DC Health COVID-19 Update: 'Minimal' Breakthrough Cases Recorded, Less Than 300 Delta Variant Cases Confirmed

Medicine & Technology Jul 28, 2021

A new COVID-19 update was released by DC Health, which shows the status of the COVID-19 variants, along with the 'breakthrough cases,' in the region.

Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Proven 88% Effective Against COVID-19 Delta Variant

Jul 23, 2021

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.

Fact Check: Mothers' Breast Milk Doesn't Carry Traces of Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines

Jul 21, 2021

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.

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Less Effective Against Delta Variant With Only 33% Efficacy Rate

Jul 21, 2021

A study claims that one dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is less effective against the Indian Delta variant compared to other vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna.

COVID-19 Antibodies: Immune Cells Found Active 9 Months After Italian Town Tests Positive for SARS-CoV-2

Jul 20, 2021

A new study on COVID-19 suggests that antibodies against the coronavirus are active 9 months in people after being infected. Strong evidence of the antibody research were recorded from Vo, a town in Italy that had the most positive cases at the early surge of the pandemic.

Science Versus Ivermectin Anomaly: How Fraud Works in Scientific Studies

Jul 19, 2021

The ivermectin scandal relates to the case of Haruko Obokata's stem cell research.

COVID-19 Delta Variant: Who is Most at Risk Between Vaccinated and Unvaccinated People?

Jul 19, 2021

COVID-19 vaccines are shown to be strongly effective in preempting symptomatic, clinically apparent disease, and most specifically the rise of the COVID-19 Delta variant.

BioNTech More Effective Than Sinovac, Study Shows It Has 10 Times More Antibodies

Jul 16, 2021

Research recently showed those who have received the BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have 10 times more antibodies compared to those who were given Sinovac.

Gamaleya Sputnik V: Single Dose Causes Strong Antibody Response vs. COVID-19?

Jul 14, 2021

The Gamaleya Institute said that a single Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine dose has produced strong antibody response.

'Medical Expert' Claims COVID-19 Vaccines Are Mostly Graphene Oxide; Here's What Other Experts Have to Say

Jul 11, 2021

From their development to now that they're being deployed worldwide, COVID-19 vaccines still have to put up against smear campaigns and unsupported claims - the latest being that Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines contain graphene oxide.

COVID-19 Vaccines: Immunologists Explore Possibility of Developing Drugs for Enhanced, More Effective Vaccination

Jul 08, 2021

A new study finding recently offered the potential of developing drugs for the activation of a pathway to improve the efficacy of vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines.

Unvaccinated People Might Become Variant Factories According to Public Health Experts

Jul 04, 2021

Public health experts warn that unvaccinated people allow the virus to mutate, effectively making them variant factories.

J&J Vaccine Works Well vs Delta Variant, Study Shows

Jul 02, 2021

Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine works well against the Delta variant that now dominates new infections in South Africa, country’s Medical Research Council said on Friday.

Is It Really Possible to Create Universal Coronavirus Vaccines? Here's What Experts Say

Jun 30, 2021

One of the factors that make the global coronavirus pandemic a protracted public health concern is the emergence of COVID-19 mutations - and a one-stop-shop vaccine sounds like a perfectly good idea.

How This Rare Neurological Condition Detected in Some Individuals After Getting Vaccinated?

Jun 28, 2021

As a COVID-19 vaccination effect, Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological condition, has been detected in individuals after they got vaccinated against the virus.