A research team supported by the National Institutes of Health has identified characteristics of people with long COVID and those likely to have it. Scientists, using machine learning techniques, analyzed an unprecedented collection of electronic health records (EHRs) available for… Read More ›
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NIH begins clinical trial evaluating second COVID-19 booster shots in adults
The first stage of this trial is being conducted in collaboration with Moderna, Inc., based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Moderna is manufacturing the study vaccines that will be administered.
People from racial, ethnic, and other groups report frequent COVID-19–related discrimination
Study highlights the need for public health messaging strategies that address biases against all population groups that have been marginalized.
France and WHO sign new agreement to reinforce health systems to combat COVID-19
The Government of France and WHO have announced a new €50 million contribution agreement that will help countries’ health systems overcome bottlenecks in the COVID-19 response and speed up equitable access to testing, treatments, and vaccines. WHO is very grateful… Read More ›
Scientists pinpoint mechanisms associated with severe COVID-19 blood clotting
After studying blood samples from 244 patients hospitalized for COVID-19, a group of researchers, including those who work at the National Institutes of Health, identified “rogue antibodies” that correlate with severe illness and may help explain mechanisms associated with severe… Read More ›
COVID-19 increases the risk of pregnancy complications
“The findings underscore the need for women of child-bearing age and pregnant individuals to be vaccinated and to take other precautions against becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2,” said Diana Bianchi, M.D., director of NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD),
Global growth to slow through 2023 due to continued COVID-19 flare-ups – New Global Economic Prospects report
Growth in advanced economies is forecast to decelerate from 5 percent in 2021 to 3.8 percent in 2022 as the unwinding of pent-up demand only partly cushions a pronounced withdrawal of fiscal policy support.