Some poorer countries are paying more and waiting longer for the company’s vaccine than the wealthy — if they have access at all. By Rebecca Robbins Moderna, whose coronavirus vaccine appears to be the world’s best defense against Covid-19, has been...
COVID-19 Natural Immunity on Par with Vaccine Immunity According to Recent Meta-Analysis
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, (USC) University of Southern California (USC), and the Cleveland Clinic conducted a meta-analysis of studies probing the risk associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among those previously infected with...
First, Impressive Vaccines for Covid. Next Up: The Flu.
Vaccine makers are betting that the mRNA technology powering two successful Covid vaccines will help curb the tragic global death toll from the flu. By Carl Zimmer As the world grapples with Covid-19, influenza isn’t getting much attention these days. But the...
Iceland Dumps Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, While Finland & Norway Join Sweden and Denmark to Halt Use of mRNA-1273 in Young Population
Trial Site News is skeptical on Covid vaccines so we post selectively from their fact-based reports. The fact that Scandinavian countries are taking the steps described below underscores the essentially variable meaning of "follow the science" in different countries...
Predominance of antibody-resistant SARS-CoV-2 variants in vaccine breakthrough cases from the San Francisco Bay Area, California
By Venice Servellita, et al. PREPrint ~ August 25, 2021 with Commentary from TrialSiteNews Below Abstract Associations between vaccine breakthrough cases and infection by SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants have remained largely unexplored. Here we analyzed...
Increases in COVID-19 are unrelated to levels of vaccination across 68 countries and 2947 counties in the United States
By S. V. Subramanian & Akhil Kumar Published September 30, 2021 in European Journal of Epidemiology Vaccines currently are the primary mitigation strategy to combat COVID-19 around the world. For instance, the narrative related to the ongoing surge of new cases in...
Natural infection versus vaccination: Differences in COVID antibody responses emerge
By Michel C. Nussenzweig, Senior Physician, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Zanvil A. Cohn and Ralph M. Steinman Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology This news story (August 24 2021) has been updated to reflect the publication on October 7,...
Stop Bashing Other Parents for Their Vaccine Choices in Front of Your Kids
By Annaliese Griffin If you’ve dipped even a toe into the kiddie pool of modern parenting politics, then you’re probably aware that it’s actually a shark tank. Confess your love for the convenience of school lunches and expect a pitying smile. A far...
A New Vaccine Strategy for Children: Just One Dose, for Now
Myocarditis, a rare side effect, occurs mostly after the second dose. So in some countries, officials are trying out single doses for children. By Apoorva Mandavilli Even as parents in the United States wrestle with difficult questions over vaccinating their children...
I took the Covid vaccine while pregnant – let’s not pretend it’s an easy decision
Only 31% of pregnant Americans are fully vaccinated. I felt responsible for this bean-like bundle forming in my body. But the conflicting advice made it hard for me to decide By Ankita Rao These are the first three things I did when I found out I was pregnant in...
Considerations in boosting COVID-19 vaccine immune responses
By Philip R Krause Originally published September 13, 2021 in The Lancet A new wave of COVID-19 cases caused by the highly transmissible delta variant is exacerbating the worldwide public health crisis, and has led to consideration of the potential need for, and...
Black Americans stand out for their concern about COVID-19; 61% say they plan to get vaccinated or already have
BY COURTNEY JOHNSON AND CARY FUNK Originally published March 9, 2021 Coronavirus vaccine recipients show off their vaccination record cards in the parking lot of Six Flags in Bowie, Maryland, on Feb. 6, 2021. The state is using the lot as a mass vaccination site....
India’s First Indigenously Developed COVID-19 Vaccine Summarily Rejected by the West
The World Health Organization (WHO) rejected the emergency use authorization submission for Covaxin, the indigenously developed Indian COVID-19 vaccine developed by a partnership involving the apex research institute ICRM and the biotech venture Bharat...
Are COVID-19 Vaccines Adversely Impacting Women’s Menstrual Cycles?
Are COVID-19 vaccines impacting female menstrual cycles? A new Israeli study seeks to find out as mounting real-world data points to a phenomenon observed in women worldwide after receiving the second vaccine dose. Social media in Israel was recently abuzz with women...
From S.F. Barrio to College Town Vaccination Doesn’t Appear to Impact SARS-CoV-2 Delta Viral Load
Northern California researchers representing both University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco recently uploaded their study results to the preprint server medRxiv declaring that based on a systematic analysis of 869 samples...