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Three doses of COVID-19 vaccine leads to catch-up antibody responses among the particularly vulnerable

Even vulnerable people, who are at risk of severe Covid-19, achieved good antibody levels after three doses of mRNA vaccine. This is shown by a study from the University of Gothenburg on patients having undergone a bone...

4 August, 2023

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Global Health Cast – Improving COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence: What Science Tells Us

Part 1 of the series on COVID-19 presented by Prof. Schmitt, Prof. Weil-Olivier, and Dr. Karafillakis. 00:00 Introduction 01:46 Attitude changes to COVID-19 during the pandemic 09:46 Is there an inverse relationship...

4 August, 2023

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Scientists develop breath test that rapidly detects COVID-19 virus

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a breath test that quickly identifies those who are infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. The device requires only one or two breaths and provides...

2 August, 2023

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Machine versus virus: Deploying artificial intelligence against future pandemics

How do you design a vaccine against a virus not yet known to man? Doing so could help arm us against future pandemics, by rapidly compressing the time it takes to develop protective vaccines. Most vaccines work by...

20 July, 2023

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Global Health Cast Edition 41

Forty-first Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Sanicas. 00:00 Introduction 00:45 Topics covered 01:17 Global COVID-19 overview 07:01 Blood grouping and SARS-CoV-2 11:22 Most infectious...

12 July, 2023

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Vaccination in pregnancy greatly reduces risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19, and protects babies up to 6 months after birth

From the early days of the pandemic, it has been evident that a COVID-19 infection in pregnancy can be serious. Hundreds of studies from around the world have consistently shown that a COVID-19 infection in pregnancy...

4 July, 2023

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New COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is safe and highly immunogenic as a heterologous booster: Study

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has resulted in more than 600 million confirmed cases and 6.5 million deaths worldwide. mRNA-based vaccines have emerged as...

4 July, 2023

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Supporting vaccinations and strengthening health systems in 16 African countries

An EU-funded and WHO-implemented project helped health systems become more resilient and better prepared to tackle future epidemics of vaccine-preventable diseases. COVID-19 vaccination coverage is on the rise in...

27 June, 2023

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COVID-19 human challenge study reveals more insights into how virus spreads

New analysis shows how the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads from the nose to the air and surfaces in the immediate surroundings. The findings are the second batch of results to come from the COVID-19 Human Challenge Programme...

12 June, 2023

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WHO launches Global Infectious Disease Surveillance Network

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN), a public health network to prevent and detect infectious disease threats before they become epidemics or pandemics...

23 May, 2023

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