A heartfelt thanks to the COVID-19 vaccine trial volunteers
We officially now have the vaccine and have begun to immunize the frontline workers at our hospital with the COVID-19 vaccine. And since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine emergency use authorization and a second vaccine from Moderna, there’s more hope for an end to the global pandemic. This specific batch of […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 20, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/karen-tran-harding" rel="tag" > Karen Tran-Harding, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
A word about mRNA vaccines
I note that many people are concerned that mRNA vaccine technology has never before been approved for use in humans. They worry about unknown risks and nasty surprises, and are reluctant to accept the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.I am actually not worried about it, and I ' ll try to explain why. First I ' ll just note that this technology has been under development for decades, and has been tested extensively in animal models and experimentally in humans before the large-scale clinical trials that have led to Emergency Use Authorization. So there is a lot of evidence for safety, although it is true that the follow-up time f...
Source: Stayin' Alive - December 18, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Discarding Precious Vaccine Can Be an Unintended Side Effect of Regulation
Jeffrey A. SingerSeveral doses of Pfizer ’s new mRNA COVID vaccine were wasted when pharmacists noted that many of the vials of vaccine, intended to contain five doses, had enough left over vaccine for one or two additional doses. Because the product description on page 3 of the Food and Drug Administration ’sEmergency Use Authorization for the vaccine stated that each vial, upon dilution, contains five doses of vaccine, many pharmacists were uncertain if the regulatory agency permitted them to use any residual vaccine in the vial. It is not unusual for manufacturers to add a little extra to th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 17, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
TWiV 693: Vax to the future
On this episode, FDA EUA for Pfizer mRNA vaccine, efficacy of AstraZeneca ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccine, and an orally administered drug that blocks SARS-CoV-2 transmission in ferrets. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 693 (69 MB .mp3, 115 min)Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - December 17, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antiviral drug ChAdOx1 coronavirus COVID-19 EIDD-2801 ferret MK-4482 mRNA vaccine nucleoside analog pandemic Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission viruses Source Type: blogs
Hope, Fear, and the COVID-19 Pandemic
As I write these words, shipments of Pfizer ' s COVID-19 vaccine based on breakthrough mRNA technology have been arriving to hospitals for several days, withthe first shotsalready having been administered. Simultaneously, we ' ve now surpassed an awful milestone of300,000 Americanslost to the virus, which is akin to the entire population of Pittsburgh being wiped out. With frequently more than 3,000 dead on any given day (the comparison being that we lost approximately 3,000 people on September 11th, 2001), the expected post-Thanksgiving surge is upon us, just as experts forewarned (and the public ignored).With Christmas a...
Source: Digital Doorway - December 16, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 healthcare pandemic public health Source Type: blogs
The Pathway to Health Leads Through Clean Energy Technology
By MIKE MAGEE
Health reporting this week is rightly dominated by the challenging worldwide distribution of the Pfizer vaccine for Covid-19. Bringing the virus to bay is job #1, not only to preserve human life but also our global economy. But this week, on the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, we are reminded that our long term human health, including clean air and water, mitigation of weather-related human disasters, and regulations that lessen our chronic burden of disease, depend as much on energy policy as they do health policy.
Nowhere is this more evident (though largely hidden from sight) than in our ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Health Technology clean energy Source Type: blogs
Should you take the Covid-19 Vaccine if You ’re Pregnant?
The FDA took an important step on Friday by authorizing the Emergency Use for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Recognizing the risks inherent in COVID-19 infection can be significant, while those identified to date for its vaccine appear to be low, they have not advised against vaccination during pregnancy. However, its important to note that have they not specifically approved the vaccine for use in pregnancy. That’s because we have neither animal or human data on use of the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
This is incredibly frustrating to those of us who care from women of repro...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - December 13, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Uncategorized Covid-19 pfizer pregnancy pregnant Vaccine Source Type: blogs
Should you take the Covid-19 Vaccine if You ’re Pregnant?
The FDA took an important step on Friday by authorizing the Emergency Use for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Recognizing the risks inherent in COVID-19 infection can be significant, while those identified to date for its vaccine appear to be low, they have not advised against vaccination during pregnancy. However, its important to note that have they not specifically approved the vaccine for use in pregnancy. That’s because we have neither animal or human data on use of the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
This is incredibly frustrating to those of us who care from women of repro...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - December 13, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Uncategorized Covid-19 pfizer pregnancy pregnant Vaccine Source Type: blogs
Should you take the Covid-19 Vaccine if You ’re Pregnant?
(Updated 12/27/20)
The FDA took an important step on Friday by authorizing the Emergency Use for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Recognizing the risks inherent in COVID-19 infection can be significant, while those identified to date for its vaccine appear to be low, they have not advised against vaccination during pregnancy. However, its important to note that have they not specifically approved the vaccine for use in pregnancy. That’s because we have only limited animal and human data on use of the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
This is incredibly frustrating to those of us ...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - December 13, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Uncategorized Covid-19 pfizer pregnancy pregnant Vaccine Source Type: blogs
Should you take the Covid-19 Vaccine if You ’ re Pregnant?
(Updated 12/27/20)
The FDA took an important step on Friday by authorizing the Emergency Use for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Recognizing the risks inherent in COVID-19 infection can be significant, while those identified to date for its vaccine appear to be low, they have not advised against vaccination during pregnancy. However, its important to note that have they not specifically approved the vaccine for use in pregnancy. That’s because we have only limited animal and human data on use of the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
This is incredibly frustrating to those of us ...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - December 13, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Uncategorized Covid-19 pfizer pregnancy pregnant Vaccine Source Type: blogs
Global Allocation of Coronavirus Vaccines
A Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech has received emergency authorization in the United States and has been authorized in the countries, and a vaccine by Moderna is likely to be authorized soon. In spite of this good news, at least for the first couple of years, Covid-19 vaccines will be a scarce resource. Because low-income countries are likely to lose out in the scramble to get access to them, there have been calls for global solidarity. While equitable allocation of vaccines around the world would be ideal, it is unrealistic as a near-term goal.
The post Global Allocation of Coronavirus Vaccines appeared ...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - December 12, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Susan Gilbert Tags: Health Care COVID-19 Covid-19 vaccine global health Hastings Bioethics Forum moderna pfizer syndicated Source Type: blogs
The Common Side-Effects Of The Pfizer Vaccine
People can experience symptoms like COVID-19 after receiving the Pfizer vaccine.
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Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - December 11, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: COVID19 Source Type: blogs
A tale of 2 COVID-19 trials: compassionate use vs. EUA
We all need hope this holiday season, but as an experienced physician, biostatistician, and research methodologist, it is my duty to share why the encouraging vaccine results reported by pharma companies in the last month must be applauded but interpreted with caution. Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna are both to be commended for successfully recruiting tens of […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 10, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/g-luke-larkin" rel="tag" > G. Luke Larkin, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
Why are mRNA vaccines so exciting?
The very first vaccines for COVID-19 to complete Phase 3 testing are an entirely new type: mRNA vaccines. Vaccines of this type have never before been approved for use in any disease. How do they differ from traditional vaccines, and what makes them so exciting?
How traditional vaccines work
The main goal of a vaccine for a particular infectious agent, such as the virus that causes COVID-19, is to teach the immune system what that virus looks like. Once educated, the immune system will vigorously attack the actual virus, if it ever enters the body.
Viruses contain a core of genes made of DNA or RNA wrapped in a coat of pro...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - December 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anthony Komaroff, MD Tags: Coronavirus and COVID-19 Health Vaccines Source Type: blogs
What Would it Take to Convince You to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine?
by Keisha Ray, Ph.D.
With Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna/National Institutes of Health producing a viable vaccine for COVID-19 (along with two other companies on the precipice of also producing viable vaccines) and with distribution set to begin in just a few weeks for many health care providers, people have questions about when they will receive the vaccine. The New York Times has created a vaccine calculator in which you can input information about yourself such as your age and whether you have pre-existing conditions which make you vulnerable to ...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - December 7, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Keisha Ray Tags: Featured Posts Public Health #diaryofaplagueyear COVID-19 pandemic vaccines Source Type: blogs
