Gut microbiome may be linked to long Covid risk
Hong Kong-- The make-up of the gut microbiome may be linked to a person's risk of developing long Covid many months after initial infection...
Pfizer, BioNTech start clinical trial of Omicron-specific Covid-19 vaccine
Berlin-- German biotechnology company BioNTech and US company Pfizer have started clinical trials of an Omicron-based Covid-19 vaccine candidate in healthy adults aged from...
Couple behind India’s indigenous Covid vaccine gets Padma Bhushan
Hyderabad-- Dr Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella, the couple behind Bharat Biotech, which developed India's first indigenous vaccine for Covid-19, have been awarded Padma...
How do I tell a real N95 or KN95 from a fake?
By Eva Botkin-Kowacki
News at Northeastern
In the face of the highly infectious omicron variant, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its mask guidance for...
Is your cloth mask good enough to keep Covid at bay? Think twice
New Delhi-- The Covid-19 pandemic has resurfaced, and if the last two years have taught us anything, it's that the coronavirus should not be...
To solve the organ shortage, we need more awareness, not more animals
By Dr Ankita Pandey
As a scientist and researcher, I am deeply opposed to xenotransplantation the Frankenscience of transplanting organs from one species to another...
Pandemic causing ‘generation-defining disruption’ among children
Sydney-- More than the impact of being infected with Covid-19, children are facing many indirect effects of the pandemic in terms of health and...
Cancer treatment may inhibit immune response to Covid vax
New York-- Patients with cancer who receive chemotherapy and some targeted therapies may mount an inadequate immune response to Covid-19 vaccination, according to a...
‘Nocebo effect’ behind two-thirds of Covid vax side effects: Study
New York-- The "nocebo effect" accounted for more than two-thirds of the common side effects people experience after a Covid-19 vaccination rather than the...
Fauci optimistic Omicron cases to peak in February
Washington-- Anthony Fauci, top US infectious disease expert, has said he is confident that most states in the country will reach a peak of...
