COVID-19 vaccine shipments have ground to “a near halt” in Africa while virus cases have spiked 20% over the last […]
SARS-CoV-2 virus persistence in immunocompromised individuals
Positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) tests are frequently obtained from individuals that have already recovered from the […]
Germany breaks third virus wave but warns against complacency
Germany seems to have halted a surge of coronavirus infections driven by the British variant, its health minister said Friday, […]
Countries worldwide hit new records for virus cases, deaths
Ambulances filled with breathless patients lined up in Brazil as nations around the world set new records Thursday for COVID-19 […]
Bitter experience helps French ICUs crest latest virus wave
Slowly suffocating in a French intensive care ward, Patrick Aricique feared he would die from his diseased lungs that felt […]
New Zealand trials ‘early warning’ virus app at border
New Zealand border workers on Thursday began trialling a monitoring app designed to detect coronavirus before the user develops any […]
New test offers a simpler way to quantify the reservoir of intact viruses in HIV patients
A new test that measures the quantity and quality of inactive HIV viruses in the genes of people living with […]
South Africa SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 easily escapes Sputnik vaccine
The current pandemic of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), […]
EU life expectancy drops across bloc amid virus pandemic
Life expectancy across much of the European Union has dropped last year, as the 27-nation bloc struggled with the impact […]
Male fetuses impair the maternal and placental immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy, finds study
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is now established […]