TWiV 883: COVID-19 clinical update #108 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #107, Daniel Griffin reviews vaccine booster doses, at-home testing, transmission in ferrets, improving indoor air quality, trials of BCG, ivermectin, and fluvoxamine, vaccination during pregnancy, mRNA vaccines and Fc functions, anti-platelet and aspirin therapy and a trial of prone positioning. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode FDA authorizes second booster (FDA) Second booster and mortality (Res Square) Booster effectiveness vs hospitalization (MMWR) SARS-CoV-2 confections (Lancet) At-home testing (MMWR) Transm...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 2, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

MVA85A trial investigation - press conference.
Trial MVA85A - monkey trials for a booster vaccine for BCG, developed by researchers at Oxford University, is the subject of an investigation published on bmj.com. Experts warn that today’s investigation is just one example of “a systematic failure” afflicting preclinical research and call for urgent action “to make animal research more fit for purpose as a valuable and reliable forerunner to clinical research in humans.” The press conference is l ed by Dr Fiona Godlee, the editor-in-chief of the BMJ, who provides a background to the investigation. The panel members are: Dr Deborah Cohen, author of the invest...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

MVA85A trial investigation - press conference.
Trial MVA85A - monkey trials for a booster vaccine for BCG, developed by researchers at Oxford University, is the subject of an investigation published on bmj.com. Experts warn that today’s investigation is just one example of “a systematic failure” afflicting preclinical research and call for urgent action “to make animal research more fit for purpose as a valuable and reliable forerunner to clinical research in humans.” The press conference is led by Dr Fiona Godlee, the editor-in-chief of the BMJ, who provides a background to the investigation. The panel members are: Dr Deborah Cohen, author of the investig...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts