Ameya Paleja Brain MRI scan NIH Image Gallery/Flickr Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston Massachusetts will soon begin Phase I trials of a nasal vaccine designed to prevent or slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a press release said. This is the first occasion when a nasal vaccine is being attempted for the disease, which...
Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas are investigating the use of whole-cell vaccines to fight urinary tract infection (UTI), part of an effort to tackle the increasingly serious issue of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Dr. Nicole De Nisco, assistant professor of biological sciences, and Dr. Jeremiah Gassensmith, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, recently demonstrated the use of...
by Karolinska Institutet Systemic antibody responses, inflammation markers and other clinical parameters in relation to COVID-19 severity during acute disease. (A) Plasma IgG and IgA responses (n=19 for mild, n=58 for moderate, n=58 for severe and n=12 for fatal) against N, S and RBD are shown together with the levels of (B) C-reactive protein and the...
by: StudyFinds.org via Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Oct 17, 2021 / 03:03 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 17, 2021 / 03:03 PM EDT FILE – Single coronavirus cell with DNA strands and white blood cells (Photo: Getty Images) SUITA, Japan — Scientists have recently developed a vaccine that could end pandemics caused by diseases that...
By Matthew Herper and Helen Branswell Oct. 15, 2021 PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES For archived live coverage of the hearing of the FDA’s advisory panel, click here. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted Friday that booster shots should be made available to people who have received the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. Unlike the...
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who received Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine may benefit from a booster dose of Pfizer or Moderna, preliminary results of a US study published Wednesday showed. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was eagerly awaited in the United States because it looked at the possibility of...
by Josh Barney, University of Virginia Patterns of influenza and severe acute respiratory infections and timing of influenza vaccination campaigns, Ceará, Brazil, 2013–2018. A) Dominance of various influenza subtypes over time. Years indicate date each strain was first identified. B) Weekly cases of influenza and severe acute respiratory infections. Credit: DOI: 10.3201/eid2709.203791 With flu season approaching...
by Marisa Cohen Every fall, as Americans roll up their sleeves to get their annual flu shot, there’s a lingering question: How effective will the vaccine be this year? The answer, according to experts, is we can’t exactly know—but even so, the vaccine is safe and it’s your best protection against becoming seriously ill with influenza. Why does...
by Erin Digitale, Stanford University Medical Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain On Sept. 20, Pfizer-BioNTech announced that it’s preparing to submit data to the Food and Drug Administration on the initial results of its COVID-19 vaccine study in school-age children. The move signaled a big step toward expected emergency use authorization of the vaccine for kid...
BY JORDAN WEISSMANN AUG 28, 20211:56 PM Delta is increasing health insurance premiums for employees who are unvaccinated by $200 per month to cover higher costs of Covid-related care. Mario Tama/Getty Images Refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 was already a reckless health decision. Lately, it’s been turning into an expensive one, too. Take the...
