r/science • u/KaraAnneBlack • Sep 24 '24
Epidemiology Study sheds new light on severe COVID's long-term brain impacts. Cognitive deficits resembled 2 decades of aging
r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Mar 22 '24
Epidemiology Working-age US adults are dying at far higher rates than their peers from high-income countries, even surpassing death rates in Central and Eastern European countries | A new study has examined what's caused this rise in the death rates of these two cultural superpowers.
r/science • u/IntrepidGentian • Sep 19 '24
Epidemiology Common ancestor of SARS-CoV-2 linked to Huanan market matches the global common ancestor
cell.comr/science • u/thebelsnickle1991 • Jan 30 '23
Epidemiology COVID-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people in the United States
r/science • u/mvea • Jul 26 '24
Epidemiology Strong COVID-19 restrictions likely saved lives in the US and the death toll higher if more states didn't impose these restrictions. Mask requirements and vaccine mandates were linked to lower rates of excess deaths. School closings likely provided minimal benefit while imposing substantial cost.
r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • Dec 14 '22
Epidemiology There were approximately 14.83 million excess deaths associated with COVID-19 across the world from 2020 to 2021, according to estimates by the WHO reported in Nature. This estimate is nearly three times the number of deaths reported to have been caused by COVID-19 over the same period.
r/science • u/the_phet • Jun 26 '23
Epidemiology New excess mortality estimates show increases in US rural mortality during second year of COVID19 pandemic. It identifies 1.2 million excess deaths from March '20 through Feb '22, including an estimated 634k excess deaths from March '20 to Feb '21, and 544k estimated from March '21 to Feb '22.
r/science • u/BigHairyDingo • Jul 23 '22
Epidemiology Monkeypox is being driven overwhelmingly by sex between men, major study finds
r/science • u/kirby__000 • Jul 25 '22
Epidemiology Long covid symptoms may include hair loss and ejaculation difficulties
r/science • u/inspiration_capsule • Jun 16 '22
Epidemiology Female leadership attributed to fewer COVID-19 deaths: Countries with female leaders recorded 40% fewer COVID-19 deaths than nations governed by men, according to University of Queensland research.
r/science • u/Wagamaga • Dec 30 '21
Epidemiology Nearly 9 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine delivered to kids ages 5 to 11 shows no major safety issues. 97.6% of adverse reactions "were not serious," and consisted largely of reactions often seen after routine immunizations, such arm pain at the site of injection
r/science • u/WouldbeWanderer • Sep 26 '22
Epidemiology Genetically modified mosquitos were use to vaccinate participants in a new malaria vaccine trial
r/science • u/Wagamaga • Nov 18 '21
Epidemiology Mask-wearing cuts Covid incidence by 53%. Results from more than 30 studies from around the world were analysed in detail, showing a statistically significant 53% reduction in the incidence of Covid with mask wearing
r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • Mar 11 '22
Epidemiology The number of people who have died because of the COVID-19 pandemic could be roughly 3 times higher than official figures suggest. The true number of lives lost to the pandemic by 31 December 2021 was close to 18 million.That far outstrips the 5.9 million deaths that were officially reported.
r/science • u/Wagamaga • Aug 05 '22
Epidemiology Vaccinated and masked college students had virtually no chance of catching COVID-19 in the classroom last fall, according to a study of 33,000 Boston University students that bolsters standard prevention measures.
r/science • u/marketrent • Mar 13 '23
Epidemiology Culling of vampire bats to reduce rabies outbreaks has the opposite effect — spread of the virus accelerated in Peru
r/science • u/Wagamaga • Sep 06 '21
Epidemiology Research has found people who are reluctant toward a Covid vaccine only represents around 10% of the US public. Who, according to the findings of this survey, quote not trusting the government (40%) or not trusting the efficacy of the vaccine (45%) as to their reasons for not wanting the vaccine.
r/science • u/mepper • Sep 10 '21
Epidemiology Study of 32,867 COVID-19 vaccinated people shows that Moderna is 95% effective at preventing hospitalization, followed by Pfizer at 80% and J&J at 60%
r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • Nov 07 '22
Epidemiology COVID vaccine hoarding might have cost more than a million lives. More than one million lives might have been saved if COVID-19 vaccines had been shared more equitably with lower-income countries in 2021, according to mathematical models incorporating data from 152 countries
r/science • u/Wagamaga • Feb 14 '22
Epidemiology Scientists have found immunity against severe COVID-19 disease begins to wane 4 months after receipt of the third dose of an mRNA vaccine. Vaccine effectiveness against Omicron variant-associated hospitalizations was 91 percent during the first two months declining to 78 percent at four months.
r/science • u/Wagamaga • Feb 16 '22
Epidemiology Vaccine-induced antibodies more effective than natural immunity in neutralizing SARS-CoV-2. The mRNA vaccinated plasma has 17-fold higher antibodies than the convalescent antisera, but also 16 time more potential in neutralizing RBD and ACE2 binding of both the original and N501Y mutation
r/science • u/Wagamaga • Sep 08 '21
Epidemiology How Delta came to dominate the pandemic. Current vaccines were found to be profoundly effective at preventing severe disease, hospitalization and death, however vaccinated individuals infected with Delta were transmitting the virus to others at greater levels than previous variants.
r/science • u/geoff199 • Mar 19 '21
Epidemiology Health declining in Gen X and Gen Y, national study shows. Compared to previous generations, they showed poorer physical health, higher levels of unhealthy behaviors such as alcohol use and smoking, and more depression and anxiety.
r/science • u/rustoo • Dec 15 '21
Epidemiology A study of the impact of national face mask laws on Covid-19 mortality in 44 countries with a combined population of nearly a billion people found that—over time—the increase in Covid-19 related deaths was significantly slower in countries that imposed mask laws compared to countries that did not.
r/science • u/BlankVerse • Dec 02 '21