A new study, published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, adds to evidence that young children are not “super-spreaders” of SARS-CoV-2. Researchers measured SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among roughly 300 children … Read More
Vaccine manufacturers and regulators are examining rare instances of immune thrombocytopenia that have occurred in people who’ve received one of the two authorized mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in the United … Read More
The AstraZeneca-Oxford adenovirus-vectored COVID-19 vaccine seems to perform better when the dosing interval is longer — and might lower the risk for asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 transmission — according to phase … Read More
Pregnant women who experienced severe symptoms of COVID-19 had a higher risk of complications during and after pregnancy, according to preliminary findings from a National Institutes of Health study. … Read More
The researchers found durable immune responses in the majority of people studied. Antibodies against the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, which the virus uses to get inside cells, were found … Read More
The AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine seems roughly as efficacious against illness caused by the B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 variant as illness caused by non-B.1.1.7 virus, according to preprint findings posted on The Lancet. … Read More
In the American Journal of Roentgenology, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania offer their strategy for managing unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy detected on breast MRI in the weeks after COVID-19 … Read More
A new in vitro study provides additional data suggesting that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine can neutralize the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2. B.1.1.7 carries 10 mutations on its spike protein and is … Read More
The World Health Organization has updated its clinical guidelines on managing COVID-19. The group now suggests that COVID-19 patients who are at home use pulse oximetry to monitor their oxygen … Read More
When appropriate COVID-19 mitigation strategies are in place, K–12 schools may be able to offer in-person learning with limited risk for in-school transmission, according to findings in MMWR. Researchers examined … Read More
