University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers report additional preclinical evidence of the potency of a single-dose, intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate—AdCOVID—that was created by Altimmune Inc., a Maryland-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The UAB researchers, led by Fran Lund, Ph.D., in collaboration with Altimmune, have found that a single intranasal dose provided […]
KALISPELL, Mont. — The covid vaccination operation at the Flathead County fairgrounds can dole out 1,000 doses in seven hours. But demand has plummeted recently, down to fewer than 70 requests for the shots a day. So, at the start of May, the northwestern Montana county dropped its mass vaccination […]
Denmark said Monday it would not include the COVID-19 vaccine from US drugmaker Johnson & Johnson in its national vaccination campaign, citing worries over serious side effects involving blood clots. “The Danish Health Authority has concluded that the benefits of using the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson do not […]
A new study from New Mexico State University researchers reveals the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy among health care workers across the world. The study is the first comprehensive and worldwide assessment of published evidence on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health care workers. It comes as countries around the globe race […]
A nearly two-week pause of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has ended and shots will begin again soon. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, endorsed a recommendation Friday by an independent committee to add a warning to the single-dose vaccine and resume […]
French-Austrian vaccine developer Valneva on Wednesday announced that it had launched a Phase 3 trial of its candidate vaccine against COVID-19—the last testing stage before seeking regulatory approval. The study, which has been dubbed “Cov-Compare”, will compare how participants’ immune systems respond to Valneva’s VLA2001 vaccine with how they respond […]
(Reuters) – The United States is reviewing reports of a handful of potential cases of severe side effects among people who received Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine in addition to those that led to a pause in its use, a top U.S. public health official said on Monday. U.S. health […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. As more and more adults are getting vaccinated against COVID-19, researchers are reaching out to families as they recruit the youngest members of the population to test how effective the vaccine will be in them. For […]
California Healthline correspondent Rachel Bluth unpacked California’s newly expanded vaccine eligibility rules and the state’s vaccine appointment website on KALW’s “Your Call” on Thursday. Click here to hear Bluth on KALW California Healthline correspondent Angela Hart discussed California cities’ experiment with city-managed homeless camps on KQED’s “Forum” on Thursday. Click […]
Most patients who are receiving maintenance hemodialysis develop a good antibody response after being given two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, but their responses are still significantly lower than those of healthcare workers who do not have kidney disease, the first study of its kind shows. “It is well […]