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Over 80 percent people who had mildly had Covid-19 infection in spring 2020 still have antibodies. Healers are immune to both variants of the coronavirus, Alpha and Delta, according to a study by Danderyd Hospital outside Stockholm.more

Vaccines against COVID-19 are effective not only in clinical trials, but also in the so-called real world - analysis in the USA showed. Their real effectiveness was also assessed as very high.more

The 90-year-old Belgian resident is the first identified person to be diagnosed with simultaneous infection with two variants of the coronavirus: British (Alpha) and South African (Beta), according to the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID).more

Rapid Dose Therapeutics has announced that it is testing a vaccine that resembles breath freshening leaves from one of the popular cosmetic brands. The vaccine is supposed to dissolve in the mouth in 11 seconds.more

A new study, published in Nature, has concluded that this variant of the coronavirus was barely sensitive to one dose of vaccine and can evade antibodies that target certain parts of the virus.more

A DNA study of Leonardo Da Vinci's family that stretches back nearly seven centuries has turned up 14 living descendants of the Renaissance artist.more

More than 100 scientists and doctors have signed a letter accusing the government of conducting a ‘dangerous and unethical experiment’ by scraping all Covid restrictions in two weeks.more

Stopping the transmission of the coronavirus may fail if adolescents between 12 and 15 years of age are not vaccinated in addition to adults, Irish experts say. However, vaccinating such a large population can be difficult.more

Proponents of the vegan diet present it as a healthier - and less harmful to the Earth's climate - alternative to animal products, but the matter is more complex, reports the British Daily Telegraph.more

Scientists have discovered a total of 200 approved drugs that could treat COVID-19, but only 40 are currently being tested in clinical trials.more

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ASB) said yesterday that, according to research, the risk of death from AstraZeneca from thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) is almost the same as the risk of death from a lightning strike.more

Researchers investigating what happens to people after Covid-19 infection have found a number experience something worse – a drawn-out, debilitating syndrome known as “long Covid”.more

Swiss epidemiologist Didier Petit, who headed an independent commission evaluating the effectiveness of fighting the Covid-19 epidemic in France, said yesterday that he expected "a fourth, or even a fifth and sixth wave of the epidemic" in the coming months.more

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology residents have published the results of their latest research: a meta-analysis on suicide, the first cause of external death in Spain.more

The response times of footballers is slowed down when part of the kit worn by both teams is of the same colour, a new study shows.more

A pioneering inter-university study on disorders in people most at risk of deteriorating health as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic was conducted by Poles. They indicated the groups that most often suffer from, inter alia, increased levels of anxiety, depression, headaches, and orofacial pains.more

Vaccinating people with both the Oxford–AstraZeneca and Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines produces a potent immune response against the virus SARS-CoV-2, researchers conducting a study have found.more

The UK has recorded a total of 117 deaths in people with the Delta coronavirus variant. Fifty were among people who'd taken two doses of vaccines - a reminder that the shots are imperfect.more

Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are likely to offer long-lasting protection against Covid-19, according to a study published on Monday, indicating that people who are already inoculated with either of the mRNA vaccines may not need a booster dose for years.more

A third dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine induces a “strong” immune boost against Covid-19 and its different variants, a new study has shown – though scientists remain unsure if booster jabs are imminently needed.more

The US government has said it has no explanation for dozens of unidentified flying objects seen by military pilots. A Pentagon report released on Friday says of 144 reports made about the phenomena since 2004, all but one remain unexplained.more

The virus that causes Covid-19 began spreading in China most likely as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the city of Wuhan, new research published yesterday by the British University of Kent showed.more

Coronaviruses have sparked some massive disease outbreaks in living memory, but we've actually been battling them for millennia, according to a new study.more

To get infected with the new Delta variant, it is enough to stay "no longer than a few seconds" in close proximity to the sick person, warns Harvard epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding.more

The prime minister has set out plans to cement the UK's place as a "science superpower". Boris Johnson announced how increases in the research budget would be spent.more