Vaccines
The CDC has warned that COVID-19 during pregnancy can result in preterm birth and other negative outcomes, including stillbirths.
With expectations that the U.S. FDA will announce a decision about booster shots for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines this week, there is plenty of COVID-19-related news. Here’s a look.
It proved itself superior to AZD1222 (ChAdOx1-S), the vaccine by Astrazeneca-Oxford, in terms of geometric mean titer for neutralization antibodies.
The concern relates to the risk of two rare heart inflammation conditions, myocarditis and pericarditis, that have been linked to the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines.
As the FDA prepares to discuss booster shots for Moderna and J&J vaccines, a new study came out suggesting that mixing and matching vaccines works well and is safe.
Every week there are numerous scientific studies published. Here’s a look at some of the more interesting ones.
The FDA said that there had been concerns over the reduced effectiveness of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine against symptomatic disease.
It’s not the COVID-19 vaccine that will get you. The real cause for concern is the virus, and it lies in the fact that both male and female reproductive organs contain cell receptors the virus targets.
Population demographics appear to play a crucial role in the development of immunity via vaccination.
Teamed up with pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline, CureVac is now focusing on a more promising target – second-generation mRNA vaccines.
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