#SARS-CoV-2

Study findings identify a potential marker that could help identify people at high risk of developing long COVID.

Draft CDC guidelines controversially conclude that N95 face masks are equivalent to looser surgical face masks in certain settings.

The vaccines tend to prevent infection for only a few months, but they offer longer protection against hospitalization and death.

Updated coronavirus vaccine is recommended for all adults and children ages 6 months and older.

People at lower risk may not need an updated booster, but without a CDC recommendation, insurance companies wouldn’t have to cover it.

People ages 6 months and older are eligible for new Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech boosters targeting XBB.1.5 omicron variant.

Stopping the virus from hijacking mitochondrial energy production may be a novel way to prevent serious complications.

The CDC’s flawed diagnostic test stymied national efforts to contain COVID-19 as the disease spread.

Prior research has shown that helminth infection induces both innate and adaptive immune responses.

Antibodies crossed the placenta, likely conferring some protection for newborns immediately after birth.

Understanding how this variant helped people fend off the virus could lead to better ways to protect against COVID.

Researchers are working on vaccines that will target multiple flu or coronavirus strains.

The program, launching this fall, will help uninsured people and those whose insurance does not cover free vaccines.

A molecular decoy that neutralizes the SARS-CoV-2 virus by preventing it from latching onto cells protected mice against COVID-19.