Tag: COVID-19
Fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose authorised for Americans over 50
The Head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Peter Marks, has encouraged getting a second booster dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for increased protection for high-risk persons. The […]
How to live with COVID, as explained by a UCL professor
The truth is out: the world pre-2020 no longer exists. Although most of us want it to, for reasons of comfort, COVID-19 (COVID) has clearly upended the “normal” way of life. International governments are now attempting to introduce public health […]
MSD announces new regional president amid COVID-19 research
MSD, a trade name of US-based biopharmaceutical company Merck & Co., Inc., have revealed a new President for its Human Health Division in Asia Pacific: David Peacock, appointed from February 1, 2022. David brings a broad range of experience and […]
Oestrogen levels linked to severity of COVID-19 infection and risk of death in women
An observational study based on Swedish public health records has revealed that increased levels of the hormone oestrogen play a protective role in older women, against severe infection and risk of death from COVID-19. Women seem to suffer less from […]
Malaysia’s first virtual COVID-19 screening made easy with CLEA app
To ease the COVID-19 screening processes in the country, especially for travellers who find it difficult to slot in last-minute testing into their travel schedule, a team of Malaysian healthcare workers have come up with CLEA, a virtual screening platform […]
Placenta protects itself and foetus from coronavirus infection
Researchers can now better explain how the placenta protects itself and the foetus within from the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. The placenta appears to “shed” a surface protein that the virus uses to break into and infect healthy cells, […]
New COVID-19 test delivers accurate results in just 4 minutes
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are considered the gold standard for accurate COVID-19 diagnosis but takes time and trained laboratory personnel to process. Chinese scientists at Fudan University have developed an equally accurate testing device for COVID-19, one that uses […]
Gene determines the risk of developing severe COVID-19
A new gene may be responsible for people becoming severely ill with COVID-19, say Polish scientists from the Medical University of Bialystok. The gene was the fourth most important factor determining how seriously a person suffers from COVID-19, after age, […]
‘Pan-coronavirus’ vaccine in development by US Army
A massive project aimed at developing a coronavirus vaccine that can provide protection against all SARS-CoV-2 variants is underway at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR). Instead of focusing on a single permutation of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, […]
