Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Myopathy associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection is likely a postviral phenomenon, new research suggests. “The findings of this study strongly suggest that there is a postinfectious myopathy in a subset of patients who were infected with SARS-CoV-2, which potentially can explain the […]
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Afrigen Biologics expects a decision in mid-July on partners to produce Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine using the mRNA platform, the South African start-up’s managing director said. The World Health Organization picked Afrigen for a pilot to give poor and middle-income countries the know-how and licenses to make COVID-19 vaccines, in what […]
These are the global coronavirus stories you need to know about this week. If Belgium’s COVID-19 infections continue to drop at the current rate, the country will turn green on the map of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) before the start of the summer holidays. After the recent relaxation to restrictions, the number of travellers […]
FILE PHOTO: A medical worker prepares to administer a second vaccination injection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as Israel continues its national vaccination drive, during a third national COVID-19 lockdown, at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital) in Tel Aviv, Israel January 10, 2021. REUTERS/ Ronen Zvulun/File PhotoTEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel told its […]
(Reuters) – Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus right now:FILE PHOTO: A medical worker prepares to administer a test at the Bondi Beach drive-through coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing centre in the wake of new positive cases in Sydney, Australia, June 17, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File PhotoTests show Chinese shots less effective on Delta […]
FILE PHOTO: A GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) logo is seen at the GSK research centre in Stevenage, Britain November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls(Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Vir Biotechnology said on Monday final results from a late-stage study of their monoclonal antibody confirmed it significantly reduced hospitalization and death among high-risk COVID-19 patients when given early in […]
FILE PHOTO: People line up to receive a dose of Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a vaccination centre in the State Department Store, GUM, in central Moscow, Russia January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovMOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Monday described the coronavirus situation in Russia as difficult and said it was still […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – The major manufacturing hub of Dongguan in China’s most populous province of Guangdong launched mass testing on Monday for the coronavirus and cordoned off communities after detecting its first infections in the current outbreak.FILE PHOTO: Property management workers in protective suits deliver goods to residents at a compound under lockdown due to […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. More people need to get vaccinated if the United States wants to prevent the spread of deadly variants this winter, says a top vaccine expert. “Vaccines are our only way out of this,” Paul Offit, MD, a member of the FDA […]
Researchers tested reconstituted coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mRNA vaccines under different movement conditions and found that a moderate continuous movement does not damage the mRNA, which may increase the possibility of transporting reconstituted vaccine over a few hundred kilometers. A type of vaccine approved for use for combating the COVID-19 pandemic is based on mRNA […]
