COVID Variants
Retracted COVID-19 Papers Cited 7 Times per Paper
An Australian investigation into COVID-19 research found that among the more than 270,000 papers that have been published since the start of the pandemic, 212 retracted papers were cited 2,697 ...
CDC Revised Vaccine Statements: Why Common Respiratory Vaccines Give Dubious Protection
Historically, vaccines were designed to protect against infection and transmission. However, this property does not extend to the recent respiratory viral vaccines. While the annual influenza vaccines provide some protection ...
All Vaccines Perform Worse Than Natural Immunity Against COVID: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
While it has become a fact that vaccines have performed drastically worse during the Omicron era, a recent meta-analysis accounting for dozens of studies reveals that natural immunity offers better ...
1 Shot Might Boost Immunity and Fight COVID Across Variants
Review of a potential novel treatment for COVID-19
Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 New Host Protease Reduces Omicron Variant Infection: Study
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have discovered that membrane-type matrix metalloproteinases (MT-MMP) and disintegrin and metalloproteinase (ADAM) on cell membranes could guide SARS-CoV-2 invasion as intermediaries for invading ...
Scientists Present New ‘Roadmap’ for Addressing Future Coronavirus Threats–Some Experts Fault the Directions
In late February, the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) released their Coronavirus Vaccines R&D Roadmap. The document, compiled by over 50 scientists and funded ...
Is XBB.1.5 the Most Transmissible Variant?
Omicron XBB.1.5, also called the “Kraken” variant, is currently responsible for nearly 50 percent of new cases this month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates. The World ...
The COVID Jabbed Are Dying While Fueling Variants
Public health officials are sounding the alarm about a new Omicron variant, XBB, that is spreading across the northeast US. Studies suggest it is vastly different from the original Wuhan ...
New COVID Variant May Be Loose in China: Immunologically Suppressed Americans at Risk, Experts Warn
Experts predict that a new strain of COVID-19 may be spreading throughout China, which may pose a serious risk to immunologically suppressed Americans. Chen Erzhen, vice president at Ruijin Hospital ...
SARS-CoV-2 Virus (COVID-19) Variants
The constantly mutating SARS-CoV-2 virus has many variants, which differ from one another in terms of transmission, disease severity, and pathogenicity. And some are more of a concern to the ...
Moderna Says New Booster Performs Worse Against Surging COVID-19 Variant
Moderna's updated COVID-19 vaccine booster performs worse against a virus variant that is becoming increasingly prevalent in the United States, the company announced on Nov. 14. A clinical trial testing ...
Taiwanese Study Finds a Chinese Herb Stops Coronavirus From Penetrating Cells and Works Against Mutant Variants
The COVID-19 pandemic is still happening around the world. Although many kinds of COVID-19 vaccines have been established, most of them are not effective against the virus variants. A study ...
Will Omicron BA.5 Be the Last of the COVID Variants?
On January 20, 2020, the first case of COVID-19 emerged in the United States. More than 30 months on, the pandemic is still considered ongoing. COVID-19, whose official name is ...
Fauci Likely to Birth His Own COVID Variant After Paxlovid
Fauci experienced COVID-19 rebound after taking one course of Paxlovid. After his symptoms returned with a vengeance, he took a second course, which experts believe could be triggering SARS-CoV-2 mutations ...
The Truth About the ‘Stealth’ Variant
Dr. Yuhong Dong on recent virus mutations and why there's no need to worry over each new variant
Most Recovered COVID-19 Patients Have Broad, Robust Immunity That Likely Provides Some Protection Against Variants: Study
Most people who have recovered from COVID-19, even with mild illness, retain a broad and durable immunity to the disease, including some degree of protection against its variants, according to ...
AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Protects Against UK Variant, Study Finds
The AstraZeneca vaccine has been found to be mostly effective against the United Kingdom variant of the CCP virus, according to preliminary data published on Feb. 4. The B.1.1.7 variant ...
Moderna Develops New CCP Virus Vaccine for South African Variant
Moderna announced on Jan. 25 that it had developed a new CCP virus vaccine to combat a new South African variant of the virus, with plans to advance it into a phase ...