Is the updated COVID vaccine a good match for the current variant and the emerging strain?
Northeastern University professors of pharmacy say the updated COVID-19 vaccines available for fall and winter of 2024 are a ...
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COVID Variant XEC Could Become Dominant Soon: How You Can Protect Yourself
Fact checked by Nick Blackmer The COVID-19 variant XEC, which has been spreading across Europe, now accounts for 17% of cases ...
Scientists in Japan develop new SARS-CoV-2 variant detection method
Researchers at Kumamoto University have made a significant breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19 with the development of ...
Assessing the efficacy of clinical drugs targeting SARS-CoV-2 main protease
Over the last few years, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for COVID-19, has undergone significant changes, evolving from the ...
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Predicting the future of COVID-19
Quantum mechanical modeling allowed the team to develop an initial set of predictions about the role of mutations on infectivity and immune response evasion of Omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants ...
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Covid continues: FLiRT variants and how to protect yourself this season
Omicron emerged in December 2021. By 2022, several subvariants spawned. Several of the current subvariants are being referred ...
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As new COVID-19 strains emerge, how do vaccine manufacturers keep up with mutations of the virus?
Australia has detected its first cases of the highly transmissible XEC "recombinant" variant — a mix of two previous Omicron variants called KS 1.1 and KP 3.3. Researchers have been working to ...
AMETA: A Novel Antibody Strategy to Outpace Viral Mutations
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine have unveiled the AMETA Nanobody Platform, which effectively combats SARS-CoV-2 ...
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Is this year’s COVID booster a good match for new variants?
Some mutations can make it spread faster ... 2 variant, known as one of the FLiRT subtypes of omicron. The Novavax booster targets the JN.1 strain. Both of those strains were dominant earlier ...