A recently published study has discovered that COVID-19 may infect the inner ear. The study provides a promising explanation for why some COVID-19 patients have hearing loss post-infection. SARS-CoV-2 may target the cochlea The study, published in Nature’s Communications Medicine journal, studied why some people experience hearing loss, ringing of the ears – or “tinnitus”, […]
Blood collection specialist Kathryn Severson holds a bag of convalescent plasma from a recovered coronavirus patient at the Central Seattle Donor Center of Bloodworks Northwest during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global outbreak, in Seattle, Washington, September 2, 2020. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters The World Health Organization on Monday issued a strong recommendation against administering convalescent […]
[The stream is slated to start at noon ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent vaccine committee meets Friday to consider whether or not to endorse Moderna and Pfizer’s booster shots for all U.S. adults. The meeting of […]
