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MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s health regulator has authorised Spanish pharmaceutical group Hipra to test the COVID-19 vaccine it is developing on more than 1,000 volunteers, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday. Hipra will carry out a so-called Phase II trial – the second stage of a three-round trial process, on the volunteers, Sanchez said. […]
A pharmacy in Virginia was ordered to stop providing the COVID-19 vaccine after it gave the wrong dosage to an estimated 112 children this month, The Washington Post reported. The Ted Pharmacy in Aldie gave the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine designed for children 12 and older to children ages 5-11 on Nov. 3 and 4, the Virginia […]
To date, there have been more than 251 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) recorded so far, and this dreaded infectious disease has claimed over 5 million lives worldwide. A broad collection of observational studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have shown that vaccines […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. During the month of September, Texans who weren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 were 20 times more likely to die from COVID-19 and related complications than those who were fully vaccinated, according to a new study from the Texas Department of State Health […]
One way messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines provide robust protection against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is by creating memory B cells that can detect the spike protein. Previous work has shown that the COVID-19 vaccine induces a robust germinal center response. When there is antigenic stimulation, naive B cells can differentiate into […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys general in 11 states filed suit Friday against President Joe Biden’s administration, challenging a new vaccine requirement for workers at companies with more than 100 employees. The lawsuit filed in the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. […]
BANGKOK (Reuters) – AstraZeneca Plc provided Thailand 10.5 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine last month, the firm said on Tuesday, months after an official said the government was considering curbing exports from its local plant because of lower supplies.FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled “Astra Zeneca COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine” and a syringe are seen in front […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. With the Washington Monument in the background, people look at white flags that are part of artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg’s temporary art installation, “In America: Remember.” As the world nears the milestone of 5 million COVID-19 deaths, memorials large and small, […]
FILE PHOTO: A medical worker prepares a vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates December 28, 2020. Picture taken December 28, 2020. REUTERS/Abdel Hadi RamahiDUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has approved for emergency use the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11, the health ministry said in a statement […]
A team of scientists from Israel and the USA has recently examined the efficacy of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination in reducing the death risk among people aged 70 years and above. They observe that despite government-imparted relaxation on non-pharmaceutical control measures, the vaccine saved more lives than expected by individual-level vaccine efficacy. The study […]