JUNE 6, 2024 by Robin Foster A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Wednesday recommended updating the formula for COVID vaccines ahead of a fall campaign that will encourage Americans to get the latest shots. The unanimous vote recommends that vaccine makers tailor the next vaccine to target the JN.1 variant, which dominated...
Helen Branswell People standing in two different lines — one being a covid vaccine line and other a flu vaccine line. The flu vaccine line being much longer.America is over the Covid vaccine. Frantic lineups for scarce doses when Covid vaccines first became available have long since given way to widespread indifference. Each new round...
by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 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 DefenseVaccination against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, reduces the risk of serious acute illness in children and adolescents. However, its role in protecting...
By Paul McClure Researchers have developed an intranasal COVID-19 vaccine that offers longer, better protection than injections Depositphotos Researchers have developed an intranasal COVID-19 vaccine that enhances the immune system’s response to the virus, providing longer-lasting, greater protection than vaccine injections, even against new and emerging variants. The novel vaccine candidate could mean fewer boosters in...
by Felicia Lindberg, Karolinska Institutet Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Danderyd Hospital have followed recipients of the new updated COVID-19 vaccine and analyzed the antibody response to different SARS-CoV-2 variants. The results show a surprisingly strong response to the now dominant and highly mutated omicron variants. The ongoing COMMUNITY study, which was...
by SAGE Publications 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 risk of death from COVID-19 decreases significantly after vaccination but this protection diminishes after six months, providing evidence for continued booster doses, a new...
by Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News Credit: CC0 Public DomainErin Kissane, a co-founder of the COVID Tracking Project, rolled up her sleeve for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine in mid-October soon after it was finally recommended in the United States. Like many people with autoimmune diseases, she wants to protect herself from a potentially devastating COVID...
by Boston University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Multiple studies have shown that the COVID-19 vaccines do not lead to infertility or pregnancy complications such as miscarriage, but many people are still wary of adverse effects from the vaccine on pregnancy. A new study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers now provides deeper...
Two analyses by FDA flagged possible health concerns about the Covid shotsBut agency stresses links are not definitive and even if they are – risks are tinyREAD MORE: Vaccinated kids are infectious for same duration as non-vaccinatedBy CONNOR BOYD HEALTH AND SCIENCE EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and CASSIDY MORRISON SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 07:47...
The Moderna logo is seen at the Moderna campus in Norwood, Massachusetts.Moderna said Wednesday its updated fall COVID booster, which is pending approval from the Food and Drug Administration, performed well against the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant. Human trial data showed the shot produced an 8.7-fold increase in neutralizing antibodies against the variant, also known...
