In very young children, the Omicron variant of the coronavirus causes less severe disease than the Delta variant, according to a new study. In other research, new findings add to evidence that people with a certain version of a gene are less likely to develop severe COVID-19.
Recently published research in the journal Nature Genetics found significant insight into this question: Why does a patient with an autoimmune disease become a type 1 diabetic rather than have rheumatoid arthritis?
Scientists studying a bacterium that causes scarlet fever, severe sore throat and a form of heart disease are developing a vaccine that could prevent hundred of thousands of infections a year.
