The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has released a new tool that will help research and development efforts of diagnostics, vaccines, and treatments for pathogens that pose the greatest risk to public health.
One in eight adults (12.7%) who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 experience long COVID symptoms, including chest pain, difficulties breathing, painful muscles and more.
Smokers or vapers prior to hospitalisation for COVID-19 were more likely to experience severe complications, and die from COVID-19, than their counterparts.
The most recent omicron subvariants have caused new infection spikes across the United States, as researchers find they are better at eluding vaccines.