Medicine & TechnologyResearchers are currently developing a drug for COVID-19 treatment and its Phase II trial has verified a high 90-percent success in recovery rate. Patients participating in the study recovered within days.
Research recently calculated the risk of a vaccine-resistant COVID-19 strain that's emerging under different scenarios, a modified model of the virus's transmission showed.
A Chinese government health official recently denied that the Wuhan Institute of Virology or WIV workers were not infected with COVID-19 shortly before the virus first occurred.
A new study finding recently offered the potential of developing drugs for the activation of a pathway to improve the efficacy of vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines.
A new study on birthday parties during the COVID-19 pandemic, reveals that even trusted people could become vectors of the virus and become the source of viral spread, especially in places with high cases of infection.
Cases of pet owners transmitting COVID-19 infection to their dog or cat have been documented previously although are considered to be an insignificant risk to public health.
Tampa Bay has seen a rise in cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) that was first alerted in the southern states. Doctors now warn parents with young children.
New research by a UCLA-led team yesterday announced, long-term exposure to poor air quality increased the risk of COVID-19 in the United States in 2020.
The US Department of Agriculture confirmed that the deadly rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2) has been detected in a wild rabbit in Oregon. They caution the public to be aware of the virus and to report dead rabbits as they could be an RHDV case.
The southern part of the US has seen an increased rate of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which led the CDC to issue a warning to be alert for the virus and broader testing.
As more people are getting vaccinated, the sensitivity of the COVID-19 test is raising questions on whether results need to be looked at more crucially when a vaccinated individual without symptoms tests positive for the virus.
Researchers recently developed a technology for COVID-19, something that will enable them to study the virus, particularly its evolution inside the test tube.