MEDICINE & HEALTHCommon cold season is coming as colder months are leaving many with symptoms similar to COVID-19. However, scientists warn people not to confuse cold symptoms with COVID-19.
Coronavirus samples from a Chinese miner were transported to Wuhan researchers for analysis, where they may have escaped into the public and became a pandemic.
An evolutionary biologist and epidemiologist work together to track and control the mutations of pathogens, and closely follow COVID-19 variants around the world.
The shortage of ivermectin experienced by people intending to buy for non-COVID purposes pushed the Canadian government to limit people from purchasing the said drug.
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency health officials said that people infected with the delta variant have 300 times viral load than the original strain. The Koren scientists are now advising to get tested as soon as they experience symptoms.
The pharmaceutical company Moderna recently produced a press release that includes the efficacy report of their COVID-19 vaccines over the past 6 months.
CDC Director Dr. Walensky said COVID-19 could be a "few mutations away" from evading vaccines while british researchers said future variants could result in a vaccine failure.
A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine confirms that the Pfizer vaccine works effectively against the COVID-19 delta variant, with a whopping 88% efficacy.
A study claims that one dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is less effective against the Indian Delta variant compared to other vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna.
A recent report published in CDC confirms COVID-19 transmission from humans and animals, following the coronavirus-related death of a lioness at a zoo in India.
A new study confirms that wildfire smokes enhances the coronavirus, which was evident through the spike of COVID-19 cases in Reno's heavily exposed areas.
The ivermectin scandal relates to the case of Haruko Obokata's stem cell research. In 2014, Riken Center for Developmental Biology's stem cell expert and research leader Haruko Obokata published studies regarding the development of pluripotent stem cells from the regular blood cells.
Nanotechnology is being eyed by experts as the new, effective, and reliable medium against viruses. Nanocapsules, which uses DNA structure, are now under development to trap and neutralize viruses.