How the Oxford-AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine was madedoi:10.1136/bmj.n86Elisabeth Mahase, clinical reporterThe BMJ
At the same time, researchers explored inactivation and purification processes, formula adjuvant and vaccine doses, which are key to the vaccine's safety and efficacy, Yang added. A staff member tests samples of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine at a vaccine production plant of China National Pha...
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The nation’s scientific community also faces another obstacle: convincing the public that the COVID-19vaccine is safe, and how important it is to get a COVID-19 vaccination in the first place. “Even the most effective vaccine can’t protect us or our loved ones if pe...
As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge across Europe, many people are asking how best to protect themselves and others from the virus? As always, the first thing you should do is to follow government guidance and listen to the restrictions already in pla...
Your immune system also has a pretty good memory, so it will spring into action again should you ever become exposed to the real virus. Every vaccine is different, and it's not clear how long immunity for a COVID-19 vaccine may last. But the benefit of a vaccine is that it gets ...
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The UK has begun the rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, with the first doses given today.
“For right now, you know that a line is crossed if you see people fully immunized with the vaccines [who], nonetheless, when infected with the variants, are being hospitalized,” Offit said at a February 4COVID-19 Vaccine Analysis Teampress briefing. ...
How Novavax’s vaccine works – using moth cells When the sequence published online, scientists around the world quickly identified the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, as a coronavirus because it has what are called “spike proteins” on its surface. These spikes form large protrusio...