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Chinese official acknowledges the country's vaccines’ effectiveness is low

Sun, 2021-04-11 11:50 — mike kraft

Official: Chinese vaccines' effectiveness low BEIJING (AP) — In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country's top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering... AP NEWS

BEIJING (AP) — In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country’s top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to get a boost.

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AstraZeneca: Blot Clots apparently Stem From Rare Antibody Reaction

Sat, 2021-04-10 13:43 — mike kraft

New research has identified unusual antibodies that appear to have caused, in rare cases, serious and sometimes fatal blood clots in people who received the Covid vaccine made by AstraZeneca.

Exactly why the rare reactions to the vaccine occurred is still a mystery.

Scientific teams from Germany and Norway found that people who developed the clots after vaccination had produced antibodies that activated their platelets, a blood component involved in clotting. The new reports add extensive details to what the researchers have already stated publicly about the blood disorder.

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Johnson & Johnson: A bad week - but fears of negative reactions and blood clots are likely overblown

Sat, 2021-04-10 13:26 — mike kraft

Johnson & Johnson had a very bad week - but fears of negative reactions and blood clots are likely overblown Three vaccination sites reported clusters of minor adverse reactions among people who got the Johnson & Johnson shot. YahooNews

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Vaccine shortages hit poor countries, affecting at least 60 nations

Sat, 2021-04-10 12:55 — mike kraft

Stalled at first jab: Vaccine shortages hit poor countries LONDON (AP) — As many as 60 countries, including some of the world’s poorest, might be stalled at the first shots of their coronavirus vaccinations because nearly all deliveries through the global... AP NEWS

LONDON (AP) — As many as 60 countries, including some of the world’s poorest, might be stalled at the first shots of their coronavirus vaccinations because nearly all deliveries through the global program intended to help them are blocked until as late as June.

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Scientists are trying to find a simple pill to treat Covid-19 ...but

Fri, 2021-04-09 20:42 — mike kraft

Scientists work toward an elusive dream: a simple pill to treat Covid-19 As simple as that sounds, the process of actually developing new antiviral treatments is overwhelmingly complicated. Damian Garde STAT

The world has vaccines that can prevent most cases of Covid-19. It even has drugs that can help with the most serious symptoms of the disease. Now what it needs is a Tamiflu for SARS-CoV-2.

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How concerning are links of blood clots to AstraZeneca's vaccine?

Fri, 2021-04-09 19:43 — mike kraft

How worried should we be about links of blood clots to AstraZeneca's vaccine? Europe's drug regulator on Wednesday said it had found a possible link between AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in adults who received the shot. Britain recommended people under 30 get an alternative COVID-19 vaccine if possible. John Miller, Ludwig Burger U.S.

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Many children with serious inflammatory disease did not show COVID-19 symptoms: study

Fri, 2021-04-09 10:52 — mike kraft

Many children with serious inflammatory disease did not show COVID-19 Many children who developed a mysterious inflammatory illness after a COVID-19 infection did not display some of the traditional COVID-19 symptoms, and the disease only appeared several weeks after Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

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Rise of Variants in Europe adds to coronavius dangers

Fri, 2021-04-09 10:02 — mike kraft

Rise of Variants in Europe Shows How Dangerous the Virus Can Be Much of the continent is experiencing a wave of outbreaks driven by the B.1.1.7 variant, which ravaged Britain this winter. The New York Times

Europe, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic last spring, has once again swelled with new cases, which are inundating some local hospitals and driving a worrisome global surge of Covid-19.

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Scientists call for new probe into COVID-19 origins: with or without China

Wed, 2021-04-07 21:15 — mike kraft

Scientists call for new probe into COVID-19 origins: with or without China A joint China-World Health Organization (WHO) study into COVID-19 has provided no credible answers about how the pandemic began, and more rigorous investigations are required - with or without Beijing's involvement, a group of international scientists and researchers said... Reuters Staff U.S.

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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine provides antibodies for at least 6 months after the second dose but fades for older persons

Wed, 2021-04-07 19:14 — mike kraft

Moderna's COVID Vax Produces Antibody Responses 6 Months Later But neutralizing activity declined over time, and not equally among age groups Molly Walker medpagetoday

Antibodies persisted 6 months after the second dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in younger and middle-age adults, but were diminished in older adults when using more sensitive assays, according to data from an ongoing phase I trial.

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