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Ingrid Torjesen
Publications - 580
Citations - 2440
Ingrid Torjesen is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Computer science. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 493 publications receiving 1620 citations.
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Covid-19: Omicron may be more transmissible than other variants and partly resistant to existing vaccines, scientists fear
TL;DR: Omicron, the SARS-CoV-2 variant responsible for a cluster of cases in South Africa and that is now spreading around the world, is the most heavily mutated variant to emerge so far and carries mutations similar to changes seen in previous variants of concern associated with enhanced transmissibility and partial resistance to vaccine induced immunity as mentioned in this paper.
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Covid-19: Delta variant is now UK's most dominant strain and spreading through schools.
TL;DR: The delta covid-19 variant (B.1.617.2) has overtaken the alpha variant, better known as the UK or Kent variant, to make it the most dominant strain circulating in the UK, Public Health England has said as mentioned in this paper.
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Covid-19: Norway investigates 23 deaths in frail elderly patients after vaccination.
TL;DR: For example, the Norwegian Medicines Agency (NOMA) investigated 13 of the deaths so far and concluded that common adverse reactions of mRNA vaccines, such as cancer, were not linked to the vaccine as discussed by the authors.
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Covid-19 will become endemic but with decreased potency over time, scientists believe.
TL;DR: The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus will not be eradicated but will become endemic, continuing to circulate in pockets of the global population for years to come and causing outbreaks in regions where it had been eliminated, scientists working in the field believe as mentioned in this paper.
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Covid-19: Middle aged women face greater risk of debilitating long term symptoms.
TL;DR: Middle aged women have a higher risk of experiencing a range of debilitating ongoing symptoms, such as fatigue, breathlessness, muscle pain, anxiety, depression, and “brain fog” after hospital treatment for covid-19, suggest the findings of two unpublished studies available as preprints.