
More Than 159 Million Shots Given: Covid-19 Tracker 12 Feb, 2021
The biggest vaccination campaign in history is underway. More than 159 million doses have been administered across 76 countries, according to data collected by Bloombe...

Johnson & Johnson Announces Single-Shot Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Met Primary Endpoints in Interim Analysis of its Phase 3 ENSEMBLE Trial 29 Jan, 2021
Johnson & Johnson Announces Single-Shot Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Met Primary Endpoints in Interim Analysis of its Phase 3 ENSEMBLE Trial• Vaccine Candidate 72% Effective in the US and...

New photos of SARS-Cov-2 24 Jan, 2021
NIAID’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton, Montana, produced images of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, previously known as 2019-nCoV) on its scanning and transmission electron m...

New coronavirus variant: What do we know? 4 Jan, 2021
The rapid spread of a new variant of coronavirus has been blamed for the introduction of strict tier four mixing rules for millions of people, harsher restrictions on mixing at Christmas in England...
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Johnson & Johnson Announces European Commission Approval of Agreement to Supply 200 Million Doses of Janssen’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate
18 Jan, 2021
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (the Company) today announced the European Commission (EC), acting on behalf of the European Union (EU) Membe... -
How COVID-19 inspired surgical residents to rethink educational programs
1 Nov, 2020The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused significant disruptions to education for surgical residents across the country. Residen... -
National Geographic recommends which vaccines you can trust
22 Sep, 2020
More than 150 coronavirus vaccines are in development across the world—and hopes are high to bring one to market in record time to ease the glo... -
Preprints with The Lancet are here to stay
18 Sep, 2020The Lancet confirms that preprint paper will stay in their future strategy.
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Chest CT features associated with the clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia
12 Feb, 2021Objectives
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly swept across the world. This study aimed to explore the relationship between the ches... -
Study on mechanism of matrine in treatment of COVID-19 combined with liver injury by network pharmacology and molecular docking technology
12 Feb, 2021Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the pharmacological mechanism of matrine in treatment of COVID-19 combined with liver i... -
Shifts in global bat diversity suggest a possible role of climate change in the emergence of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2
8 Feb, 2021Abstract
Bats are the likely zoonotic origin of several coronaviruses (CoVs) that infect humans, including SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2, both of wh...0 -
Safety and immunogenicity of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, BBV152: a double-blind, randomised, phase 1 trial
2 Feb, 2021BackgroundTo mitigate the effects of COVID-19, a vaccine is urgently needed. BBV152 is a whole-virion inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine formulated wit... -
Effect of anakinra versus usual care in adults in hospital with COVID-19 and mild-to-moderate pneumonia (CORIMUNO-ANA-1): a randomised controlled trial
2 Feb, 2021BackgroundPatients with COVID-19 pneumonia have an excess of inflammation and increased concentrations of cytokines including interleukin-1 (IL-1)....
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Variant-proof vaccines — invest now for the next pandemic
12 Feb, 2021COVID’s evolution signals the importance of rational vaccine design based on broadly neutralizing antibodies.
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Vaccinemakers ponder how to adapt to virus variants
2 Feb, 2021
News from U.S. manufacturer Moderna that its COVID-19 vaccine is still “expected to be protective” against a virus variant first detected in So... -
J&J COVID-19 vaccine could be available in Europe in April: source
18 Jan, 2021Johnson & Johnson could deliver the first doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to Europe in April, an EU official told Reuters on Wednesday after a to... -
Immunological characteristics govern the transition of COVID-19 to endemicity
18 Jan, 2021Abstract
We are currently faced with the question of how the CoV-2 severity may change in the years ahead. Our analysis of immunological and epi... -
Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker
18 Jan, 2021
Vaccines typically require years of research and testing before reaching the clinic, but in 2020, scientists embark... -
Covid-19: Breastfeeding women can have vaccine after guidance turnaround
11 Jan, 2021
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has revised its guidance so that pregnant and breastfeeding women can recei...
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Stronger Together
5 Aug, 2020
“Stronger Together” campaign to highlight importance of psychosocial support during times of stress and crisis
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LitCovid
4 Aug, 2020
LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus. It is t... -
Coronavirus: Barcelona beach trip for recovering patients
4 Jun, 2020
Spanish coronavirus patients are taking trips to the seaside as part of their recovery from the illness.
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France approves release of controversial COVID-19 tracking app
29 May, 2020App measures proximityThe tracking app, called StopCovid, uses bluetooth to trace when a phone is in proximity to others who have the application.O... -
EIT Community COVID-19 Response
22 May, 2020This section presents the measures, activities and solutions powered by the EIT Community, Europe’s largest innovation ecosystem powering entrepren... -
Sony AI and avatarin to cooperate on remote control robots
18 May, 2020
Sony AI Inc and avatarin Inc, an ANA Group company, have reached a basic agreement to work together to develop next-generation remote control r... -
IRB Barcelona in the fight against COVID-19
15 May, 2020
The global pandemic that we are living poses a major challenge for society at all levels. In these moments of uncertainty, IRB Barcelona has pu...