Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization...
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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine found to be still effective after six months
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, working with colleagues from Emory University School of Medicine, Emmes Company, Moderna, Inc., and Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, has found via testing, that the Moderna vaccine is still effective against COVID-19 six...
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A protein-based COVID-19 vaccine that mimics the shape of the virus
Even as several safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines are being administered to people worldwide, scientists are still hard at work developing different vaccine strategies that could provide even stronger or longer-lasting immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have immunized mice with nanoparticles that mimic SARS-CoV-2 by displaying multiple...
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A COVID-19 vaccine strategy to give the body ‘border protection’
by The Ohio State University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A simple addition to injected COVID-19 vaccines could enhance their effectiveness and provide “border protection” immunity in areas like the nose and mouth to supplement antibodies in the bloodstream, new research suggests. The strategy involves dampening the activity of an enzyme produced by some white blood cells when they’re...
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Patient case strongly suggests link between COVID-19 vaccine and Bell’s palsy
by British Medical Journal A medical assistant prepares a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to a patient. Credit: Public domain image courtesy of Lisa Ferdinando, U.S. Department of Defense The case of a patient who experienced two facial palsies—one after the first and another after the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine—strongly...
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How Soon After Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine Will I Build Immunity?
Maria Robinson, MDMaria Robinson, MD, is a board-certified dermatologist and medical writer with an interest in nutrition and its impact on health and disease prevention.May 27, 2021, 7:55AM (PT) Key takeaways: COVID-19 vaccines are very effective in building immunity against infections. Full immunity can take several weeks after getting your vaccine. Different factors can affect...
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Kids aren’t just littler adults – here’s why they need their own clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine
July 16, 2021, 9.04am EDT Judy MartinProfessor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh The freedom of going mask-free is still a ways off for kids under age 12. Juan Monino/E+ via Getty Images Now that two-thirds of all adults in the United States have received at least one dose of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine as of mid-July 2021,...
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J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine may trigger neurological condition in rare cases, FDA says
By Helen Branswell July 12, 2021 Reprints JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES) Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine may trigger a rare neurological condition in a small number of people who receive the vaccine, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday. Reports to a database operated jointly by the agency and the Centers for Disease Prevention and...
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Alhydroxiquim-II adjuvant enhances efficacy of India’s COVID-19 vaccine
by National Institutes of Health This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round gold particles) emerging from the surface of a cell cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19. Credit: NIAID An adjuvant developed with funding from the National Institutes of Health has contributed to the success of...
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How Soon After Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine Will I Build Immunity?
Maria Robinson, MD May 27, 2021, 7:55AM (PT) Key takeaways: COVID-19 vaccines are very effective in building immunity against infections. Full immunity can take several weeks after getting your vaccine. Different factors can affect how you build immunity to vaccines. The three COVID-19 vaccines available in the U.S. — Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson...