Very early in the pandemic doctors began tracking the association between COVID-19 disease severity and a patient’s blood type. Now researchers have validated those early observations, finding several blood proteins are causally linked to an increased risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19.

Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 is helping us spot new variants and figure out how to respond. What else could it help us do?

Was it a few raccoon dogs, inside a metal cage and stacked on top of a chicken coop? Or perhaps a lone red fox, curled up in the corner of its cage. Could one of these wild animals have triggered the entire COVID-19 pandemic late in 2019?

Tears, hugs, laughter and the shouts of children echoed through the arrivals halls of New Zealand, as the country opened its borders and lifted isolation requirements. “I’ve been waiting six months for this moment,” says Steve, 72, who was waiting for his fiancee, Karin, to arrive from Australia. “I’m over the moon,” he said. “I feel a bit shaky.”

Apple is starting to eliminate mask requirements for both retail and corporate US employees, according to Bloomberg. The company reportedly told corporate staff that masks are now optional for vaccinated employees in regions where indoor-mask mandates have been dropped. Retail staff at specific locations were also told that masks will be optional starting today.

In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25%, according to a scientific brief released by the World Health Organization (WHO) today. The brief also highlights who has been most affected and summarizes the effect of the pandemic on the availability of mental health services and how this has changed during the pandemic.

Maternal antibodies are passed through the placenta to the fetus, providing protection against COVID hospitalisation for infants.

Two doses of a new COVID vaccine that is based on a conventional approach has achieved stunning success.

Daily COVID-19 cases have dropped 90% in the US since mid-January, according to new data. Johns Hopkins University said over a six-week period, new daily cases dropped from more than 802,000 to fewer than 80,000. Average daily case rates are back down to the level seen last November, right before the omicron variant was confirmed in the U.S.

All Hong Kong residents will have to undergo compulsory Covid-19 testing, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Tuesday. Three rounds of testing will be carried out, Lam said, and up to 1 million tests will be conducted per day.

“Justin is of course hugely disappointed, but the health and safety of his crew and fans is always his number one priority,” the venue wrote.

The global pandemic sparked a huge superhuman effort to control coronavirus. But the billions spent have also had an unexpected impact on medicine and science

Queen Elizabeth tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, sharpening concerns about the health of the world's longest-reigning monarch two weeks after she marked 70 years on the British throne.

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers wanted to know how well human beings are holding up against an onslaught of new variants. But, to figure out if our immune systems are up to the task would require a mathematical feat. So researchers turned to sophisticated computer models to find the answer.

"People see telework and remote work as something that can help them balance things in terms of work and family," Pew Research Center said.

Humans evolved to be interdependent, not self-sufficient

In 1889, a mysterious respiratory illness emerged in Russia and then spread across the globe, triggering at least three waves of infection over the course of several years.

As the Academy reportedly won’t require vaccines or masks at this year’s ceremony, we’re not just curious who these unvaxxed celebs are, but what is the point of pandering to them?

I enjoyed talking to Professor Devi Sridhar about how we end this pandemic and prevent the next one.

Israeli scientists said they found "striking" differences in the chances of getting seriously ill from COVID-19 when they compared patients who had sufficient vitamin D levels prior to contracting the disease, with those who didn't.