Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) have a twofold increased risk for COVID-related hospitalization and death even after vaccination, new research shows. Investigators analyzed data on over 10,000 vaccinated individuals with various SUDs and almost 600,000 vaccinated individuals without an SUD. […]
There are four types of coronaviruses (CoVs), of which include Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta coronavirus. Among them, Beta CoVs are positive-stranded, enveloped ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses that affect a wide range of hosts. The human-specific species of Beta CoVs are capable of causing diseases associated with a range of effects including mild respiratory symptoms […]
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The Thai Red Cross Society kicked off a vaccination campaign on Tuesday for migrant workers, one of the country’s most vulnerable groups that has been largely left behind in the broader COVID-19 inoculation rollout.FILE PHOTO: Signage of Sinopharm is seen at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), following […]
(Reuters) – Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus right now:FILE PHOTO: People wait in line for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a testing site which is temporarily set up at a public health center in Seoul, South Korea, July 9, 2021. REUTERS/ Heo RanFinland joins Sweden and Denmark in limiting Moderna […]
(Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review.Michelle Melton, who is 35 weeks pregnant, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, […]
Diverse coronavirus (CoV) strains can infect both animals and humans and bring about different diseases. CoVs are known to have caused three epidemics and pandemics in the last two decades. Therefore, knowledge on the evolution and emergence of CoV diversity in animals and humans is of importance. Study: Evolutionary Dynamics and Epidemiology of Endemic and […]
FILE PHOTO: A medical specialist transports a patient outside a hospital for people infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow, Russia October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim ShemetovMOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported 27,550 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the biggest one-day tally it has recorded this year, amid a wave of infections that has pushed officials […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Schools without mask requirements were three-and-a-half times more likely to have COVID-19 outbreaks than those enforcing mask mandates, according to new CDC research. The study, which focused on 1,000 schools in Arizona’s Maricopa and Pima counties, found that there were 113 […]
(Reuters) – The European Union’s drug regulator on Friday identified a possible link between rare cases of venous thromboembolism with Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and recommended the condition be listed as a side-effect of the shot. The European Medicines Agency also recommended that immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), a bleeding disorder caused by the body mistakenly […]
FILE PHOTO: A woman receives a dose of the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Music Auditorium in Rome, Italy, August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File PhotoMILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s health ministry has given its green light for people to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and a flu shot at the same time, it […]
