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Covid-19 news: Prior infection boosts response to single Pfizer jab
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The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic
Prior SARS-CoV-2 infection rescues B and T cell responses to variants after first vaccine dose
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SARS-CoV-2 vaccine rollout has coincided with the spread of variants of concern. We investigated if single dose vaccination, with or without prior infection, confers cross protective immunity to variants. We analyzed T and B cell responses after…
COVID-19, the educational equity crisis, and the opportunity ahead
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As the one-year anniversary of campus closures due to COVID-19 passed last March, nearly half of America’s children were attending schools operating remotely or open only on a hybrid basis. In California, more than 70% of students were attending…
How COVID-19 Disproportionately Impacts People with Chronic Conditions in India
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A collaborative study by a group of researchers including APARC’s Karen Eggleston documents the adverse effects of COVID-19 on people with chronic conditions in India, particularly among poor, rural, and marginalized populations. The pandemic’s…
Coronavirus Transmission Should masks be worn outdoors?
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Wearing face coverings outside should be normalised because it may reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in some situations and may encourage mask wearing indoors, where risks are greater say Babak Javid, Dirk Bassler, and Manuel B Bryant. But Muge…
WHO-backed global youth mobilization funds young people's ideas to combat impact of COVID-19 pandemic
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From today, young people around the world will be able to apply for funding to support innovative Local Solutions to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of a new initiative called the Global Youth Mobilization.
WHO-backed global youth mobilization funds young people's ideas to combat impact of COVID-19 pandemic
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Initiative led by the world’s six largest youth organizations and supported by the World Health Organization and United Nations Foundation will fund the work of young people in communities impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic Impact of the…
Thromboembolism and the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine: side-effect or coincidence?
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By mid March, 2021, vaccination against COVID-19 using the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine from Oxford–AstraZeneca was paused in a number of European countries due to reports of thromboembolic events in vaccinated individuals.