Tag: <span>vaccine doses</span>

Home / vaccine doses
What’s the difference in protection against omicron between 2 and 3 doses of vaccine?
Post

What’s the difference in protection against omicron between 2 and 3 doses of vaccine?

by Nathan Bartlett, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt said last week he expects the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) to change the definition of “fully vaccinated” to three doses instead of two. It comes as evidence emerges suggesting the highly infectious omicron variant has the ability to escape the...

Why We Can’t Make Vaccine Doses Any Faster
Post

Why We Can’t Make Vaccine Doses Any Faster

by Isaac Arnsdorf and Ryan GabrielsonFeb. 19, 5 a.m. EST Series:Coronavirus The U.S. Response to COVID-19 ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. President Joe Biden has ordered enough vaccines to immunize every American against COVID-19, and his administration says it’s using the full force of the...

Previous SARS-CoV-2 infection may negate need for two vaccine doses
Post

Previous SARS-CoV-2 infection may negate need for two vaccine doses

By Sally Robertson, B.Sc. Feb 2 2021 Researchers in the United States have shown that two doses of vaccine may not be necessary to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among people who have already been infected with the causative agent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The study of more than 100 people found...