May 23, 2023 | Covid-19, News
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...
Apr 4, 2023 | Covid-19, News
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...
Mar 14, 2023 | Covid-19, News
An observational study of nearly 400,000 nonhospitalized adults in California finds a low rate of venous thromboembolism (VTE, or a blood clot in a vein) in the 30 days after COVID-19 diagnosis and an even lower rate in the following 30 days. In the University of...
Feb 28, 2023 | Covid-19, News
One of the newly discovered class 6 antibodies (blue) attaching to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (green) in a way that causes the spike to break up. CREDIT: Garvan Institute of Medical Research A new class of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies has been shown to neutralize multiple...
Feb 28, 2023 | Covid-19, News
Protein-based nanoparticles bind to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, preventing infection. The developed nanospheres could have applications in biomedicine. CREDIT: Molood Behbahanipour, Roger Benoit, Susanna Navarro, Salvador Ventura Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona...