First Case of BA.4, BA.5 COVID Variants Confirmed in India
In India, the first case of BA.4 and BA.5 variants of COVID-19 has been confirmed by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG).
Before this, a South African traveler was reported positive for the BA.4 variant on arrival at ...
186,000 New COVID Cases Suspected in N.Korea
Around 186,000 new suspected COVID-19 cases and another death had been reported in North Korea.
More than 186,090 people showed fever symptoms, with one additional death reported, over 24 hours until 6 p.m. the previous day, the North's ...
Over 60% India's Teenagers Fully Vaccinated Against COVID, Says Union Health Minister
In India, more than 60% of teenagers between 15 and 18 have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
"Over 60% of the youngsters between the 15-18 age group are now fully vaccinated against ...
Machine Learning Models to Help Identify Long COVID Patients
Machine learning (ML) models help clinicians distinguish characteristics of people with long-COVID and factors that may help identify such patients using data from medical records.
The findings, published in The Lancet Digital Health, have ...
US FDA Declines to Authorize Fluvoxamine for Covid-19 Treatment
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined to approve antidepressant fluvoxamine, as it is not effective in treating Covid-19.
What is Fluvoxamine?
Fluvoxamine has been a low-cost and safe drug typically used in forms of ...
COVID Cases Top 526.6 Million
Globally, COVID-19 cases have pinnacled 526.6 million, while the deaths have swelled to more than 6.28 million and vaccinations to over 11.43 billion, reported Johns Hopkins University.
In its latest update on Saturday morning, the ...
Local Transmission of Omicron Sub-Variant Detected in Philippines
The local transmission of the highly transmissible Omicron BA.2.12.1 sub-variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Philippines.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that local clusters of the BA.2.12.1 variant infection had been ...
Facts Behind Longer Immune Protection Against COVID-19
Immune responses required for long lasting protection from SARS-CoV-2 have been revealed by a study in the journal mSphere , an open access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.
The results were a compiled research from eight ...
Heart Attack Treatment Diminished During Pandemic
People undergoing treatment for heart attack cases dramatically dropped by nearly 30% following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and have yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels, as revealed by the new findings from the Ascension Health System’s ...
Brensocatib Did Not Improve Condition of Severe COVID-19 Patients
Brensocatib did not improve the clinical status of patients hospitalized with severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in the double-blind randomized trial.
The study, which began in June of 2020, took place at 14 UK hospitals, where participants were ...
Three Mutations Work Along to Trigger New SARS-CoV-2 Variants
New versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus were found to carry the same set of three mutations, as per the findings of a new study in ACS’ Biochemistry .
Researchers examined how these mutations change the way a key piece of the virus functions. ...
Sharp Decrease in Long Covid Symptoms for COVID-19 Patients
Vaccination after infection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is associated with a decrease in long covid symptoms, and finds a large study of UK adults published today by The BMJ . They told that causality cannot be inferred from ...
How Twitter Influences COVID Vaccination Rates?
COVID-19 vaccines’ sentiments, whether positive or negative, previews subsequent vaccination rates, stated a study.
Vaccination can help end the continuing surges and new variants of the Covid pandemic. But vaccine hesitancy undermines the ...
Almost 13.2 Million Children in US Infected With COVID: Study
In the United States, almost 13.2 million children have been infected with Covid-19, according to the latest report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the Children’s Hospital Association.
For the week ending May 12, more than ...
Mysterious Cases of Diseases in Children Who Were Infected With COVID-19
Children with COVID-19 have a slightly higher risk of liver dysfunction and hepatitis afterward, according to a report posted on May 14th on medRxiv .
“We performed a retrospective cohort study on a nation-wide database of patient electronic ...
