"I'm not concerned" because a lot of changes in the genetic code would probably be needed to undermine a vaccine, not just one or two mutations, Bedford wrote on Twitter. But vaccines may need fine-tuned over time as changes accumulate, and changes should be more closely monitored, he wr...
pharmaceutical giant Moderna said its COVID-19 vaccine protects against two new variants of the coronavirus. The company said the vaccine triggered an immune response to "all key emerging variants," including those first identified in the UK and South Africa. The researchers looked...
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Medical News & Perspectives COVID-19 and mRNA Vaccines—First Large Test for a New Approach Jennifer Abbasi JAMA In August, the government of India granted Emergency Use Authorization to a COVID-19 DNA vaccine. Pharmaceutical firm Zydus Cadila, in partnership with India’s Department of Biotechnol...
COVAX, the World Health Organization's vaccine alliance, says it is doubling the supply of COVID-19 treatments it will make available in 2021. Around 2 billion doses will be due for delivery in spring. The body, which has a facility in Geneva Switzerland, is the ...
"Certainly, with Delta, we were still seeing high vaccine effectiveness in real world studies against the virus. But it's possible that in the future we may need to change the vaccine, there may be some advantage to have a new strain in the vaccine to provide better protection," she said...
The protective effect of established COVID-19 vaccines is initially very robust, but wanes relatively quickly. This limitation imposes a need for periodic booster shots, which drives vaccine hesitation.
This repository contains data on COVID-19 vaccinations in New York City (NYC), from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. - nychealth/covid-vaccine-data
Most current vaccines are based on using parts of the coronavirus's so-called spike protein to trigger the body's immune response to the virus. It is a good vaccine protein to use, but unfortunately it is the spike protein where frequent mutations occur, which can impact the vaccines' effec...
Looking for the new COVID vaccine booster? Here's where to get the shot. Virtually all Americans ages 6 months and olderare now recommended to get one doseof these updated shots from Moderna or Pfizer, regardless of what vaccines they have or have not received before. ...