for someone to enter their work environment. Credit: Soterius…
“When communication about vaccines is not transparent, it triggers uncertainty and people feel they may be misled,” says Michael Bang Petersen, professor of political science…
The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are set to become the mainstay of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the year progresses, according to recently released government…
Would you be more willing to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus if you could participate in a lottery for cash and prizes? The answer…
A new study presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) and published in The Lancet Microbe, shows that antibodies generated…
Children are always going to find cunning ways to bunk off school, and the latest trick is to fake a positive COVID-19 lateral flow test…
Cases of flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) fell significantly in both adults and children during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research being presented…
The theory that the COVID-19 pandemic was triggered by the Sars-CoV-2 virus being leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China was recently given…
Vaccines such as Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca are designed to prevent severe Coronavirus-19 Disease (COVID-19) due to acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2…
Schematic illustration of sample size calculation process. Credit: Shoya Iwanami A new modeling study suggests that significant variation in virus dynamics from person to person…
An accurate, non-invasive, and low-cost method of testing for COVID-19 using samples taken from the screens of mobile phones has been developed by a team…
This point-of-care device uses the physics of fluids to draw a few drops of blood and biomedical lubricant through its components to test for COVID-19…
COVID-19’s socio-economic effects will likely cause another severe production crisis in the coffee industry, according to a Rutgers University-led study. Credit: Zack Guido COVID-19’s socio-economic…