by Carlos Andres López, New Mexico State University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research from a New Mexico State University professor shows hesitancy toward the COVID-19 vaccine is much more prevalent among Hispanic and Black adults in the United States when compared to the overall hesitancy rate for the general American population. Jagdish Khubchandani, professor of public health...
by Wiley Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In two separate articles in the Annals of Neurology, clinicians in India and England report cases of a rare neurological disorder called Guillain-Barré syndrome after individuals were vaccinated against COVID-19. Both reports describe an unusual variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome characterized by prominent facial weakness. Seven cases were reported from a regional medical center...
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL BOSTON – Skin problems such as itchiness, rashes, hives, and swelling can occur in some individuals after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, but it’s not clear how common these reactions are or how frequently they recur with a subsequent vaccination. Research led by allergists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) now provides encouraging indications...
by University of Liverpool Credit: University of Liverpool New research has found that previous infection, whether it was symptomatic or asymptomatic, does not necessarily protect you long-term from COVID-19, particularly against new Variants of Concern. The preprint study was led by the University of Oxford, in collaboration with the Universities of Liverpool, Sheffield, Newcastle, and Birmingham...
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, June 16, 2021 — Findings from a small study detailing the treatment of myocarditis-like symptoms in seven people after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. are published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation. These cases are among those reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s...
One challenge as society reopens is identifying who has been vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The new COVID-19 antibody test is similar to one used at home to determine blood type, where the user pricks a finger and places a drop of blood on a card. A fusion protein the research team developed that’s...
By Gretchen Vogel, Jennifer Couzin-Frankel Jun. 1, 2021 , 1:55 PM The COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech appears to put young men at elevated risk of developing a heart muscle inflammation called myocarditis, researchers in Israel say. In a report submitted today to the Israeli Ministry of Health, they conclude that between one in 3000...
By Angela Betsaida B. Laguipo, BSN Jun 1 2021 In an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pathogen, vaccination efforts have been implemented in most countries. Two of the vaccines developed to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection are the novel messenger...
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL BOSTON – At the end of 2020, experts led by allergists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) examined all information related to possible allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccinations. Now the team has published updated insights based on their experience overseeing more than 65,000 employees who have become fully vaccinated since that time. The...
by Scott Lafee, University of California – San Diego Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a letter to The New England Journal of Medicine, published online March 23, 2021, a group of investigators from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA report COVID-19 infection rates for a cohort...
