Breakthrough infections in immunocompromised individuals are a significant concern due to persistent viral shedding and the potential emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants. Given that neutralising ...
The following is a summary of “Impact of disease severity, age, sex, comorbidity, and vaccination on secondary attack rates of SARS-CoV-2: a global systematic review and meta-analysis,” published in ...
The landscape of COVID-19 mortality has evolved dramatically since the start of the pandemic. In 2023, the United States saw ...
A Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar study found that SARS-CoV-2 evolved from prioritizing transmission to evading immunity after the Omicron variant emerged. Before Omicron, natural immunity from prior ...
Vaccinations alone may not be enough to protect people with compromised immune systems from infection, even if the vaccine has generated the production of antibodies, new research from the University ...
A new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 virus evolved from initially ...
Certain antiviral and mAb therapies were shown to lower mortality and hospitalization rates in those infected with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants.
A North-South partnership between the Genomic Surveillance Unit at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge and the Centre ...
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