The Johnson & Johnson, or Janssen, COVID-19 vaccine is a single-dose vaccine to prevent COVID-19. This Snapshot feature addresses potential side effects and the controversies surrounding the recent blood clotting…
On the human front, most pandemic-related news has been negative. So far, COVID-19 has caused the deaths of more than 3 million people worldwide, and that number could be significantly…
Several conditions can cause a cough and a rash to appear together, such as allergies and viruses. Coughing is the body’s natural response to blockages or irritants in the airways.…
As vaccines become more readily available in the U.S., attention has turned to the task of getting as many people vaccinated as possible. However, improving vaccination rates in Black communities…
The possibility of coronavirus reinfection has been a concern since the first reports of people getting sick again began popping up in 2020 ― while many around the globe were…
Excessive blood clotting is a recognized feature of severe COVID-19. But a new study suggests that some hospitalized patients may also be vulnerable to bleeding, which is associated with an…
How does SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, affect the human brain? Recent studies have given us clues, shedding light on why COVID-19 can be so severe for some people…
The year 2020 brought a COVID-19 pandemic as well as a pandemic of misinformation. From the first reported case in Wuhan, China, scientists have worked around the clock to gather…
What is the latest in COVID-19 vaccine advances? Can currently authorized vaccines protect against newly emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants? In this Hope Behind the Headlines feature, we examine these and other…
Unlike many other vaccines that contain an infectious pathogen or a part of it, viral vector vaccines use a harmless virus to deliver a piece of genetic code to our…
