until this week, Pfizer’s vaccine had only approved for individuals aged 16 and up, and has just been approved by the FDA for ages 12 and up. The Moderna and Johnson & Johnson’s vaccines start at the ripe old age of 18. Although all three of these companies have already begun ...
"What we're seeing is the immune system is actually going into overdrive, impacting the body in a negative way," Dr. Jake Kleinmahon, a pediatric oncologist in New Orleans who has treated several children for the illness, told CBS News in May. "Some of these patients are having inflammat...
Making a vaccine is anything but swift. The fastest-ever approved vaccine, for mumps, took four years. “He actually was reading the newspaper, saw that the sequence was now publicly available from an article he read, and then he went online and got it,” Dr. Falo recalls. “We were ...
When a COVID-19 vaccine is ready, will we all be ready for it?No abstract is available for this item.doi:10.1007/s00038-020-01404-4Marta FaddaEmiliano AlbaneseL. Suzanne SuggsSpringer International PublishingInternational Journal of Public Health...
I am 77; my husband is 81. For almost a year, we’ve been informed that we are near the age group most vulnerable to the coronavirus. We were told that, given our vulnerability, we would have priority when a vaccine was available. We have watched approvingly as other groups, prio...
to outline the first steps of vaccine rollout. the first batch of vaccinations authorized for emergency use is being made available to the highest risk and the highest exposure groups: residents of long-term care facilities—this includes both the elderly in nursing homes and younger patients—and...
to produce a vaccine. 为研究机构研发疫苗争取时间。 They buy this crucial time through tactics that may include widespread testing 他们为赢得这段关键的时间 所采取的策略包括: to identify carriers, 扩大疫苗检测范围 来识别病毒携带者, quarantining the infected and people they’ve interacted with, ...
is generally considered to be the winner; it’s the slow, steady, and proven option in the race. Even if the pandemic officially ends before a vaccine is ready, the virus may reappear seasonally, so vaccines will continue to protect people. And ...
Currently, an annual flu vaccine is required. Some facilities will allow for employees to opt out of the vaccine and wear a face mask for the duration of flu season, generally October through March. There is generally not a whole lot these employees can do, if they don't have a medical...
Joint first author Dr. Sue Sherman, from Keele University's School of Psychology, said: "The scale and impact of COVID-19 are such that when a vaccine becomes available, we need to ensure that uptake is maximized in order to contain the mounting social and economic costs associated with th...