Category: Science
Scientific articles about the coronavirus
Is Sars-CoV-2 already targeting the vaccinated?
Will future variants of Sars-Cov-2 tailor themselves to target the vaccinated? More...
Long COVID in 2009: Mental Morbidities and Chronic Fatigue in SARS Survivors
From 2009, Long COVID in SARS survivors: Over 40% of the respondents had active psychiatric illnesses, 40.3% reported a chronic fatigue problem, and 27.1% met the modified 1994 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome. More...
Deltacron: a new variant that combines Omicron and Delta discovered in Cyprus *4 UPDATES*
Cypriot authorities have reported the detection of up to 25 cases of infection [now 77 cases – see updates] with a combined version of the Delta and Omicron variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus which they have named “Deltacron”. More...
Preprint: 12% increase in relative humidity reduced Covid aerosol viral load by 50%
A study in which volunteers with COVID-19 were placed in an experimental chamber and monitored for aerosol emissions has found that a 12% increase in relative humidity reduced aerosol viral load by 50%. More...
Finland: 50% of infected adults have long COVID
Long COVID could become one of Finland’s largest groups of chronic diseases, according to a Finnish government Minister. More...
ICU doctor to UK Health Secretary: “I do not want to have a vaccination” *3 UPDATES*
Steve James, a consultant anaesthetist at King’s College Hospital in London who has worked in the ICU since early 2020 treating Covid patients, told UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid why he did not believe in vaccination. More...
Israel: Vaccine passport “has run its course and is no longer relevant”
Israel must rethink its COVID-19 response strategy, a senior health expert said on Thursday, as infections explode nationwide ushered in by the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
UK: First human case of H5N1 bird flu found in Buckfastleigh, Devon *3 UPDATES*
A person in the Buckfastleigh, Devon, area of the southwest of England has been confirmed as having contracted H5N1 bird flu, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. More...
Boris Johnson: We can ‘ride out’ the Omicron wave with no more curbs
London, 1940. The city is being heavily bombed in the Blitz. More...
Israel: Effects of 4th Covid booster dose are good, but not good enough
An Israeli health expert has said that although officials are satisfied with the results reported about the effects of the fourth coronavirus shot, they expected more from the second booster. More...