Current vaccine strains show high neutralization against the latest variants, but the LP.8.1 antigen may provide similar or moderately higher cross-reactive antibody response.
Plaque growth can lead to a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and other life-threatening cardiovascular events for as long as 1 year.
Post-exertional malaise, or exercise intolerance, was seen in 36% of those with long COVID.
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The first dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine regimen confers a robust immune response against the B117 and B1351 variants in people previously infected with the coronavirus—but not in those in those never infected, according to a new study led by researchers from Imperial College London, Queen Mary University of London, and University College London.
Assistance continues to arrive, with the first US aid flight landing today.
Stress, loneliness, and other problems increased with online learning.
Also, the State Department will restrict travelers from India beginning next week.
Infants born to women with COVID-19 have a low chance of contracting the disease from their mothers and having complications, according to a study published yesterday in JAMA.
In one study, overweight people 20 to 39 years old had a high risk of hospitalization.
India again breaks its record for new COVID cases, topping 386,000.
Also, more than 100 colleges have made vaccination a requirement for in-person attendance this fall.
The August 2020 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota spread COVID-19 across the country, resulting in at least 649 infections—including transmission to household and workplace contacts—over the next 6 weeks, according to a study today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
One in 4 recipients noted mild systemic side effects, lower than in phase 3 trials.
