Huge study gives deep insight into long COVID symptoms

Huge study gives deep insight into long COVID symptoms

Initial findings from a study of nearly 10,000 Americans, many of whom had COVID-19, have uncovered new details about long COVID, the post-infection set of conditions that can affect nearly every tissue and organ in the body. Clinical symptoms can vary and include...
WHO advisers recommend switch to monovalent COVID vax

WHO advisers recommend switch to monovalent COVID vax

The World Health Organization (WHO) COVID vaccine composition advisory group met to discuss the latest SARS-CoV-2 changes and impacts on the vaccine and recommended that vaccine makers drop the ancestral strain and switch to a monovalent (single-strain) vaccine that...
WHO launches plan to improve pandemic preparedness

WHO launches plan to improve pandemic preparedness

To help countries better prepare for future pandemics, WHO launched a new initiative that provides guidance on integrated planning for responding to any respiratory pathogen such as influenza or coronaviruses. The new Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats...
COVID Drug Candidate Could Reduce Infection Length

COVID Drug Candidate Could Reduce Infection Length

The discovery of a small molecule in the research lab of Bradley McConnell, professor of pharmacology at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy, may well be the genesis of new medication which could shorten the course of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Unlike Pfizer’s...