(HealthDay)—Among Israeli adults aged 60 years and older, those receiving a third booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have rates of confirmed COVID-19 and severe illness that are substantially lower than the rates seen for individuals only receiving the two original vaccine doses, according to a study published online […]
Matt Hancock discusses ‘booster shots’ We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The UK’s medicines watchdog has […]
Israel Sunday widened access to a third coronavirus vaccine jab to anyone aged 12 and up, with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett insisting it was an effective way to contain an infection surge. Moves by several nations to offer third jabs have faced criticism including from the World Health Organization, which […]
Lee Wright was hard at work, constructing a nail salon near the city's abandoned hospital, when Jody Johnson stopped by to introduce himself on a recent afternoon. Johnson, who works for the University of Illinois Extension program, chatted with Wright casually in the summertime heat. For Johnson, it was the […]
A Johns Hopkins Medicine research team has shown that people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are likely to be protected against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, if they are fully vaccinated. This finding contrasts with earlier institute studies that evaluated the immune response after vaccination for two […]
(Updates with Indonesia, Philippines, Moldova, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Bahamas, Belize)FILE PHOTO: A pack of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines is seen as the country receives its first batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines under COVAX scheme, at the international airtport of Accra, Ghana February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko(Reuters) – The COVAX facility, backed by […]
Israeli government says Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine provides ‘significantly less’ protection against the Indian ‘Delta’ variant than health officials had hoped Israel says the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is ‘weaker’ against the Indian ‘Delta’ variant and provides ‘significantly less’ protection than hoped The country, which once led the world in the vaccine race, […]
Messenger RNA vaccines against COVID-19 were not detected in human milk, according to a small study by UC San Francisco, providing early evidence that the vaccine mRNA is not transferred to the infant. The study, which analyzed the breast milk of seven women after they received the mRNA vaccines and […]
As many Asian countries battle their worst surge of COVID-19 infections, the slow-flow of vaccine doses from around the world is finally picking up speed, giving hope that low inoculation rates can increase and help blunt the effect of the rapidly spreading delta variant. With many vaccine pledges still unfulfilled […]
The net benefit of vaccinating children is unclear, and vulnerable people worldwide should be prioritized instead, say experts in The BMJ today. But others argue that covid-19 vaccines have been approved for some children and that children should not be disadvantaged because of policy choices that impede global vaccination. Dominic […]