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Pfizer vaccine, which early data found to be 90 percent effective, enrolled patients in Yale trials

Pfizer and BioNTech — the pharmaceutical companies currently leading a phase 3 coronavirus vaccine trial, in which efficacy and safety tests are being conducted — issued a press release explaining how their vaccine...

13 November, 2020

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Sorting out viruses with machine learning

The ongoing global pandemic has created an urgent need for rapid tests that can diagnose the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the pathogen that causes COVID-19, and distinguish it from other respiratory viruses. Now...

13 November, 2020

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Independent UN experts decry COVID vaccine hoarding: ‘No one is secure until all of us are’

“This pandemic, with its global scale and enormous human cost, with no clear end in sight, requires a concerted, human-rights based and courageous response from all States”, four UN experts together with members of a...

10 November, 2020

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Vaccine mistrust threatens COVID immunity

Fewer than three quarters of people around the world say they are likely to use a vaccination against COVID-19 if one is approved by regulatory agencies, falling short of the levels required to achieve collective...

4 November, 2020

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Influenza vaccine improves perinatal outcomes

Influenza vaccination can be underused among pregnant women, despite evidence it can protect both the mother and infant from the flu. A team, led by Fatimah S. Dawood, MD, Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control...

4 November, 2020

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Talent, teamwork speed vaccine effort

China’s speedy COVID-19 vaccine development is the result of drawing inspiration from past public health challenges, rapid but meticulous mobilization of talent and resources and rigorously upholding strict...

4 November, 2020

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Ultrapotent COVID-19 vaccine candidate designed via computer

An innovative nanoparticle vaccine candidate for the pandemic coronavirus produces virus-neutralizing antibodies in mice at levels ten-times greater than is seen in people who have recovered from COVID-19 infections...

3 November, 2020

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Detection of influenza virus in air samples of patient rooms

Background Understanding the transmission and dispersal of iinfluenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) via aerosolsvia aerosols is essential for the development of preventative measures in hospital environments and...

3 November, 2020

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Mouse study shows how a virus may trigger diabetes

New research conducted in mice has shown how coxsackievirus B type 4 — an enterovirus, a virus transmitted through the intestines — may be able to trigger diabetes in people who have the virus. The research, published...

28 October, 2020

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Targeting the shell of the Ebola virus for a knock-out with antivirals

How can we battle these infectious agents such as Ebola virus disease (EVD) that reproduce by hijacking cells and reprogramming them into virus-replicating machines? A research team led by Professor Juan Perilla at the...

27 October, 2020

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