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Coronavirus News is a section dedicated to the new coronavirus that is causing an epidemic in China and fast spreading globally. The strain of coronavirus called Covid-19 or also commonly called the Wuhan coronavirus is genetically more potent and faster spreading than the SARS coronavirus. Currently teams are working to develop a new vaccine for this new coronavirus while other teams are trying t...
Source: Breaking COVID-19 News  Dec 10, 2021  3 years ago
Breaking COVID-19 News: Taiwan health authorities reported in the last 12 hours that the country is now on a high outbreak alert after a female research worker got bitten by a laboratory mouse that was infected with the COVID-19 disease for research purposes.   To make matters worse, the female worker did not follow proper safety protocols after the bite and had not reported the incident til...
Source: Omicron Updates  Dec 10, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: As of this evening, Omicron has now been detected in 67 countries across the world with Japan and Jordan being the latest additions.   In the United States, the Omicron variant has been found in 23 states. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/omicron-variant.html   Local community transmissions are increasing in certain states like New York, Massachusetts,...
Source: Omicron Updates  Dec 10, 2021  3 years ago
In November, the world was spooked by the announcement of the B.1.1.529 variant discovered by South African researchers and later renamed by the WHO as the Omicron variant. The variant raised concerns because of the vast number of spike mutations on it and also because of rising cases in South Africa. Initially it was claimed that the variant originated in Botswana but this was quickly refuted by ...
Source: COVID-19 Supplements  Dec 09, 2021  3 years ago
COVID-19 Supplements: A new study by researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute-New York, USA and the University of Mississippi-USA has found the algal polysaccharide rhamnan sulfate from the green algae monostroma nitidum can be an effective antiviral for COVID-19 that is organic and safe.   Please help to sustain this site and also all our research and community initiatives by ...
Source: Europe COVID-19 News  Dec 09, 2021  3 years ago
Europe COVID-19 News: While the world has been engrossed with the Omicron variant, with the coming Christmas holidays and the happenings in the cryptocurrency world, very little has been reported about the Delta variants and subvariants rampaging the whole of Europe.   Europe COVID-19 News: Germany Reports Record Daily COVID-19 Infections   In the last 24 hours, Germany recorded its hig...
Source: COVID-19 Drugs   Dec 09, 2021  3 years ago
COVID-19 Drugs: A new study by scientists from the University of Florida-USA and the University of Saskatchewan has found that the common over-the-counter antihistamine diphenhydramine when paired with the commonly available supplement lactoferrin, a protein found in cow and human milk, the pair had the capability to hinder the SARS-CoV-2 virus during tests in monkey cells and ...
Source: ORF10-SARS-CoV-2  Dec 08, 2021  3 years ago
To add to all the complications of finding solutions to treat the COVID-19 disease and its long-term health risks, a new study that found not only can COVID-19 ever be classified as a homogenous infection due to the different variants in existence but the fact that there are so many unique protein mutations found on the ORF10 region of the SARS-CoV-2 that tend to correlate according to geolocation...
Source: Omicron Updates - Medical News  Dec 08, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: British and Australian scientists have alarmingly discovered that there are two versions of the Omicron variant with a newer one that is harder to track as it lacks feature that allows probable cases to be distinguished among positive PCR tests.   The researchers say they have identified a “stealth” version of Omicron that cannot be distinguished from other varia...
Source: Medical News -Omicron Variant  Dec 08, 2021  3 years ago
The first study on the effectiveness of the Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine (BNT162b2) against the new B.1.1.529 or Omicron variant by a laboratory at the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa has revealed that the new variant can partially evade the protection from Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and partner BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine.   Dr Alex Sigal, a professor at the Africa...
Source: Omicron Variant  Dec 07, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Variant: Yet another study, this time by researchers from the ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata-India focusing on the mutations of the S glycoproteins of the new Omicron variant has revealed that the new variant is indeed more infectious and immune evasive.   The study team performed a comprehensive analysis of the S glycoprotein mutations of 309 strain...
Source: Medical News - Omicron Updates  Dec 07, 2021  3 years ago
It amazing that in in this modern age with technological and scientific advancements, we have certain so-called ‘experts’ coming out with public claims about the new SARS-CoV-2 variant called Omicron that we still do not have much data about as of yet. We have morons saying that things are looking positive as initial data from South Africa shows that the new variant with more than 32 c...
Source: Delta Subvariant AY.122  Dec 07, 2021  3 years ago
In the last 24 hours, Russia registered a total of 32,136 new COVID-19 infections and 1,184 deaths and local physicians are saying the actual cases could be far more higher as there is now limited testing capabilities due to a shortage of testing reagents and kits in the country over the last few weeks.   To date, the country has confirmed 9,833,749 cases of COVID-19 and ...
Source: Thailand Omicron Updates  Dec 06, 2021  3 years ago
Thailand Omicron Updates: Thai authorities reported today it so called first case of the Omicron variant much to the amusement of many.   Thailand has a reputation for scams and non-credible news often disseminated by authorities themselves and a mainstream media that lacks any forms of true investigative journalism and are dependent of sponsorships and ads from the government and private se...
Source: Medical-News - Omicron Variant  Dec 06, 2021  3 years ago
A new detailed international study of the genome of the Omicron variant and its mutations and location of mutation clusters has revealed that the Omicron’s Spike protein structure has accommodated significant sequence changes, likely in response to selective pressures favoring increased transmission, immune evasion, or viral replication-either at the population level or in a single or group ...
Source: Medical News - Omicron Updates  Dec 06, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: While many countries around the world are still seeing new winter surges due to the Delta variant and its emerging sub-variants, the Omicron variant has now been detected in a total of 43 countries around the world and is causing an increase of cases in Denmark, UK and US via local transmissions.   In France, the Delta variant is now causing a surge due to the emergence of n...
Source: Medical News - ORF10  Dec 06, 2021  3 years ago
A new study by researchers from Shandong Normal University-China and Changchun Veterinary Research Institute-China has discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 open reading frame 10 or ORF10 causes break down of mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein (MAVS), in the process suppressing the human host immune response.   To date, the function of open reading frame 10 (ORF10), which is uniquely express...
SourceL COVID-19 Drugs - Molnupiravir  Dec 05, 2021  3 years ago
COVID-19 Drugs: Updated data on molnupiravir shows the drug reduces hospitalization or death by 30%, down from the initially reported 50% efficacy. Last week Merck has provided updated data on its COVID-19 antiviral, molnupiravir, that shows the antiviral to be significantly less effective against the virus than previously thought. https://www.merck.com/news/merck-and-ridgeback-biotherapeutics-p...
Source: Omicron Updates - ADE  Dec 05, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: INSACOG or India’s Genome Consortium backtracked its advice a week ago that additional shots may be considered for people above the age of 40 in order to deal with a possible Omicron threat in the country.   The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium suddenly said on Saturday that more scientific experiments are needed to assess the impact of booster doses of ...
Source: Medical News-SARS-CoV-2 Research  Dec 05, 2021  3 years ago
A new study by researchers from Harvard Medical School reveals that the SARS-CoV-2 can cause changes to the conformational formats of the receptor binding domain (RBD) structure in order to evade neutralizing effects of antibodies produced as a result of natural immunity or induced by vaccine.   Numerous studies have examined the impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on neutralizing antibody activit...
Source: Omicron Updates  Dec 05, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: Omicron Variant Found In South Korea.   South Korea that is already undergoing a new surge in COVID-19 infections due to newly emerging Delta subvariants, has also detected the Omicron variant on its soil.   South Korea has reported daily records in coronavirus infections and deaths and confirmed three cases of Omicron as officials scramble to tighten social d...
Source: Medical News - Omicron Updates  Dec 04, 2021  3 years ago
A new preprint study by researchers from nference labs in Bengaluru-India, Massachusetts-USA and Toronto-Canada suggest that the Omicron variant may be a recombined virus containing bits of genetic material from the common-cold virus.   The study team hypothesizes that the insertion mutation ins214EPE that has not been previously observed in any other SARS-CoV-2 lineage other than Omicron mi...
Source: Medical News -Omicron-UK  Dec 04, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) a further 75 cases of the Omicron variant have been identified in England. It brings the total number of confirmed cases to 104. PS: Can Someone Do Something About His Hair?   Cases have been identified in the east Midlands, east of England, London, north-east, north-west, south-east, south-west and West Midlands.  ...
Source: Delta Subvariant AY.43  Dec 04, 2021  3 years ago
While the world has been over preoccupied with the Omicron variant, two new sub-lineages from a Delta Subvariant AY.43 have emerged in Brazil with worrying mutations that that indicate possible enhanced transmissibility and immune evasiveness coupled with drastic changes in viral functions.   The two new novel Brazilian sub-lineages AY.43.1 and AY.43.2 belonging to the Delta AY.43 subvariant...
Source: Omicron Updates  Dec 03, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: The WHO or World Health Organization’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has said the new coronavirus variant Omicron is very transmissible.   Dr Swaminathan said during an interview at the Reuters Next conference late today that the right response was to be prepared and cautious and not to panic in face of the new variant.   When asked by media as to “How ...
Source: Medical-News - Omicron Updates  Dec 03, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: Omicron Variant Found In Malaysia And Sri Lanka   Both Malaysia and Sri Lanka announced detecting the Omicron variant in their respective countries today. This brings a total of 28 countries outside of the African continent that has the omicron variant including Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong ...
Source: Omicron Updates  Dec 03, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: Omicron Variant Causes Reinfections And Breakthrough Infections.   The first preprint study on Omicron by researchers from South Africa shows that the Omicron variant is able to cause reinfections and breakthrough infections in those that already have natural immunity due to prior infections or vaccine induced immunity. Herd Immunity is going to be a redundant concept when d...
Source: COVID-19 Immunity  Dec 03, 2021  3 years ago
COVID-19 Immunity: Finally, the study findings of a new research by scientists from Imperial College London and Queen Mary University of London confirms what Thailand Medical News has been stating from day one. COVID-19 is not a homogenous disease rather every different SARS-CoV-2 variant or lineage and how the different SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins were introduced in the human host either by natural...
Source: Omicron Updates - Breakthrough Infections  Dec 02, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: The Omicron Variant Causes Severe COVID-19 Disease Conditions In Man Who Was Fully Vaccinated And Had Also Received Booster Dose!   Iceland’s national broadcaster RÚV reported that a man currently in the coronavirus ward of Landspítali hospital in Reykjavík-Iceland, with the Omicron variant is fully vaccinated and had recently received a boost...
Source: Omicron Updates  Dec 02, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: The Omicron variant has been detected in Greece, Norway And Singapore. In India besides Delhi and the state of Maharashtra and , new cases have been detected in the state of Karnataka.   Omicron in Greece   Greece reported its first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant, in a Greek citizen on the island of Crete who had returned from South Africa last month, its Healt...
Source: Omicron Updates  Dec 02, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: Despite all those morons seeking fame or having some hidden agendas saying that Omicron variant is not that transmissible or that it only causes mild symptoms, emerging data from South Africa suggests that the Omicron variant could be real cause for concern.   Infection rate and hospitalization data shows that the Omicron wave is much steeper than the Delta wave that hit Sou...
Source: Medical News  Dec 02, 2021  3 years ago
During the beginning of the pandemic, when Thailand Medical News was warning about the need to pay close attention to mutations and emerging variants and whenever we reported any new mutations, there were a lot of so called ‘scientist’, doctors and so called ‘experts’ who would ridicule our reports and articles and keep on telling the public that they is no need to worry ab...
Source: Medical News - Omicron Updates   Dec 02, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: New COVID-19 Infections In South Africa's Increasing Exponentially   Health officials in South Africa's reported that new cases of COVID-19 nearly doubled in the last 24 hours, signaling a dramatic surge in the country where scientists detected the omicron variant last week.   Alarmingly new confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 8,561 yesterday from 4,373 a day earli...
Source: Omicron Updates  Dec 02, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: Health officials in California have confirmed the first known case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the United States and are warning that they could be hundreds of such cases all over the country that have yet to be identified.   The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a few hours ago that the infected individual had recently returned from South Afr...
Source: Medical News  Dec 01, 2021  3 years ago
Yes, despite becoming a brandname in the medical and research news sector and despite having tons of readers we are unfortunately based in a third world country where corruption and nepotism is prevalent. Unlike in the West where medical sites get fundings via government grants or support from the local medical and research industry, here  the local medical and research industry is only full ...
Source: SARS-CoV-2 Research  Dec 01, 2021  3 years ago
SARS-CoV-2 Research: A new study by researchers from nference Labs-Bengaluru-India, nference Labs-Cambridge-USA and Southcoast Health-Massachusetts has found that Sars-Cov-2 replicase polyprotein 1a/1ab (Kialkggk) could be mimicking human cardiac protein MYH6 and causing cardiac injury. Both are 8-mer peptides.   It has been noted that acute cardiac injury has been observed in a subset of CO...
Source: Omicron Updates  Dec 01, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: Saudi Arabia Reports Its First Omicron Case   The Omicron variant is expected to hit the Middle-East pretty badly next due to its close proximity to the African continent which currently has the Omicron variant in at least 75 percent of countries on the continent and also because of the connectivity between Muslims in both the African and Middle-east regions.   Saudi Ar...
Source: Omicron Updates  Dec 01, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: Brazil and Sweden reported cases of the Omicron variant in the last 24 countries bring the tally of countries outside of the African continent with identified cases of the new variant to 19 countries.   These countries include Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, S...
Source: Medical News - SARS-CoV-2 Research  Dec 01, 2021  3 years ago
A new study by researcher from La Trobe University-Australia, Swinburne University of Technology-Australia, ETH Zurich University -Switzerland and the University of Luxembourg has shockingly found that SARS-CoV-2 protein fragments themselves possess neurotoxic properties and are dangerous for the human host. These amyloidogenic peptides are capable of causing a variety of neurological issues in th...
Source: Medical News - SARS-CoV-2 Airborne Transmissions  Dec 01, 2021  3 years ago
A new study by researchers from Stony Brook University, New York-USA has shown that that stale air and low wind speeds are associated with higher COVID-19 incidences. The study focused as to whether outdoor transmission may contribute to the COVID-19 epidemic. The study team hypothesized that slower outdoor wind speed is associated with increased risk of transmission when individuals socialize ou...
Source: Medical News  Nov 30, 2021  3 years ago
Moderna’s CEO Stéphane Bance has predicted that existing vaccines will be much less effective at tackling the Omicron variant than earlier strains of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and warned it would take months before pharmaceutical companies could manufacture new variant-specific jabs at scale.  In the meanwhile, the pandemic coud take for a more catastrosphic turn with millions...
Source: Omicron Updates  Nov 30, 2021  3 years ago
Both Japan and France confirmed their first cases of the new variant of the coronavirus on Tuesday as countries around the world scrambled to close their doors or find ways to limit its spread while scientists study how damaging it might be.   To date a total of 17 countries outside of the African continent have confirmed cases of the new Omega (Omicron) variant. These countries include Aust...
Source: Medical News- Omega (Omicron) Variant Updates  Nov 30, 2021  3 years ago
India Reports First Case Of Omega (Omicron) Variant   Indian health officials have reported that a 32-year-old resident of Dombivli in Mumbai, who arrived from South Africa via Delhi on November 24, tested positive upon arrival.   Officials of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) said they have alerted the airport authorities and efforts are on to locate the man&r...
Source: Medical News - SARS-CoV-2 & Kidneys  Nov 30, 2021  3 years ago
More and more data are daily emerging that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is able to cause a wide range of health conditions in both those struggling with an infection and even more so in those who have been deemed as recovered based on a stupid nasal swab test!   A whole wide range of conditions emerging include lung damage, heart issues and heart failure, a whole wide range of neurological iss...
Source: COVID-19 Research-Aging  Nov 29, 2021  3 years ago
COVID-19 Research: A new study by researcher from Harvard Medical School has found that severe COVID-19 may result in premature aging in recovered patients.   Although COVID-19 is predominantly an acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and remains a significant threat to public health, it is often accompanied by neurological symptoms and cognitive decline.   The ...
Source: Omicron Updates  Nov 29, 2021  3 years ago
Omicron Updates: As of 7pm, Monday Evening (Bangkok), The Omega (Omicron) or the B.1.1.529 variant has been detected in a total of 13 countries including Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom.   In the African continent, it has now been confirmed in Nigeria besides Botswana and South Afric...
Source: Omega (Omicron) Variant  Nov 29, 2021  3 years ago
The WHO or World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement a few hours ago (Monday 29th November) that the Omega (Omicron) variant poses a “very high” global risk and could change the course of the pandemic and have severe consequences.   The WHO said that the new variant is likely to spread internationally very rapidly and that countries must start preparing for the worse as...
Source: COVID-19 Drug Scams-Favipiravir  Nov 29, 2021  3 years ago
Since the beginning of the pandemic, certain countries like China and Japan were advocating the use of Favipravir (Avigan) to treat COVID-19 despite lack of evidence to show its efficacy. Surprisingly, although China was advocating its use to other countries by giving and selling stocks of the drug, it was never really endorsed in its own national guidelines for COVID-19 treatment neither was it u...
Source: Omega B.1.1.529 Variant  Nov 29, 2021  3 years ago
The Omega Variant or B.1.1.529 Variant (Thailand Medical News refers to the variant as Omega and not the stupidly WHO designated name: Omicron) has to date been confirmed in Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Germany, Belgium, UK, Australia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Netherlands and recently in Canada. There are also suspected cases in at least another 17 countries now with confirmations pending upon result...
Source: COVID-19-Tuberculosis  Nov 28, 2021  3 years ago
COVID-19-Tuberculosis: Researchers from Necmettin Erbakan University-Turkey and the Meram Medical Faculty Hospital-Turkey are warning that based on actual clinical case studies and reports of pediatric patients in their hospital, they are witnessing cases of dormant tuberculosis being reactivated in individuals including children as a result of a COVID-19 infection.   The COVID-19 disease is...
Source: Omega Variant  Nov 28, 2021  3 years ago
The Omega Variant (We have decided to forego the stupid name bestowed on the B.1.1.529 by the incompetent and even more stupid entity ie the WHO, which has to date been one of the most hopeless agency from day one that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was discovered. In fact, we are still not sure why any media or anyone would be interested to listen to what these bunch of inept morons have to say! The world ...
Source: COVID-19-Diagnostics  Nov 28, 2021  3 years ago
COVID-19-Diagnostics: A new study by researchers from the University of Montreal-Canada has shown that measuring the amount of viral RNA in the blood is a reliable indicator of COVID-19 mortality risk.   To date, despite advances in COVID-19 management, identifying patients evolving toward death remains challenging.   In order the to identify early predictors of mortality within 60 days...
Source: Omicron variant  Nov 28, 2021  3 years ago
The United Kingdom in the last few hours Britain confirmed its first two cases of the new Omicron strain of COVID-19, both linked to travel from southern Africa, and expanded travel restrictions on the region.   A British government statement said, "After overnight genome sequencing, the UK Health Security Agency has confirmed that two cases of COVID-19 with mutations consistent with B....
Source: Omicron Variant Origin  Nov 27, 2021  3 years ago
Speculations are going around that the highly vaccinated United Kingdom might be the source of the Omicron or B.1.1.529 variant and we need the help of investigative researchers and journalists to verify this.   Initially South African health authorities and health experts said that based on online genomic data, the Omicron strain might have originated from Botswana.   However, the Botsw...
Source: Omicron or B.1.1.529 Variant  Nov 27, 2021  3 years ago
Initially in the early part of the day, a German minister in the western state of Hesse had indicated that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has probably arrived in Germany, after mutations were found in a passenger arriving from South Africa.   Kai Klose, social affairs minister in Hesse, home to Frankfurt airport, Germany's biggest hub and one of Europe's busiest airports tweeted, &q...
Source: SARS-CoV-2 Variants  Nov 27, 2021  3 years ago
It was fun to see the type of reactions taking place in the last 48 hours over the identification of the Omicron or B.1.1.529 variant that has a total of 59 mutations found on it including 32 on its spike proteins.   Despite the vast number of mutations on its genome and the fact that it is still stable, there is no real need to get alarmed and panic as the reality of the situation is that m...

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