A COVID-19 patient using a ventilator rests while his blood goes through a kidney dialysis machine (L) on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) floor at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center on April 21, 2020 i...
Tag: Infection
‘The Last Of Us’ Zombie Infection Is Real—Here’s What Scientists Say About The Threat To Humans
Topline HBO’s hotly anticipated TV adaptation of the acclaimed Last of Us game series premiered on Sunday, showcasing the world after a devastating fungal pandemic wiped out most of humanity, a fictio...
First RSV Vaccine On The Horizon—Pfizer Touts Strong Trial Results As Children’s Hospitals Count Soaring Cases
Topline Pharma giant Pfizer on Tuesday said it would ask regulators to greenlight a vaccine designed to protect infants against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, following strong results in late-st...
A single dose of monkeypox vaccine provides some protection against infection, CDC says
Los Angeles, CA – August 10: Luis Garcia, a registered nurse, prepares Monkeypox virus vaccine at St.John’s Well Child & Family Center on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. I...
Covid Increases Risk Of Mental Illness And Brain Disease Up To Two Years After Infection, Study Suggests
Topline People who have had Covid-19 are at an increased risk of mental health and neurological conditions—including seizures, dementia, psychotic disorders and brain fog—two years after infection, ac...
Teens’ Protection From Pfizer’s Covid Shot Fades Weeks After Vaccination—But Shot Still Wards Off Serious Illness, Study Finds
Topline The effectiveness of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine in teens fades rapidly in the weeks after vaccination, according to research published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open, a finding tha...
Researchers Find More Symptoms Of Long Covid
Topline Long Covid sufferers endure a wider set of symptoms than previously thought, according to new research published Monday in Nature Medicine, the latest study to shed light on the poorly underst...
A New Covid Vaccine That’s Effective Against Omicron Could Hit The Market This Year
Topline Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline are hoping to launch their latest Covid vaccine later this year after trials found it to be particularly effective against the omicron variant, promising news for th...
Have You Been Vaccinated And Had A Covid Infection? You’re Probably Best Protected Against Omicron, Study Suggests.
Topline A previous Covid infection provided more “durable” protection against infection with the omicron variant than two or three doses of Pfizer or Moderna’s vaccines—but protectio...
Here’s What You Need To Know About The Rare Virus Found In The U.S., U.K. And Europe
Topline Cases of monkeypox, a rare infection typically found in specific parts of Africa, have been confirmed in Europe, the U.K. and the U.S., while more than a dozen more are suspected and experts a...
Getting Vaccinated After Infection Could Slash Risk Of Long Covid, Study Finds
Topline Getting vaccinated after a coronavirus infection could slash the risk of developing long Covid, according to a new study published Wednesday in the British Medical Journal, a possible glimmer ...
Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine Protection Against Omicron Fades Just Weeks After Second And Third Doses, Study Finds
Topline Immunity against the omicron coronavirus variant fades rapidly after a second and third dose of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, according to peer reviewed research published in JAMA Ne...
At least 58% of U.S. population has natural antibodies from previous Covid infection, CDC says
Blood drawn by a registered nurse for an antibody test for the coronavirus, June 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images Three out of every five people in the U.S. now have antibodies f...
Myocarditis risk higher after Covid infection than vaccination, CDC finds
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 test in San Francisco, California, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images People infected with Covid-19 face a higher risk of...
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Hospitalized With ‘Flu-Like Symptoms’
Topline After experiencing flu-like symptoms, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, 73, was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. Friday, where he was diagnosed with an infect...
Mental Illness Risk Soars After Covid Infection, Study Finds — Even With Milder Cases
Topline People with Covid-19 are much more likely to be diagnosed with a mental health disorder or be prescribed a mental health-related drug up to one year after infection, according to a new peer re...
Antibiotic Resistance Killed 1.2 Million People In 2019, Study Finds, A Leading Cause Of Death
Topline More than 1.2 million people died from antibiotic resistant infections in 2019, according to new peer-reviewed research published in the Lancet Thursday, a figure exceeding that of major kille...
Prior Covid Infection Offered More Protection Against Delta Than Vaccines — But Both Together Did Best
Topline When the coronavirus’ delta variant surged last year, vaccinated people with prior infections were less likely to catch the virus than those who only had immunity from either an earlier case o...
France reports new Covid infection record with omicron spreading
Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, removes his face mask during a news conference. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images France saw its Covid-19 infection rate hit a new record on Tuesday as th...
Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin Reports Breakthrough Covid Infection, Has Mild Symptoms
Topline U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday said he has tested positive for Covid-19, a development that comes just days after the Pentagon moved to tighten restrictions as the highly infect...