by Monash University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The SARS-Cov-2 pandemic illustrates how variable vaccines can be in their length of efficacy, with regular boosters needed to keep people protected. In comparison, the immunity generated by a single vaccination against the measles virus can last decades. It has always remained a scientific mystery as to why only...
Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. — Reuters A recent study has revealed that COVID mRNA vaccines that trigger overactive immune responses may be the cause of rare heart inflammation. The study which was published in Science Immunology was conducted on 23 patients...
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Published: APRIL 24, 2023 21:55 Vaccination(photo credit: INGIMAGE) Getting vaccines to people around the world who need them is often complicated, as many need to be put in cold storage – making it difficult to ship them to remote areas that don’t have the necessary infrastructure. Researchers at the famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT))...
Cameron Sabet and Simar Bajaj April 27, 2023 1:34 p.m. A pharmacist delivers a Covid-19 booster shot in Chicago during a clinic for seniors. E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune / Tribune News Service via Getty Images A trio of recent announcements have put Covid-19 vaccines and boosters back into the spotlight. On April 10, President...
by Jade Boyd, Rice University Sealed microparticles containing colored dye are shown inside the narrow opening of a standard-sized hypodermic needle. Credit: Brandon Martin/Rice University Missing crucial doses of medicines and vaccines could become a thing of the past thanks to Rice University bioengineers’ next-level technology for making time-released drugs. “This is a huge problem...
by Bar-Ilan University Frequency of most reported symptoms among the uninfected, the infected and unvaccinated, and the infected and vaccinated with 1 or 2 vaccine doses. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. Credit: npj Vaccines (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41541-022-00526-5 Being vaccinated with at least two doses of Pfizer vaccines dramatically reduces most of the long-term symptoms individuals reported...
by ETH Zurich Artistic rendering of the gels encapsulating a viral vaccine. Credit: ETH Zurich / Jonathan Zawada Nearly half of all vaccines go to waste. This is due to the logistical obstacles involved in transporting them to diverse regions of the world. Most vaccines require strict temperature regulation from the manufacturing line to injection...
Saima May Sidik Two doses of an mRNA vaccine such as that made by Pfizer–BioNTech provide similar protection against two subvariants of SARS-CoV-2.Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty The Omicron subvariant BA.2 is replacing its sister version, BA.1, as the dominant form of SARS-CoV-2 in many countries, which has led scientists to wonder whether...
by CSIRO Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have developed a technique that addresses the challenge of transporting temperature-dependent vaccines, which researchers hope may increase access in rural and remote communities in Australia and developing countries. The World Health Organisation estimates that at least 50 percent of vaccines are wasted...
24 JANUARY 2022 WHAT WAS CLAIMED Covid-19 vaccines could cause neurodegenerative diseases in young people. OUR VERDICT The MHRA has told Full Fact there is “no credible evidence” of an association between the Covid-19 vaccines and neurodegenerative diseases. An Instagram post shares the headline of an online article which claims: “COVID [sic] Shots Could Cause ‘Crippling’ Neurodegenerative Disease in...
