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Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine planned for late November FDA submission

The first coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine to be considered for emergency approval may be a month away. Pfizer chief executive officer Albert Bourla wrote in an open letter Friday morning that efficacy and safety...

20 October, 2020

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COVID-19 vaccine won’t immediately end the pandemic, experts say

Finding a vaccine for COVID-19 does not mean an automatic return to normality, experts say, warning people to be “realistic” about the challenges that remain. There may still be some time before it makes a...

2 October, 2020

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Antibody test developed for COVID-19 that is sensitive, specific and scalable

An antibody test for the virus that causes COVID-19, developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with Houston Methodist and other institutions, is more accurate and can handle a much...

15 September, 2020

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Results from world’s largest study of hospital patients with COVID-19

Children and teenagers are less likely than adults to develop severe Covid-19 or die from the disease, according to the world’s largest study of hospital patients with Covid-19. Obesity, Black ethnicity and being under...

1 September, 2020

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COVID-19 vaccine innovation could dramatically speed up worldwide production

Responding to a need to quickly develop billions of doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines, a scientific team at The University of Texas at Austin has successfully redesigned a key protein from the coronavirus, and the...

4 August, 2020

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NTU Singapore researchers speed up gold-standard COVID-19 diagnostic test

Clinician-scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore’s (NTU Singapore) Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) have demonstrated a way to improve the speed, handling time and cost of COVID-19...

28 July, 2020

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Scientists race to develop an effective COVID-19 vaccine

With the global pandemic still in full swing, scientists are working to develop a vaccine in record time. While everyone wants an effective vaccine, they don’t all agree on how to get there and what...

23 July, 2020

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As COVID-19 spreads, researchers track an influenza virus nervousl

SARS-CoV-2 wasn’t the first coronavirus that spawned fears of a pandemic; there were worries about SARS and MERS before it arrived. But influenza viruses have also been a regular source of worries, as they can...

7 July, 2020

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Trying to reach “herd immunity” without a COVID-19 vaccine is a disastrous pandemic response strategy

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, use of the term “herd immunity” has spread almost as fast as the virus. But its use is fraught with misconceptions. In the U.K., officials briefly considered a herd immunity...

7 July, 2020

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Study finds correlation between vaccination rates, disease immunity

Researchers at ASU’s College of Health Solutions find increase in vaccination exemptions, decrease in herd immunity among Arizona schoolchildren Evidence suggests the use of vaccines goes as far back as the year...

29 June, 2020

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