What Can We Learn From Australia’s Covid-19 Response?
Australia’s Covid-19 response has been the envy of many countries with Dr. Fauci recently praising the country for being a world leader on “containment and management of emerging variants”. Aside from a few brief snap lockdowns in certain states, most Australians have …
From Cats And Dogs To Minks And Mice, Covid-19 Variants Are Infecting The Ecosystem
To witness a dog come down with Covid-19 is a curious thing. Though mine have been spared, I have a friend whose two dogs got sick in addition to the rest of their family. In videos my friend sent me, I could …
New Study Predicts Immune Protection May Vary For Different Covid-19 Vaccines
After more than a year of lockdowns, isolation, and great loss of human life, the slow but steady rollout of Covid-19 vaccines has given us all a much-needed glimmer of hope. As of March 22, the total number of doses administered worldwide …
Preventing Fecal-Oral And Fecal-Aerosol Transmission Of Covid-19
Last year, I conducted an interview with a friend who traveled to Shanghai and was forced to quarantine in a hotel for 11 days under the supervision of local health authorities. He was brought hot meals, subjected to temperature checks twice daily, …
Science will save us in our battle against COVID-19
In the history of mankind’s battles against deadly disease, our first line of defense has always been public health. Quarantines, border controls, sanitation, disinfection — these have been the tools used over hundreds of years to ward off death. As our knowledge …
Can America Beat COVID-19?
After a year of steadily increasing COVID-19 case counts, the United States may finally be at an inflection point. The recent overall decline in the number of new infections represents an opportunity finally to eliminate the virus within US borders, and to begin to …
Third Generation Covid-19 Variant Described In The Philippines
A new SARS-CoV-2 variant has emerged once again, this time in the Philippines. The new variant bears a resemblance to the recently discovered Japanese variant (B.1.1.248) and the infamous Brazilian variant (P.1), known for its dangerous immune-escape capabilities. B.1.1.248 and the Philippine …
AstraZeneca Vaccine Fails To Protect Against The South African Variant
Two doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine were found to have only a 10.4% efficacy against mild-to-moderate infections caused by the B.1.351 South Africa variant, according to a phase 1b-2 clinical trial published on Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. This is a …
COVID-19 Survivors at Risk of Depression and Other Disorders
Two studies have given insight into how COVID-19 symptoms are associated with the probability of subsequent depressive symptoms or psychiatric disorders. The first study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has found that some COVID-19 patients who suffer from prolonged symptoms after …
Novavax Covid-19 Vaccine Performs Well In Clinical Trials, But Variants Remain A Threat
More than 330 million vaccinations have been administered in the fight against Covid-19, and a new vaccine candidate is now ready to enter the ring. Novavax recently completed its final analyses and will seek FDA and international approval in the coming weeks. …