COVID-19 vaccine update from the latest Lancet article (4 Nov 2020) [1] As the efficacy decreases, the population that needs to be vaccinated increases. (a) For a vaccine with 100%

Even if a #COVID19 patient is totally asymptomatic, his cough usually sounds slightly different from a healthy person’s cough because #SARSCoV2 affects patients’ lungs & vocal cords. Scientists at Massachusetts

Interferons can explain why males & older people are more vulnerable to #COVID19. (Nature, 2 Nov 2020) Main causes for vulnerability: IFN-1 deficiencies and autoantibodies to IFN-1. [A] First, what

If a household member gets #COVID19, what’s your chance of getting infected from him? Latest report from CDC (30 Oct 2020) 101 index patients and 191 household members were enrolled

Death rates have dropped significantly in critically ill #COVID19 patients. [1] Survival rates have improved with medical advances and less crowded hospitals. England study of 15,000 patients showed that survival

Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 29 Oct 2020 [1] Surface transmission is unlikely to be a major route of transmission, as although SARS-CoV-2 can persist for days on inanimate surfaces, attempts to

[1] Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive, inflammatory lung disease with few available disease-modifying therapies. [2] Acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) increase morbidity and mortality, and their occurrence

[1] Vaccine-associated enhanced disease (VAED) is an immune response to a vaccine that is ‘causally linked’ to a higher risk of adverse outcomes upon infection compared to infection without prior