Medicine & TechnologyThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its recommendations on Wednesday, urging pregnant women to be vaccinated.
Researchers 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.
Scientists identified antibodies detected from those who already recovered that could pave the way for developing a pan-COVID vaccine, which can neutralize different viruses.
Claims have been posted on social media that vaccines cause COVID-19 Delta variants to spread fast and infect millions globally. However, a report presents the space-time continuum as one major flaw.
The pharmaceutical company Moderna recently produced a press release that includes the efficacy report of their COVID-19 vaccines over the past 6 months.
Countries including Sweden started planning to offer a COVID-19 vaccine booster to strengthen the efficacy of drugs against the virus. Other countries offering 3rd jab include Israel, Germany, and Cambodia.
Researchers part of a global collaboration discovered the benefits of using full-dose blood thinners such as heparin reduces the need for organ support like mechanical ventilators and increases the chances of hospital discharge. But the same was not seen in critically ill patients.
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), has commissioned a new booklet titled "Essential facts about Covid 19 - The disease, the responses, and an uncertain future," August 2.
Researchers are currently working to enhance Remdesivir, the only FDA-approved COVID-19 treatment. From being administered intravenously, it is currently being developed to be orally taken.
CDC Director Dr. Walensky said COVID-19 could be a "few mutations away" from evading vaccines while british researchers said future variants could result in a vaccine failure.
Jamie Jenkins expressed insights on the ease of the pandemic's third quarter in the UK. Along with it, the government reports the successful rollout of vaccines.
Lung X-rays of vaccinated and unvaccinated patients with COVID-19 have recently been compared showing that the latter-mentioned are more likely to have strong scarring and difficulty in breathing.