The rollout of the world’s COVID-19 vaccines is proving largely effective against the virus. We have our work cut out for us, however, in the face of COVID-19 variants that began to emerge last fall. An examination of the molecular structure of these variants has unlocked the secret to theread more
Recent studies out of the UK are showing that the new COVID-19 vaccines are showing real-world effectiveness that is in-line with the numbers reported from their clinical trials, welcome news in a coronavirus-weary world. But with COVID-19’s death toll in the US having surpassed a half million souls,read more
The new UK coronavirus strain may be 30 to 40 percent more deadly than the original SARS-CoV-2 variant, according to a UK governmental health advisory group, despite initial hopes that the faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus had no greater impact on hospitalizations or death than its predecessor. This new developmentread more
There were concerns early in the COVID-19 pandemic that immunity to the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus would be fleeting, due to the rapid decline in antibody levels documented in the months following the recovery of CODID-19 survivors. A new study out of Rockefeller University has confirmed that SARS-CoV-2read more