A troubling variant of coronavirus has spread in Victoria, seeping into the Australian community for the first time. Seven cases of the variant have been identified, with four linked to a family who travelled to Jervis Bay in New South Wales. Overnight sequencing also detected two cases in West Melbourne. Here’s what we know about… Read More: Why new virus strain is such a worry »
Antibodies are proteins your body makes in response to infections and will be detectable in your blood after infection as a sign of your body’s battle against that pathogen. Antibodies for COVID-19 are believed to develop within one to three weeks after infection, and a positive antibody test for COVID-19 means that a person may… Read More: Don’t Use Antibody Tests Post Vaccine to Determine Immunity »
The Food and Drug Administration has a colorful warning for people with a shellfish allergy: don’t eat cicadas. Turns out, the agency warns, that the noisy insects actually share a “family relation” to shrimp and lobsters. “Yep! We have to say it!” the FDA tweeted on Wednesday. “Don’t eat #cicadas if you’re allergic to seafood… Read More: Don’t eat cicadas if you are allergic to shrimp, shellfish,… »
Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story Medical Journals Reluctant to Take On Racism, Critics Say An editor’s departure at JAMA is bringing calls for a sharper focus on racism and its consequences. Dr. Raymond Givens, a cardiologist at Columbia University in New York, noted that 93 percent of… Read More: Medical Journals Reluctant to Take On Racism, Critics Say »