Long COVID symptoms rarely persisted beyond 12 weeks in children and adolescents, unlike adults. But more studies were required to investigate the risk and impact of long COVID in young people to help guide vaccine policy decisions in Australia, according to a review led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI). The review, published in the Pediatric […]
SARS-CoV-2 not found in DNA sequencing: University of Queensland researchers are refuting claims that COVID-19 can enter a person’s DNA. The researchers from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute say the claims have led to “scaremongering” and people should not hesitate to be vaccinated. Professor Geoff Faulkner said his team’s research published in Cell Reports showed there was no evidence of COVID-19 […]
Liquid chalk highly effective in killing SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A viruses: Melbourne researchers have found that liquid chalk, commonly used in gyms to improve grip, acts as an antiseptic against highly infectious human viruses, completely killing both SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) and influenza A viruses. University of Melbourne Professor Jason Mackenzie, a laboratory […]
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How Covid-19 restrictions may be necessary for years to come: Covid-19 could continue to cause recurrent waves and deaths despite frequent vaccinations according to a new study from the University of East Anglia. Researchers studied how the vaccination programme in England could impact Covid-19 transmission. They found that under optimistic scenarios, mass immunisation using effective vaccines […]
COVID-19 may have long-term impact on blood vessels and heart health: New research published in Experimental Physiology highlight the possible long term health impacts of COVID-19 on young, relatively healthy adults who were not hospitalized and who only had minor symptoms due to the virus. Increased stiffness of arteries in particular was found in young adults, which […]
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Researchers have published an in-depth look at the SARS-CoV-2 mutations that have taken place during the past year in the Journal of General Virology. The review discusses the findings of over 180 research articles and follows the changes that have taken place in the SARS-CoV-2 genome, and the variants that have occurred as a result. A number of […]
Severe COVID-19 risk factors: The course and severity of COVID-19 in individual patients is largely influenced by the interaction between the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and the human immune system. Normally, the antiviral immune response of natural killer cells (NK cells) is an important step in combating viral replication in the early phase of the infection. On […]
Immune system protects children from severe COVID-19: Children are protected from severe COVID-19 because their innate immune system is quick to attack the virus, a new study has found. • A new Peer-reviewed Melbourne-led study has found children are protected from severe COVID-19 because their innate immune system is quick to attack the virus • […]
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New study suggests better approach in search for COVID-19 drugs: Research from the University of Kent, Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main, and the Philipps-University in Marburg has provided crucial insights into the biological composition of SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19, revealing vital clues for the discovery of antiviral drugs. Researchers compared SARS-CoV-2 and the closely […]
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The E484K mutation – a ‘backdoor’ to undoing vaccine efforts: As we are seeing many novel Covid-19 variants around the world, Professor Martin Michaelis and Dr Mark Wass of University of Kent’s School of Biosciences explain why this may be happening and what these new variants may mean: ‘After almost a year, in which SARS-CoV-2, the […]