Editor’s Note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the stories of coronavirus that Medscape editors around the world think you need to know today: Immune responses explained Although reports of weak as well as short-lived anticonvulsant responses in patients with COVID-19 have …
Read More »Russia’s release plan for Russia raises concerns about virus mutation
LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s plan to roll out its “Sputnik-V” COVID-19 vaccine, even before full studies show how well it works, requires concern among virus experts, who warn of a partially effective shot at the new encourage coronavirus to mutate. PHILO PHOTO: A handout photo provided by the Russian Direct …
Read More »Rapidly decreasing immunity of COVID-19 poses a vaccination challenge
LONDON (Reuters) – Emerging evidence that the body’s immune defense against COVID-19 may be short-lived makes it even more difficult for vaccine developers to find vaccines fully capable of protecting people in future waves of infection, Scientists said Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Professor Gottfried Kremsner injects a coronavirus disease vaccine (COVID-19) …
Read More »I am a viral immunologist. This is what the antibody tests for Covid-19 tell us | Opinion
TThe sheer speed with which Covid-19 spread across the world, along with the novel nature of the virus, has meant that scientists and technicians have been playing a catch-up game. But our knowledge, although incomplete, is now much larger than it was at the beginning of the outbreak, and medical …
Read More »