Interview conducted by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Jan 5 2022 Thought LeadersProfessor Brian J. WillettViral Immunologist University of Glasgow In this interview, we speak to Professor Brian J. Willett from the University of Glasgow about his latest research into COVID-19 and whether the delta variant can evade vaccine-induced immunity. Please could you introduce yourself and tell...
by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in South Africa has found evidence that suggests people who have been infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant may be less susceptible to infection from the Delta variant. The team has written a paper describing their...
by Nancy Fliesler, Children’s Hospital Boston The Delta variant’s spike proteins fused to cell membranes far more rapidly than those of the five other variants. Credit: DOI: 10.1126/science.abl9463 The delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has swept the planet, becoming the dominant variant within just a few months. A new study from Boston Children’s Hospital, published in Science, explains...
by Beth Duff-Brown, Stanford University Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When the delta variant of the coronavirus hit the Sierra Conservation Center—a low- to medium-security prison for men in California—residents who had received the Moderna vaccine were well protected against symptomatic infection, according to Stanford-led research. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine,...
by Regenstrief Institute Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing hospitalizations and emergency department visits caused by the Delta variant, according to data from a national study. That data also indicate that Moderna’s vaccine is significantly more effective against Delta than Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson. “These real-world data show that vaccines remain highly effective at reducing COVID-19 related...
Share on Pinterest New research compares the immunity from having contracted SARS-CoV-2 once with the immunity conferred by a vaccine. Ian Forsyth/Stringer/Getty Images Many questions persist about immunity against SARS-CoV-2, especially the Delta variant. Researchers in Israel have compared the natural immunity acquired from infection and vaccination-acquired immunity. Natural immunity plus one dose of vaccine...
by Daniel Strain, University of Colorado at Boulder Credit: CC0 Public Domain This summer, the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has continued to gain ground in the United States. States and municipalities now face tough choices about how they can control this latest phase in the pandemic. Adding to those hard decisions,...
Sara Reardon A queue at a hospital in Surabaya, Indonesia, that treats people with COVID-19. Indonesia has been hard hit by the Delta variant.Credit: Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty Since first appearing in India in late 2020, the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has become the predominant strain in much of the world. Researchers might now know why Delta...
By Tanya Lewis on June 29, 2021 Anthony Fauci arrives to testify at a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing in April 2021. Credit: Amr Alfiky-Pool Getty Images The Delta variant is here. First identified in India, this more transmissible form of the novel coronavirus has spread to at least 77 countries and regions and now makes up more than 20...
by Margie Danchin, Archana Koirala, Fiona Russell, and Philip Britton, The Conversation This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 — also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19 — isolated from a patient in the US. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The spikes on the outer edge of...
