U.S. regulators on Thursday cleared doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than age 5. The Food and Drug Administration’s decision aims to better protect the littlest kids from severe COVID-19 at a time when children’s hospitals already are packed with tots suffering from a variety of respiratory […]
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Los Angeles County entered the federal government’s “high” COVID-19 community activity category. Thus, moving the county closer to a possible return of an indoor mask mandate. The county’s average rate of new infections rose to 258 per 100,000 people. This number is well above the threshold of 200 per 100,000 to qualify […]
A team of researchers has identified three repurposed drugs that may be effective in treating COVID-19. In a new study, scientists have found three previously-available drugs that may be effective at treating COVID-19 in its early stages. The research, which appears in the journal ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, is […]
A new study has found higher numbers of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in older males who required hospitalization for COVID-19. Scientists have found that being hospitalized with COVID-19, as well as being male and of older age, increases the chances of a person having high plasma levels of antibodies that can protect […]
What will COVID-19 vaccine candidate trials tell us? Not whether they will prevent deaths or serious illness, according to a new feature article in the BMJ. As the world looks to pharmaceutical companies to forge a way out of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine development has never experienced such limelight. With […]
In this Special Feature, we asked our resident experts to chip away at some of the latest rumors, myths, and half-truths that surround the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. All data and statistics are based on publicly available data at the time of publication. Some information may be out of date. Visit […]
New research suggests that people of Black, mixed, and Asian ethnicity are more at risk of COVID-19, but these risks vary as the disease progresses. A new study finds that COVID-19 risks for people of Black, mixed, or Asian ethnicity vary over the course of the disease. The research also […]
Healthcare disruption and emotional crises may have led to around a third of the 225,530 “excess deaths” in the United States between March 1 and August 1, 2020, a new study suggests. The study, from researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, in Richmond, and the Yale School […]
Who drives global and national COVID-19 decisions? Mostly males, according to a new study and commentary by an international group of researchers. Share on PinterestMales dominate the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Image credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world looked to […]
A recent small-scale study has concluded that hospitalized patients with COVID-19 are less likely to have life threatening complications if they have sufficient vitamin D levels. A new study demonstrates that people with sufficient levels of vitamin D are less likely to develop life threatening COVID-19 complications when hospitalized with […]