Coronavirus / COVID

Patients with a history of malnutrition had higher odds of developing severe disease.

A new report, based on data from dialysis centers, suggests the US is far from reaching so-called “herd immunity.”

While a significantly reduced effectiveness was seen with 1 dose, only a small reduction was observed after 2.

Virtual support services were crucial for providing continued care and education.

PLWH should strictly maintain ART therapy and COVID-19 mitigation efforts.

A new study from IAS 2021 suggests persons with HIV hospitalized for COVID-19 do not face worse mortality nor major cardiovascular event risk.

The designation moves the companies' PDUFA date up to January 2022, when BNT162b2 may become the first regulated COVID-19 vaccine.

94% of the participants developed IgG antibodies against the virus 3 weeks after administration.

Truncated ACE2 levels served to discriminate patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A.

A large study finds 1 out of 2 patients develop at least one during their hospital stay.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine showed neutralizing antibody responses against variants of concern.

Life expectancy for Black and Hispanic Americans dropped 2 to 3 times more than that of White Americans during the pandemic, a research letter in JAMA Network Open said.

Before other states adopt randomly-selected payouts for COVID-19 vaccine administration, further research is needed into these lotteries’ effects on potential increases in vaccination rates.

The MOVe-OUT study will continue to the phase 3 portion and evaluate 800 mg of the therapy administered twice daily.

With vaccine uptake slowing, any information that can help is needed to increase administration.

Genetic changes enable SARS-CoV-2 to enter the body, replicate and trigger out-of-control immune responses.

The biosensor detects fragments of the SARS-CoV-2 virus as well as variants.

Understanding how future waves will impact areas can help officials implement policies to mitigate them.

Those taking methotrexate had lower seroconversion rates compared to controls.

The number of deaths from malaria jumped by more than 100,000 in 2020 as antimalarial efforts were curtailed by the need to respond to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

A meeting between developers and federal experts was inconclusive to the necessity of a third mRNA dose for COVID-19.

The CDC announced 100 preliminary cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome following vaccine administration.

While infection risk is not eliminated, the vaccine still provided significant protection.

The second wave in South Africa was larger and saw the Beta lineage dominate.

Investigators followed patients with pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS) for 6 months to review their outcomes.