How to Boost Your Immune System During Cold and Flu Season
4 Ways to Boost Your Immune System Ahead of #Cold & #Flu Season • Exercise • Get enough sleep • Eat healthy diet • Exercise • Get enough...
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MOSTLY MICROBES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Welcome to Mostly Microbes and Infectious Diseases. David Ojcius posts newspaper and journal articles in the broad field of microbiology.
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Are ‘COVID toes’ actually caused by the coronavirus?
A surge in people with discolored toes does not seem to be linked to #COVID19. New report suggests that #COVID toe could have been caused...
First Possible Case of Covid-19 Spreading From Deer to Humans
Scientists in Canada discovered the 1st potential case of deer passing #coronavirus to a human, according to a preprint. The discovery...
‘I Had Never Felt Worse’: Long Covid Sufferers Are Struggling With Exercise
And experts have some theories as to why. #COVID19 #COVID #LongCovid #coronavirus By Melinda Wenner Moyer When Natalie Hollabaugh tested...
Making it easier to be a patient in times of a pandemic
by David Chambers, Michelle Brady, David Ojcius, Evelyn Cuny #COVID19 #COVID #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus #dentistry #dental 1 PROBLEM What...
COVID's endgame: Scientists have a clue about where SARS-CoV-2 is headed
#coronavirus #COVID #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 Back in the 1980s, scientists in the U.K. performed an experiment that — at first glance — sounds...
France first big EU nation to start widespread booster jabs
#France #Europe #COVID #Vaccines #coronavirus France on Wednesday started administering booster shots of #COVID19 #vaccine to people...
Probiotic Protection? Gut Bacteria Discovered That Protects Intestines From Invasion of COVID virus
#Probiotic #COVID #COVID19 #commensals #microbiota #probiotics #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 Researchers from Yonsei University in South Korea...
Novavax Offers US a Fourth Strong Covid-19 Vaccine
#Novavax #COVID19 #coronavirus #COVIDVaccines #COVIDVaccine #COVID The company’s large U.S. trial found an efficacy rate of about 90...
The indirect effect of mRNA-based Covid vaccination on unvaccinated household members
#COVID #COVIDvaccine #COVID19 #vaccines Abstract This paper studies the direct and indirect effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines among...
Widespread vaccination of adults helps protect unvaccinated children
#COVIDvaccine #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus The study, based on anonymized Israeli medical records, showed that vaccination's benefits...
SARS-CoV-2 evades neutralizing antibodies and rapidly spreads by cell fusion, finds study
#COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 #cellbiology #microbiology Once a virus infects a cell, neighboring cells are likely to become...
Don't Drop the Ball on Long COVID — We can prepare today for an influx of future patients
#COVID19 #LongCovid #COVID So far, the response to this pandemic has been focused on addressing the acute manifestations of COVID-19 --...
Africa is not ready for imminent third coronavirus wave, says WHO
#COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus #Africa #COVIDvaccine With vaccine deliveries at a near-standstill and lacking key resources in frontline...
Africa could see a 3rd COVID wave after a rise in cases, WHO warns
#COVID19 #coronavirus #COVID #COVIDVaccine #Africa A sharp rise in COVID-19 cases could be a portent of deeper trouble for the continent,...
As the US starts a return to normal, some countries have their worst COVID outbreaks yet
#COVID19 #coronavirus #COVID As the US starts to return to normal, COVID19 cases are surging in some countries in Asia & South America....
India’s COVID crisis flags need to forecast variants
#India #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 The rise of more-transmissible viral mutants demands new ways to prevent, detect, track and...
Seven European countries begin issuing a digital Covid certificate for travel
#COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus #Europe #SARSCoV2 A digital Covid certificate system that will facilitate travel within the European Union...
Countries Are Scrambling for COVID Vaccines. Mongolia Has Plenty.
#COVID #COVID19 #COVIDVaccine At a time when most countries are scrambling for #coronavirus vaccines, Mongolia now has enough to fully...
Could targeting immunometabolism be a way to control the burden of COVID-19 infection?
This review portrays the metabolic consequences of #COVID19 infection at different stages of the clinical syndrome. It also describes how...
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