The coronavirus pandemic is still rapidly spreading worldwide, infecting more than 14.44 million people. With more than 188 countries and territories affected, scientists are competing to develop a vaccine against coronavirus 2 for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19). One of the forerunners in …
Read More »Research Suggests Protective Effect of Influenza Vaccine Against COVID-19 Severity and Mortality
A new study involving more than 92,000 COVID-19 patients in Brazil shows that the odds of serious illness, ventilatory support requirement, and death are reduced with a trivalent recent flu shot. This seems to indicate that these vaccines should be used as widely as possible to reduce the risk of …
Read More »Scientists find the Achilles heel of the coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has spread worldwide, infecting more than 10 million people. As it continues to wreak havoc, many scientists are working to determine a potential weakness in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to find an effective drug or vaccine against it. A team of scientists from the …
Read More »Novavax SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise in Animal Models
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause tens of thousands of infections daily. Without a preventive, therapeutic, or antiviral vaccine, scientists are working at a hectic pace to find a solution. Now, a new study published on the prepress server bioRxiv * June 2020 shows that a candidate peak protein vaccine …
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