covid-19

Article by Ellis KimContributors: Sophia Gonzales, Lauren Huang, Jessica Ly, and Kenneth ThaiTo Wear a Mask is Your TaskDespite the abundance of research articles, scholarly journals, and CDC explanations on safety precautions during this pandemic, mask efficacy has been a hot topic leading to…

 The Brazilian variant may lead to reinfection and is more contagious than the original Wuhan strain. There have been at least 15 cases of the Brazil variant in the United States, with a large possibility that many cases have gone unidentified. Recent studies have shown that the Pfizer-BioNTech…

With the growing concern over long COVID, many individuals worry about possible treatments due to the diversity of symptoms experienced. Doctors at Mount Sinai, however, may have a breakthrough. Upon reviewing patient symptoms, doctors discovered that many patient conditions seemed to be some form…

Last week, President Joe Biden stated that there will be sufficient vaccines for every adult by the end of May. CNN Analyst finds that with the current pace of 2 million doses of vaccinations each day, herd immunity can be reached by the summer. However, this does not include individuals that have…

With about 60 million people having received at least the first dose of the vaccine, there have been new C.D.C guidelines put in place. Fully vaccinated individuals are able to gather in small groups without masks or social distancing indoors. However, they must be in a single household and not…

On February 27, 2021, Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine candidate was granted emergency use authorization by the FDA, the third to join the group of COVID vaccines being shipped throughout the country. Johnson & Johnson vaccines only require one dose, unlike the vaccines developed by Moderna and…

With over 500,000 dead from the Coronavirus, it is critical to vaccinate as many people as possible in order to achieve herd immunity to prevent more deaths and to allow life to return to normal. As of today, 3 vaccines in the US (Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson) have been granted emergency…

Dr. Avindra Nath at the National Institutes of Health spends his days surrounded by brains, hoping to shed light on why some people can't seem to recover. An estimated 10 to 30 percent of the 28 million COVID-19 cases in the United States could lead to long-term symptoms. The 30 brain samples in…

In March 2020, Shelli Farhadian, MD, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine, infectious diseases, and neurology began to see parallels in her pre-pandemic research on neurological effects in patients with HIV infections, prompting her to think about the potential effects that COVID-19 could have on…

As Brazil is continuing to face a brutal coronavirus outbreak, preliminary studies suggest that the Brazilian coronavirus variant is reinfecting people who have already had the virus. The situation is worsened by the fact that Brazil has been unable to secure a large enough number of doses.…

As the coronavirus pandemic is slowly nearing an end, as many as 8.4 million people who have recovered from COVID-19 fall into the category commonly known as “long-haulers.” Despite the overwhelming number of patients struggling to bounce back to their former selves, there are currently no concrete…

California governor Gavin Newsom and legislators plan to announce their plans for reopening schools this week. School districts across the state will be given $2 billion to open up school for children in transitional kindergarten through second grade. The plan also provides financial incentives to…

In the Coachella Valley, located in California’s Riverside County, the county health department has opened up pop-up vaccination sites to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to farmworkers, regardless of their age or health conditions. This program which began in January this year is helping contain the…

The spread of coronavirus is undoubtedly intertwined with the spread of speculation around its origins. In the face of ambiguity and great uncertainty, the world turned to college professors with no evidence or training in virology and anonymous social media users, posing as high-level intelligence…