California will require health care workers to get a booster shot of the coronavirus vaccine, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday,
Month: December 2021
Case drop may show South Africa’s omicron peak has passed
South Africa’s noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country’s dramatic omicron-driven surge has
Biden says US ‘prepared’ for Omicron as Israel calls for 4th shots
President Joe Biden on Tuesday told Americans worried about the rapidly spreading Omicron coronavirus variant that the country was “prepared”
New theory of consciousness in humans, animals and artificial intelligence
Two researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have come up with a new theory of consciousness. They have long been exploring
Vitamin D supplements may reduce the duration of the common cold
After a couple of years of mask-wearing, social distancing and hand sanitizing, the common cold is back. And—according to some
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: The role of the circular RNA
A group of researchers from Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Perugia, in collaboration with the Italian Institute
Study compares COVID-19 vaccines’ ability to stimulate immune protection against the coronavirus
A team of scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has conducted one of the first comparisons of how effectively each
Study details chromosome-level changes that allow melanomas to develop drug resistance
Precision therapies targeting melanoma and other cancers have improved patient survival, but tumors often stop responding to drugs, and recent
Omicron may be significantly better at evading vaccine-induced immunity, but less likely to cause severe disease: study
As the SARS-CoV-2 virus replicates and spreads, errors in its genetic code can lead to changes in the virus. On
EU approves fifth jab as WHO urges greater effort to end pandemic
The European Union approved its fifth Covid-19 vaccine Monday, stepping up its battle against the Omicron virus variant as the
