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WHO chief to 'push until we get the answer' on Covid origins

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 16 02:40 AM

Solving the mystery of where the SARS CoV-2 virus came from and how it began spreading among humans is considered vital for averting future pandemics. Read more »

WHO estimates 90 pct have some resistance to COVID-19

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 03 09:54 AM

Gaps in vigilance were leaving the door open for a new virus variant to appear and overtake the globally dominant omicron, said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Read more »

WHO urges countries to continue COVID testing, surveillance

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 07:35 PM

WHO reminds countries to maintain good COVID-19 testing and surveillance in order not to lose track of the movement and evolution of the virus. Read more »

UK COVID patient was positive for record 505 days: researchers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 25 07:13 AM

British researchers believe they have documented the longest-known Covid-19 infection, in a patient who tested positive for a total of 505 days before their death. Read more »

COVID and flu co-infection raises risk of severe illness, death

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 29 07:33 AM

Having COVID-19 and influenza at the same time puts hospitalized adults at much greater risk of critical illness and death. Read more »

Variant that combines Delta and Omicron identified

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Mar 11 07:31 AM

Hybrid versions of the coronavirus that combine genes from the Delta and Omicron variants - dubbed "Deltacron" - have been identified in at least 17 patients in the United States and Europe, researchers said. Read more »

Almost a third of people report lingering symptom 6-12 months after COVID-19 - study

Jennifer Rigby, Reuters
Posted at Mar 05 04:26 AM

New diagnoses of anxiety and depression were also more common among those with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the study showed. Read more »

World's 1st trial deliberately infecting young adults with COVID found to be safe

Reuters
Posted at Feb 02 07:44 PM

The trial infected 36 healthy male and female volunteers aged 18-29 years with the original SARS-CoV-2 strain of the virus. Read more »

Scientists on alert over rising cases caused by Omicron cousin BA.2

Reuters
Posted at Jan 31 06:34 AM

The highly transmissible Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus - the most common form of which is known as BA.1 - now accounts for nearly all of the coronavirus infections globally. Read more »

Studies highlight need for boosters to fight omicron

Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters
Posted at Jan 22 07:33 AM

The studies, led by the CDC, are among the first in the United States to look at the impact of booster doses against the fast-spreading omicron. Read more »

T-cells from common colds can provide protection vs COVID - study

Alistair Smout, Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 07:00 PM

Current COVID-19 vaccines target the spike protein, which mutates regularly. Read more »

Isolation and innovation: 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic

Paul Ricard, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 06 02:57 PM

Two years ago, a previously unknown virus plunged humanity into an unprecedented global crisis that has transformed our daily lives -- and significantly expanded scientific knowledge. Read more »

Virus leaves antibodies that may attack healthy tissue: study

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 04 07:40 AM

Months after recovering from SARS-CoV-2 infection, survivors have elevated levels of antibodies that can mistakenly attack their own organs and tissues, even if they had not been severely ill, according to new findings. Read more »

Coronavirus can stay in body for months, US study finds

South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 27 07:54 AM

The coronavirus that causes Covid-19, Sars-CoV-2, can spread within days from the airways to the heart, brain and almost every organ system in the body, where it may persist for months. Read more »

AstraZeneca: 3rd jab 'significantly' boosts Omicron antibodies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 23 06:03 PM

AstraZeneca said that a third, or "booster", dose of its COVID-19 vaccine "significantly" lifted antibody levels against Omicron in a study. Read more »

Experimental saliva test nearly as accurate as PCR

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Dec 09 08:49 AM

An experimental saliva test can diagnose SARS-CoV-2 infection in minutes, nearly as accurately as gold-standard PCR tests. Read more »

Omicron variant may have picked up a piece of common-cold virus

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 06 11:43 AM

The Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 likely acquired at least one of its mutations by picking up a snippet of genetic material from another virus - possibly one that causes the common cold. Read more »

Flu jabs may aid COVID-19 patients who need surgery

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Oct 26 07:52 AM

COVID-19 patients who require surgery appear to face fewer complications if they have previously been vaccinated against the flu, new data suggest. Read more »

COVID-19: What are we ignoring?

Dean Dela Paz
Posted at Sep 28 11:58 PM

The reasons are legion. From deploying the wrong officials to ineffective contact-tracing, to employing a singular measure for a multi-dimensional mutating problem, to ignoring the pandemic’s latent demands and deliberately diverting billions to enrich peddlers. Read more »

Sinovac jab less effective against Gamma variant: study

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 07:32 AM

PARIS, France - The Chinese CoronaVac jab, also known as the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, is less effective against the Gamma variant first detected in virus-ravaged Brazil, a study said Friday. Read more »