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Fewer breakthrough infections, lower hospitalization risk in Moderna vaccine recipients compared to Pfizer–BioNTech
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Fewer breakthrough infections, lower hospitalization risk in Moderna vaccine recipients compared to Pfizer–BioNTech

JANUARY 20, 2022 by  Case Western Reserve University Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study by researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine finds those who received the Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccine are less likely to experience “breakthrough” COVID-19 cases, compared to recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine. A vaccine breakthrough infection occurs...

Reduced hospitalization risk, shorter stays for Omicron patients: US study
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Reduced hospitalization risk, shorter stays for Omicron patients: US study

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A preliminary US study of nearly 70,000 COVID positive people showed a substantially reduced risk of hospitalization and death from Omicron even after controlling for growing population immunity levels. People infected with Omicron were half as likely to be hospitalized, about 75 percent less likely to need intensive care, and around...