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Could CANDY test for COVID? Scientists trial whether flavored sweets could detect an infection because of a loss of taste and smell Researchers at The Ohio State University are recruiting 2,800 participants and will track them for 90 days Every day they will be asked sniff and eat one of eight different flavors of hard candy … Read more
New Zealand suffers first Covid-19 infection for two months: Case of South African variant prompts Australia to suspend travel-bubble S.A. mutant strain found in 56-year-old woman who had returned from Europe She tested positive after her mandatory ten day quarantine had ended New Zealand has suspended travel-bubble with Australia for 72 hours It is first … Read more
Pfizer’s Covid vaccine could produce a strong enough immune response to stop people who get the jab from spreading the coronavirus, a doctor in Israel has claimed. Researchers found in a small study that recipients of the jab developed up to 20 times more antibodies within a week of having the second dose of the … Read more
108-year-old woman is given Covid-19 vaccine in Italy, months after surviving coronavirus infection Fatima Negrini, 108, is one of the oldest people in world to get Covid-19 vaccine Fatima, who turns 109 in June, received the jab at her care home in Milan, Italy She survived coronavirus last year and at the time said: ‘God … Read more
How swiftly a person’s immune system responds following infection with the coronavirus plays a crucial role in determining disease severity, a study shows. Cambridge researchers studied 207 people who tested positive for Covid-19 over a three-month period and found those with no symptoms or mild cases mounted a robust immune response soon after getting infected. But … Read more
People previously infected with the coronavirus have more protection against reinfection five months later than people getting the Oxford vaccine, and the same level of immunity that is provided by the Pfizer jab, a Public Health England (PHE) study has found. Data from PHE’s SIREN study, which follows more than 20,000 healthcare workers at more … Read more
The highly infectious new variant of coronavirus that emerged in Kent now accounts for 61 per cent of all new Covid cases in England, a mass testing study has found, and 70,000 people are getting infected every day. The team behind the ZOE Covid Symptom Study app, carried out with King’s College London, say the … Read more
MARCH Kate revealed she and Prince Charles had got ‘relatively close’ at the Prince’s Trust Awards on March 11 – Charles was diagnosed with coronavirus in mid-March. She said: ‘Around the 29/30 March, I came home came in and said [to Derek] ‘god you look ill.’ ‘He said he had a headache, numbness in his right hand, … Read more
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine likely prevents infection for ‘a couple of YEARS,’ CEO says as study suggests antibodies from the shot decline slowly By Mary Kekatos Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.com and Reuters Published: 22:59 GMT, 7 January 2021 | Updated: 22:59 GMT, 7 January 2021 Moderna Inc says its COVID-19 vaccine likely protects people from … Read more
Global study to investigate whether Covid infection could lead to long-term cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s and dementia YEARS after infection US and UK-based academics are planning a large-scale global study Will recruit and follow 40,000 people worldwide who have contracted Covid-19 Study will investigate if the viral infection increases risk of cognitive decline By Joe Pinkstone … Read more