New coronavirus variants are spreading at an alarming rate this summer.As far as Omicron variations go, this one, known as BA.5, has developed the farthest in distance from the coronavirus we were familiar with. In the past, if you were ...
A lot of people like to believe that the COVID pandemic is over, and we can’t blame them. The US and many European countries are reporting a lot of infections every day, as we can easily see while taking a ...
Real-world data from the United Kingdom has shown that Covid fatalities in children are exceedingly infrequent and are frequently linked to underlying medical problems or comorbidities. All fatalities among Covid-positive children between March 2020 and December 2021 have not yet ...
While the coronavirus causing the COVID disease has caused a lot of fuss and sorrow around the world for over two years already, we might need to be aware of a new threat. Bank voles (Myodes glareolus), meaning a type ...
Getting children to wear facemasks in schools to keep them protected from COVID was seen as an exaggerated measure at first. Parents protested, but in vain. Medical experts see facemasks as necessary, and we’re not here to blame them. According ...
Unless you’re a pure misanthrope who enjoys seeing the world suffer, surely you’re eager to see the COVID pandemic disappear like the rest of us. Dr. Anthony Fauci is finally bringing some good news about the coronavirus, and no, he’s ...
As the world hopes that it will finally get rid of the COVID pandemic in 2022, it seems that we’ll still have some time to wait until we see the light at the end of the tunnel. Dr. Anthony Fauci, ...
The novel coronavirus continues to remain in the spotlight these days. Now, it seems that the CDC is also making headlines in relation to covid data that they have recently revealed. A recent headline from New Yor Times reveals the ...
You surely have heard about the debate “COVID vs. flu – which one is worse?”. How about having both at the same time? Unfortunately, it’s possible. It’s called having flurona. Infectious disease specialist Dr. Maaike Swets from the University of ...
When it comes to COVID-19, a novel subvariant of the virus known as BA.2 is swiftly becoming the most common source of infection. When it comes to this strain, immunologists Prakash and Mitzi Nagarkatti of the University of South Carolina ...
There are more and more controversies surrounding the covid 19 vaccines. They have been making headlines due to the potential side effects which is not something that the media was too keen on presenting in 2022. The other day, we ...
There’s been a lot of talk about the efficiency of the covid 19 vaccines and their potential health risks as well. Now, more and more data is leaked especially about the Pfizer covid 19 vaccine which is raising some experts’ ...
According to research published in the international PLOS ONE, countries that use the oral polio vaccine also have a reduced incidence of COVID-19 than those that use inactivated polio vaccine, implying that the oral vaccine could either help stop infection ...
As Coronavirus makes a comeback in China, the nation’s president has suggested that his priority this time is to limit the indirect harm to the country’s massive economy. As per President Xi Jinping, China must aim for maximal preventive measures and management ...
Despite being the first country where the very first COVID outbreak began, China has been through relatively good times. But at the beginning of 2022, cases of COVID infections start to surge again in the Asian country. China seemed to ...
While COVID-19 instances are decreasing throughout the country, UW Health experts are urging the public to be cautious of people who are immunocompromised and might get severely sick as a result of the virus. Even though those who have been ...
Experts claim there is no turning back to what was previously deemed normal before the virus arose, two years after the World Health Organization (WHO) initially declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic on March 11, 2020. Infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac ...
The world is in a far better position now than it was at the beginning of the pandemic. However, it’s still too early to declare victory over COVID, as the WHO chief himself said, Mr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. But we ...
The ongoing COVID pandemic has changed the lives of many of us and, unfortunately, ended some of them. Millions of people lost their lives while battling the coronavirus, and others were impacted by economic problems. Businesses ruined, jobs lost, lockdowns, ...
There are so many awful things that the ongoing pandemic has caused. Apart from the huge numbers of deaths worldwide (over 5.8 million), the economy had a lot to suffer from the restrictions and lockdowns. Many people lost their jobs; ...
The world rapidly got concerned when it found out that the Omicron variant of COVID (aka the BA.1 variant) is spreading a lot faster than the other strains. But everybody began to calm down at the news that Omicron also ...
COVID infection is certainly not the same for everyone. Some people die, and others who get cured go through a living hell. In the case of the latter category, it seemed like just a matter of time until lung transplant ...
When the ongoing COVID pandemic first broke out, countries from all across the world started to impose all sorts of lockdowns and restrictions. The officials believed that by applying such measures, fewer people would get infected with the coronavirus. A ...
Omicron allows the SARS-CoV-2 virus to spread across the world faster than any other strain has caused. This whole situation even leads to children getting infected and developing severe illness that requires hospitalization. According to StudyFinds.org, about half of the ...
There are some public voices claiming that children, even though they’re healthy and young adults, need a third dose of a COVID vaccine. But there are plenty of supporters of the opposite idea, claiming that these folks shouldn’t get ‘boosted’. ...