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The joint World Health Organization (WHO)-China Report looked at various scenarios and its theory of an animal to animal to human transmission.

TOP1 inhibitors can limit the expression of hyper-inflammatory genes in the lungs of infected animals and improve outcomes days after the initial infection.

The pivotal phase 3 data, based off 18 reported cases among placebo patients, includes the companies' intention to request authorization for adolescents aged 12-15 years old.

The technique will be applicable to a broad set of other diseases and can give doctors a practical method for delineating important differences within disease categories.

President Biden has increased vaccine doses to pharmacies to help speed up inoculations in light of recent infections.

The diagnostic testing kit is easy to use at home and will eventually be able to pick up the thousands of variants of COVID-19.

The country’s federal health agency decided upon this action based on the small number of vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia (VIPIT) incidents in Europe, which are being investigated.

The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic hurt the bottom lines of airlines, as the public worried air travel would expose them to catching the virus. A new analysis suggests how airlines can best mitigate that risk.

Cases have increased by 16%, while 50 million have now been fully vaccinated. Federal leadership is asking Americans to hold on longer.

Intermediate-dose prophylactic anticoagulation did not improve mortality or venous or arterial thrombosis in patients with COVID-19 in the ICU compared with standard dosing, a new study found.

The Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines are highly effective and transmission is unlikely.

England starts easing lockdown restrictions in hopes of removing most by early summer.

A new cohort assessment evidences a disparity in weight-related outcomes with the ART regimens at 18 months.

A month-long assessment in Wuhan sought the human origin of SARS-CoV-2. The investigators graded 4 possible scenarios.

Half of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at a hospital in France reported ongoing symptoms 4 months after hospitalization, a new study found.

Higher hitamin D levels could be needed in Black persons than in White persons to support immune system and reduce risk of COVID-19.

The pinprick test can accurately measure in under one hour concentrations of coronavirus antibodies in blood and is cheaper than the market gold standard.

The therapy showed significant efficacy in a Phase 3 trial and may be more difficult for variants to develop a resistance against.

The investigators plan to continue testing their method with the ultimate goal of developing a free online platform for medical image classification.

People who experienced COVID-19 symptoms and had the virus in their saliva were more likely to report loss of taste and smell, suggesting that oral infection might underlie oral symptoms.

The companies announced they are expanding their study in children ages 6 months to 11 years old.

Spero Therapeutics expects to submit a new drug application this year for Tebipenem HBr, the first oral carbapenem for treatment of complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) and acute pyelonephritis (AP).

The phase 2b-3 trial analyzing the efficacy of the ALVAC–gp120 regimen showed that it did not prevent an HIV-1 infection among the participants in the study at 24 months.

The president updated his goal during his press conference this afternoon.

The study also provided insight into potential differences between the immune response elicited by the two mRNA vaccines created by Pfizer and Moderna.

Tilorone, quinacrine and pyronaridines effectiveness depended on whether they were used in human-derived cell lines or monkey derived cell lines.

Serum neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 from infection or vaccination were found to recognize and act against new variants of the virus.

Overnight, the company restated it had a 76% efficacy against symptomatic disease and is looking to file an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Survivors of the disease have been found to be at an increased risk of blood clots or strokes due to a prolonged immune response caused by the virus.

More respondents with an infection reported daily burnout than those who did not have one.