In a new pre-print, the German team says the problem with the vaccines is with the adenovirus vector, a common cold virus used to get the body to induce an immune response.
In a new pre-print, the German team says the problem with the vaccines is with the adenovirus vector, a common cold virus used to get the body to induce an immune response.
A new CDC report published on Tuesday found that 10,262 of 101 million Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 – 0.01% – this year later tested positive for the virus.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Monday that no country should assume that it’s ‘out of the woods’, no matter its vaccination rate, as long as the coronavirus and its variants spread elsewhere.
Professor Andrew Pollard, one of the main experts behind the Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine, said he expects his and Pfizer’s jabs to perform well against the Indian variant in the real world.
Professor Andrew Pollard, one of the main experts behind the Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine, said he expects his and Pfizer’s jabs to perform well against the Indian variant in the real world.
Scientists could know just how safe and effective Covid vaccines are for pregnant women and children younger than 12 by the end of the year, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials said on Wednesday. Dr Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director of the CDC, said at a Senate hearing that her agency already had reassuring data … Read more
Britain can achieve herd immunity against coronavirus — and may be able to get there without vaccinating children, one of the Government’s scientific adviser said today. Professor Adam Finn, who sits on No10’s Covid vaccine advisory body, said uptake among adults was so high that the panel was ‘optimistic’ that the UK can stop the … Read more
The COVID vaccines may not work well for about 90,000 insured American adults under age 65 who take medication that weaken their immune systems. Researchers at Michigan Medicine analyzed data on three million patients with private insurance and found that about three percent took chemotherapy medications, steroids, and other immune-weakening drugs. Immune suppressing drugs are used … Read more
Vaccines work well against the Indian coronavirus variant and the strain may be less infecetious than first feared, Boris Johnson and one of his top scientific advisers revealed today. The PM said there was ‘increasing confidence’ among SAGE that the current jabs are highly effective against all variants, including the B.1.617.2 strain which has put England’s … Read more