In April 2021, Kayla Lindamood, then 31, was 25 weeks pregnant when she contracted COVID-19. She struggled to breathe and couldn’t get out of bed. Worried, she visited a local hospital, which soon transferred her to another hospital better equipped to care for premature babies. Even though she felt overwhelmed and weak, Lindamood understood how […]
This article is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Contact a qualified medical professional before engaging in any physical activity, or making any changes to your diet, medication or lifestyle. The new FLiRT subvariants of COVID-19 made up just over a quarter of all cases […]
Two new COVID-19 subvariants, collectively nicknamed FLiRT, are increasingly edging out the winter’s dominant strain ahead of a possible summer uptick in coronavirus infections. The new FLiRT subvariants, officially known as KP.2 and KP.1.1, are believed to be roughly 20% more transmissible than their parent, JN.1, the winter’s dominant subvariant, said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an […]
(Rewrites throughout with details on the licensing deal and Novavax’s earnings) PARIS, May 10 (Reuters) – Novavax on Friday erased doubts about its ability to remain in business and struck a licensing deal worth up to $1.2 billion with Sanofi for COVID-19 vaccines in exchange for a stake that doubles the U.S. drugmaker’s market value. […]
PARIS (Reuters) -Novavax on Friday erased doubts about its ability to remain in business and struck a licensing deal worth up to $1.2 billion with Sanofi for COVID-19 vaccines in exchange for a stake that doubles the U.S. drugmaker’s market value. In February last year, Novavax raised doubts about its business viability after missing out […]
AstraZeneca is withdrawing its COVID-19 vaccine from the market because of low demand, the drugmaker said Wednesday. The shot, which was never authorized in the U.S., was widely used across the world in the early part of the global vaccine drive. AstraZeneca’s shot was cheaper to make and easier to distribute than the mRNA shots […]
A community group has found a novel way of using discarded protective Covid-19 guards by turning them into ‘screen’ houses for gardens. Tús Community Employment Scheme members have finished a prototype of the green house they built from the disused screens from their own offices and are now planning to roll out the project so […]
The United States shared “gobsmacking” evidence with Britain at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic that suggested a “high likelihood” that the virus had leaked from a Chinese lab, The Telegraph can reveal. Five Eyes intelligence-sharing nations were convened in Jan 2021 to discuss the possibility of a “lab leak”, as the US warned that […]
The dark days of the pandemic are finally in the past for most of us—and that seems to be reflected in the earnings for Moderna, whose revenue is dependent on sales of its COVID-19 vaccine. In the first quarter of the year, Moderna reported $167 million in sales of its only product on the market, […]
The number of patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 has hit its lowest weekly level since the start of the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports just 5,615 were hospitalized in the U.S. due to the coronavirus the week of April 20, the most recent data available. That’s far below the 150,650 who […]
Dr. Joseph Varon comforts a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit on Thanksgiving at the United Memorial Medical Center on Nov. 26, 2020 in Houston. (Go Nakamura/Getty Images) Friday’s declaration by the World Health Organization that the coronavirus emergency was “over” marked the end of a three-year journey that saw the world transformed by […]
The raccoon dog did it: That was the explosive takeaway of a genomic analysis conducted in March by a trio of scientists who had scrutinized data from a market in Wuhan, China, where the pandemic was thought to have begun. Until then, evidence for that conviction had been scant. “This is a really strong indication […]