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COVID-19 Vaccine
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From cholera to COVID: a brief history of vaccines
The idea of vaccinating people against deadly disease dates back centuries. Today, vaccines save four million lives every…
A new study shows mixing COVID-19 vaccines could make them more effective
People have a better immune response when they received a first dose of AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech shots, followed…
mRNA Vaccines – Here’s Everything You Need To Know
In December 2020, the US FDA issued emergency use authorization for mRNA vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna,…
New ‘Recipe’ Could Lead To Better COVID-19 Vaccines
A new study looking at the way human cells activate the immune system in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection…
Everything you need to know about the G7’s plan to donate 1 billion vaccine doses
The G7 have announced their plan to donate a billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries. However, some…
Five Things To Know About: Mixing And Matching Coronavirus Vaccines
The measure has been introduced by France and Germany for people who received a first dose of the…
What is thrombocytopenia, the rare blood condition possibly linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine?
Anthony Zulli, Victoria University; Maja Husaric, Victoria University; Maximilian de Courten, Victoria University, and Vasso Apostolopoulos, Victoria University…
COVAX Reaches Over 100 Economies, 42 Days After First International Delivery
More than one hundred economies have received life-saving COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX, the global mechanism for equitable access to…
Can Vaccinated People Still Spread The Coronavirus?
So you’ve gotten your coronavirus vaccine, waited the two weeks for your immune system to respond to the…
How does the Johnson & Johnson vaccine compare to other coronavirus vaccines? 4 questions answered
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine in…
What can people in wealthy nations do to fix COVID vaccine ‘apartheid’?
It was heartwarming to see 90-year-old Briton Margaret Keenan becoming the first patient in the world to get the SARS-CoV2…
A Vaccination Race Between Nations Can Have No Winners
In 2020, one of the world’s most pressing challenges was to develop a vaccine against COVID-19. There is…
How Effective Are The Covid-19 Vaccines?
Last week, there was more good news on the Covid-19 vaccine front with U.S firms Johnson & Johnson…
The Covid-19 Vaccination Race
As a result of early efforts to secure vaccine candidates, a quick approval progress by authorities and effective infrastructure…
How many people need to get a COVID-19 vaccine in order to stop the coronavirus?
It has been clear for a while that, at least in the U.S., the only way out of…
Five Things You Need To Know About: mRNA Vaccine Safety
In trials these vaccines have shown to be at least 94% effective at preventing people from falling ill…
Why should I trust the coronavirus vaccine when it was developed so fast? A doctor answers that and other reader questions
Note: With a coronavirus vaccination effort now underway, you might have questions about what this means for you…
Is The World Up To The Challenge Of Mass COVID-19 Vaccination?
In a year that has seen a pandemic that has left few unaffected, where consequences resulting from attempts…
Why It Matters That The Coronavirus Is Changing – And What This Means For Vaccine Effectiveness
A new variant of SARS-CoV-2 is spreading rapidly in the United Kingdom, with over 1,400 cases since September. SARS-CoV-2, the virus…
Which Group Of People In The US Are Most Hesitant To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
The COVID-19 vaccine is finally entering the arms of the first Americans after less than a year of research and…
How COVID-19 Vaccines Will Get From The Factory To Your Local Pharmacy
Bahar Aliakbarian is an expert in supply chain management in pharmaceuticals and a professor at the School of…
The Cost Per Jab Of Covid-19 Vaccine Candidates
While most reports regarding potential Covid-19 vaccines have quite rightly focused on their efficacy, ease of distribution and cost are…
How mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna work, why they’re a breakthrough and why they need to be kept so cold
As the weather cools, the number of infections of the COVID-19 pandemic are rising sharply. Hamstrung by pandemic…
How To Distribute A COVID-19 Vaccine And Build Public Trust
The coming months are going to be crucial for vaccine development and decisions around how we distribute COVID-19…
How And When Will We Know That A COVID-19 Vaccine Is Safe And Effective?
With COVID-19 vaccines currently in the final phase of study, you’ve probably been wondering how the FDA will…
New Collaboration Makes Further 100 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Available To Low- And Middle-Income Countries
A further collaboration among the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, Gavi…