A new computational analysis suggests that, beyond the initial effect of one infected person arriving and spreading disease to a previously uninfected population, the continuous […]
Delhi outbreak highlights challenge of reaching herd immunity in face of Delta variant
The severe outbreak of COVID-19 in Delhi, India, in 2021 showed not only that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 is extremely transmissible but that it […]
UN says Ebola in Guinea may be linked to 2014 outbreak
A top official at the World Health Organization said that a genetic analysis of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Guinea suggests it may have been […]
To Extract More Doses per Vial, Vaccinators Put Squeeze on FDA
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. President Joe Biden has promised enough covid vaccine to immunize every […]
To Extract More Doses per Vial, Vaccinators Put Squeeze on FDA
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. President Joe Biden has promised enough covid vaccine to immunize every […]
Gym Sessions Without Masks Can Spread COVID-19, CDC Studies Say
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Gyms can be hot spots for COVID-19 outbreaks if people don’t […]
Overall deaths did NOT increase for most of China during initial COVID-19 outbreak
A new study involving researchers from the University of Oxford and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) has examined the change […]
Brisbane’s COVID lockdown has a crucial difference: it aims to squash an outbreak before it even starts
Greater Brisbane’s 72-hour COVID lockdown, which takes effect at 6pm on Friday, has a crucial difference from the months-long lockdown endured by Melbourne earlier this […]
Coronavirus outbreak at Vermont apple orchard sickens dozens of migrant workers
Fox News Flash top headlines for October 7 An outbreak of the novel coronavirus at an apple orchard in Vermont has sickened dozens, according to […]
5M people infected, India’s virus outbreak still soaring
India’s total of coronavirus infections passed 5 million Wednesday, still soaring and testing the feeble health care system in tens of thousands of impoverished towns […]
Coronavirus: WHO chief scientist sees no herd immunity to Covid-19 yet
The chief scientist at the World Health Organization estimates that about 50% to 60% of the population will need to be immune to the coronavirus […]
Covid-19: New coronavirus vaccine candidate induces immune response in mice, primates
Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which they say generates antibodies that “potently neutralise” the novel coronavirus in mice and […]
Ebola vaccinations underway in new DR Congo outbreak
Health workers in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo have begun administering vaccinations after the country’s 11th known outbreak of Ebola erupted last week, the authorities […]
Vaccine orders plummet amid coronavirus outbreak: CDC
Orders for vaccines against diseases such as measles have declined since a national emergency was declared in the United States because of the coronavirus pandemic, […]