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ANALYSIS : New study --Relatively few vaccine complications dwarfed by virus risks

Fri, 2021-08-27 10:11 — mike kraft

Covid: Vaccine complications dwarfed by virus risks Researchers says despite stroke and clotting risks, Covid vaccines have substantial benefits. BBC News

A major review of vaccines suggests the AstraZeneca jab does raise the risk of blood clots and another serious condition that can cause bleeding.

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WHO begins shipping Chinese vaccines despite some misgivings

Fri, 2021-08-27 10:01 — mike kraft

WHO begins shipping Chinese vaccines despite some misgivings By Francesco Guarascio, Alexander Winning and Stanley Widianto Francesco Guarascio, Alexander Winning, Stanley Widianto U.S.

BRUSSELS/JOHANNESBURG/JAKARTA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization’s pandemic programme plans to ship 100 million doses of the Sinovac and Sinopharm COVID-19 shots by the end of next month, mostly to Africa and Asia, in its first delivery of Chinese vaccines, a WHO document shows.

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UK Study: Patients, not staff, source of most hospital COVID spread

Wed, 2021-08-25 17:14 — mike kraft

Study: Patients, not staff, source of most hospital COVID spread Also, 21% of patients caused 80% of infections, UK researchers find. CIDRAP

Most hospital patients diagnosed as having COVID-19 contracted the virus from other patients rather than healthcare workers (HCWs), with 21% of patients causing 80% of cases, finds a UK study today in eLife. ...

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Overview: Research on monoclonal antibodies to protect against COVID-19 variants

Wed, 2021-08-25 12:43 — mike kraft

COVID SCIENCE-Researchers seek powerful antibody against many variants; breakthrough cases may be less infectious Two separate research teams last week reported on laboratory tests of monoclonal antibodies that appear to protect against a broad range of COVID-19 virus variants. One study, published on Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine bit.ly/3kgzEZU, identified "high-level, broad-spectrum" antibodies in blood samples from survivors of the original SARS outbreak in 2003 who recently received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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Thailand develops robotic system to squeeze out more vaccine doses

Wed, 2021-08-25 10:28 — mike kraft

Thailand develops robotic system to squeeze out more vaccine doses As Thailand struggles with its worst coronavirus outbreak yet, researchers in the country have developed a machine to draw out COVID-19 vaccine doses more efficiently and optimise lower-than-expected supplies. Juarawee Kittisilpa Reuters

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Unvaccinated 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19, CDC study says

Wed, 2021-08-25 09:52 — mike kraft

Unvaccinated 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19, A study found that unvaccinated people in Los Angeles County were 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than the fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Justine Coleman TheHill

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New UK study: COVID vaccine protection wanes within six months

Wed, 2021-08-25 09:45 — mike kraft

COVID vaccine protection wanes within six months - UK researchers Protection against COVID-19 offered by two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines begins to fade within six months, underscoring the need for booster shots, according to researchers in Britain. William Schomberg,Ludwig Burger Reuters

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Johnson & Johnson booster shot prompts large increase in immune response, company says

Wed, 2021-08-25 09:33 — mike kraft

Johnson & Johnson says booster shot provides 'rapid and robust' Covid antibody increase Johnson & Johnson said a booster shot of its vaccine provides a nine-fold increase in Covid antibodies. NBC News

Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday that studies show a booster shot of its vaccine provides a "rapid and robust increase" in Covid-19 antibodies when used on people who have already received its first dose.

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