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Covid vaccine update: How effective is the coronavirus vaccine?

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Coronavirus continues to spread across the UK, and around the entire world. Scientists have been working hard to find an effective vaccine to protect against the deadly symptoms of COVID-19. Experts at […]

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AAP Reports Biggest One-Week Jump in Child COVID-19 Cases

THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 — The highest one-week increase in child COVID-19 cases was seen for the week ending Oct. 29, 2020, according to a report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A report from the AAP and Children’s Hospital Association summarized data on COVID-19 cases in children from state-level reports available on […]

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Focus on COVID-19 deaths in under-65s for better insights into infection rates across populations, say researchers

Simply comparing the total number of deaths across countries may provide a misleading representation of the underlying level of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, because of large differences in reported COVID-19 death rates in elderly populations in different countries. The research, conducted by scientists at the University of Cambridge and the Institut […]

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Peru facing rural COVID-19 disaster

A disaster is looming in Peru caused by COVID-19 as thousands return to their rural homes where there are limited resources and facilities, according to research carried out at the University of St Andrews. When COVID-19 struck Peru in March 2020, thousands of Peruvians chose to leave large cities and return to their community origins […]

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Genetics and the COVID-19 pandemic

With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging worldwide, members of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) are working to understand how the virus spreads and infects people, why there is so much variability in susceptibility and severity, and where to look for potential therapeutics. Researchers presented the results of several studies relevant to the current […]

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Study finds over 80% of COVID-19 patients have vitamin D deficiency

Over 80 percent of 200 COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Spain have vitamin D deficiency, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Vitamin D is a hormone the kidneys produce that controls blood calcium concentration and impacts the immune system. Vitamin D deficiency has been […]