Alternating Arms for Vaccines May Boost Your Immunity, Study Says
Receiving multidose vaccinations in both arms, instead of just one, may increase the immune response, new research suggests. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Vaccination and Immunization Research Immune System Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Arms (Body Part) Lymph Nodes and Lymphatic System Antibodies Journal of Clinical Investigation Source Type: news
GSK's Maria Reyes Boceta-Mu ñoz Talks Vaccine Development and Vaccine Clinical Trials in a Post-Pandemic World, Featured Interview by Xtalks
Vaccine development in the post-COVID era has brought forth numerous new insights, considerations and challenges. In this interview, Xtalks spoke with Maria Reyes Boceta-Muñoz, Clinical Operations Head of Development R&D at GlaxoSmithKline in Spain, Portugal & Israel, to understand the... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 5, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Huge cancer breakthrough as new vaccine could cure illnesses in 'dawn of a new age'
Moderna, one of the providers of Covid vaccines, has developed a new jab that could cure cancer. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Novavax Stock (NASDAQ:NVAX): Too Much Bad News Can Fuel a Reversal
By most measures, investors have reason to be skeptical about vaccine specialist Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX). Once heralded as a key player in the race to find a solution for the COVID-19 disaster, Novavax shares collapsed as fears of the virus faded sharply. Since then, the company has struggled for…#nvax #novavax #tipranksnewsdesk #nvaxstock (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
First Private Covid-19 Vaccines Announced In U.K.
Brits will soon be able to buy Covid-19 shots, with one pharmacy service company announcing it will offer the vaccines from April. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 3, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Katherine Hignett, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news
New COVID Vaccine 54% Effective at Preventing Symptoms
The researchers took people who tested for COVID and then asked them about vaccine history. The bad news is only 22% of American adults have received the updated vaccine. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Latest COVID Vaccine Shields Against Current Dominant Strain
FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 -- In some good news for those folks who rolled up their sleeves for the latest COVID vaccine last fall, new government research shows the updated shots halve the chances of getting a symptomatic infection. “Everything from... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 2, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
The New COVID-19 Shot Is Surprisingly Effective Against the Latest Variant
The latest COVID-19 vaccine offers good protection against the currently dominant strain of the virus, according to a new report in the MMWR, a journal published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It’s the first effectiveness data for the updated vaccine, which was released last fall.
Using federal and pharmacy-reported data sets, the team of CDC scientists compared people’s COVID-19 test results to their self-reported vaccination status collected from September 2023 to mid-January 2024. They found that the new vaccine was about 54% effective at protecting people from symptoms of ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Newest COVID shots are 54% effective in preventing symptoms, CDC finds
The latest COVID-19 vaccines are 54% effective at preventing symptomatic infection in adults (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Early Estimates of Updated 2023-2024 (Monovalent XBB.1.5) COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection Attributable to Co-Circulating Omicron Variants Among Immunocompetent Adults - Increasing Community Access to Testing Program, United States, September 2023-January 2024
This report describes vaccine effectiveness for the updated COVID-19 vaccine in preventing symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 1, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
Here's How Effective the Latest COVID-19 Shots Are for Adults
(MedPage Today) -- The updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine was approximately 54% effective against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in adults, and was also effective against the JN.1 variant, which became predominant in January, CDC researchers... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - February 1, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Now you'll be able to pay for a Covid vaccine privately! Chemists will sell top-up jabs to anyone for £45 under major shake-up of roll-out scheme
Throughout the pandemic, jabs have only been available on the NHS. But under a huge shake-up to the scheme, high street pharmacies will be allowed to sell them by April 1 at the latest. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The US uses endangered monkeys to test drugs. This law could free them
Long-tailed macaques in Indonesia. | Gustavo Mejía/Getty Images Everything from Ozempic to Covid vaccines is tested on long-tailed macaques. Experts believe many are illegally trafficked from the wild. Tanya Sanerib has some advice for your next life: “Don’t come back as a crab-eating macaque.”…#indonesia #tanyasanerib #southeastasia #iucn #departmentofjustice #cambodia #joannemcarthur #vientiane #laos #endangeredspeciesact (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pfizer Earnings Beat Estimates
As investor worries heightened last year over Covid-19 products’ waning demand, the company is taking steps to rev up sales including launching new ventures such as new drugs and vaccine approvals. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Launches New Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign Amid Rising Cases
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- The Malawi government and the World Health Organization launched a new COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Monday in 10 of the country's 29 districts. This is partly in response to new cases confirmed in the past three weeks in several districts across the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Coronavirus Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news
