US Food and Drug Administration is expected to discuss booster shots this week. However, several scientists discouraged plans to provide COVID vaccine boosters to the general population at this time.
The ZOE COVID app helps in reducing the risk of long COVID as enables experts to track who has the virus, on top of being able to trace COVID-19 hotspots.
There is a difference between full approval and emergency use authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine. They are granted by the US Food and Drug Administration to ensure safety and efficacy.
In the protracted fight against the COVID-19 plus the rapidly approaching flu season, experts from Stony Brook Medicine held a live stream session to separate vaccine fact from fiction.
A southern Serbian caveman chose to spend a simple life in the cave away from the society and lifestyle 20 years ago. But despite his isolation and being away from people, he still decided to get vaccinated.
Scientists have yet to decide if all brits need another shot of the COVID-19 vaccine or a booster dose. Currently, the JVCI is examining blood test samples before granting the program.
The pharmaceutical company Moderna recently produced a press release that includes the efficacy report of their COVID-19 vaccines over the past 6 months.
Countries including Sweden started planning to offer a COVID-19 vaccine booster to strengthen the efficacy of drugs against the virus. Other countries offering 3rd jab include Israel, Germany, and Cambodia.
CDC Director Dr. Walensky said COVID-19 could be a "few mutations away" from evading vaccines while british researchers said future variants could result in a vaccine failure.
Jamie Jenkins expressed insights on the ease of the pandemic's third quarter in the UK. Along with it, the government reports the successful rollout of vaccines.
The surge of RSV and COVID-19 delta variant cases has been affecting pediatric hospitals. The rates of children hospitalized increased compared to the previous records in the initial waves of the pandemic.
A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine confirms that the Pfizer vaccine works effectively against the COVID-19 delta variant, with a whopping 88% efficacy.
A small study from the University of California San Francisco shows the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant and lactating women by presenting evidence that mRNA from the mother is not transferred to the babies.