It is no accident that one of the most advanced COVID-19 vaccines benefits from work already in place on Ebola. The team at Oxford University who have been developing and testing their vaccine were well set to simply switch their system from Ebola to COVID-19, and they did this effectivel...
Here’s what the science reveals about the safety of the Pfizer shot for this age group, the doses involved, and the role it will play in protecting everyone from the disease.
COVID-19 vaccines are currently under emergency use authorization, a status that some experts say makes vaccine mandates a legal gray area. But with full FDA approval, immunization requirements will be par for the course considering that colleges already require students to provide pro...
What can we expect from first-generation COVID-19 vaccines?Articledoi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31976-0Peiris, JSMLeung, GM
There is clear evidence that adults who have not had any vaccine dose will have stronger immune defences if they do get vaccinated, even if they have caught Covid before. But there are two big questions: do vaccinated adults need to be boosted, or is exposure to the virus enough? do ...
A guide to the most frequently asked questions about Covid-19 travel restrictions to help travellers plan and travel with confidence during the pandemic.
The organization, which administers the AP program, will reconsider its procedures if there are widespread school closures due to a sudden uptick in COVID-19 cases. However, here is what students can expect as of now for the 2022 AP testing sessions. When the 2022 AP Exams Will Occur Mirr...
With the first COVID-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and certain groups now able to get vaccines, parents might be wondering when their children will be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
It's been over a month since China relaxed its COVID-19 measures, and all eyes are now on the country's economic recovery. Globally, "growth has slowed to the extent that the global economy is perilously close to falling into recession," according to the World Bank's latest report. On...
Barney Graham, who led the vaccine design work that laid the foundation for many of the current Covid vaccines, is hopeful, though, that in Delta the virus has hit a sweet spot that will eventually undermine it. “I’m hoping the virus has gotten itself to a point where it...