Fox News Flash top headlines for May 25 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine was 100% effective in adolescents aged 12 to 17 in a clinical trial, the company announced Tuesday. The findings stem from a U.S. study involving over 3,700 kids, called TeenCOVE. Moderna […]
Months after recovering from mild cases of COVID-19, people still have immune cells in their body pumping out antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Such cells could persist for a lifetime, churning out antibodies all the while. The findings, […]
GENEVA (Reuters) – Official death tolls from the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be a “significant undercount”, the World Health Organization said on Friday, estimating that the true figure of direct and indirect deaths could be two to three times higher. Presenting its annual World Health Statistics report, the WHO estimated that total deaths from […]
As the vaccine rollout continues and the world begins to open up again, lots of us are looking forward to receiving our jabs and getting back to our normal lives. We asked expert Dr Nikki Kanani for a rundown on everything you need to know after getting yours. Across most of the country, last week […]
As the more and more people get their vaccines and the world (for better or worse) starts to open up a little bit, we’re getting a better idea of how many people have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. More and more high-profile folks are opening up about their experiences with the virus and respiratory […]
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The four most worrying coronavirus variants have been detected in virtually all countries and territories of the Americas, but although they are more transmissible there is no evidence they are more lethal, a World Health Organization expert said on Thursday. The vaccines that are being administered in the region do provide more […]
Having genetic risk variants in the ABO gene might significantly increase the chances of developing COVID-19, and other genes may also increase COVID-19 risk, according to research presented at the ATS 2021 International Conference. Much about COVID-19 remains a medical mystery, including whether certain genes place individuals at greater risk of contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus, […]
As vaccine rollouts expands to all adults and, most recently, younger teens ages 12 to 15, health officials have a better idea of what it means to be safe and move safely through the world post-vaccination. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their guidelines for fully-vaccinated individuals, stating that they […]
Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, a trio of science communication researchers proposes to treat the COVID-19 misinformation “infodemic” with the same methods used to halt epidemics. “We believe the intertwining spreads of the virus and of misinformation and disinformation require an approach to counteracting deceptions and misconceptions that parallels epidemiologic models by […]
The majority of children infected with SARS-CoV-2 may not show typical symptoms such as fever, cough or shortness of breath, according to a study published in Scientific Reports, which examined data on 12,306 children with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 across the United States. Pakaj Arora and colleagues found that 18.8% of the children included in the study […]
