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Global Health Cast Edition 56

Fifty-sixth Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Melvin Sanicas. Download the PDF here🔒 Premium Content - For FreeUnlock this content by becoming a Global Health Press subscriber. Join...

22 January, 2024

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One in five patients experience rebound COVID after taking Paxlovid, new study finds

While Paxlovid remains a ‘life-saving drug,’ Mass General Brigham researchers found that patients experiencing virologic rebound after treatment may remain contagious A new study by investigators from Mass General...

15 November, 2023

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Global Health Cast Edition 51

Fifty-first Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Sanicas. Download the PDF here🔒 Premium Content - For FreeUnlock this content by becoming a Global Health Press subscriber. Join for...

25 October, 2023

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Global Health Cast Edition 48

Forty-eighth Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Sanicas. Download the PDF here🔒 Premium Content - For FreeUnlock this content by becoming a Global Health Press subscriber. Join for...

6 September, 2023

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The ‘Kraken’ subvariant XBB.1.5 sounds scary, but behind the headlines are clues to where COVID’s heading

The XBB.1.5 subvariant, known informally as “Kraken”, is the latest in a menagerie of Omicron subvariants to dominate the headlines, following increasing detection in the United States and United Kingdom. But there have...

15 February, 2023

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COVID vaccine hesitancy linked to ‘nocebo’ side effects

Vaccine hesitancy about COVID-19 vaccines is a positive predictor of negative side effects with vaccination—an example of the “nocebo” effect—according to a study in Scientific Reports. Nocebo, a play on...

6 December, 2022

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Vaccelerate: EU-Commission funded academic consortium to speed up vaccine development

The COVID pandemic showed lack of preparedness in many public health areas all over Europe. One such gap – often overlooked – is the lack of tools to rapidly conduct clinical studies on new vaccines. This gap has...

6 April, 2022

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Arsenal against Omicron weakening

Omicron is very good at evading the immune protection conferred by vaccines, natural infection and agents such as monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) authorized to prevent serious infections, according to David Ho, MD, the...

17 January, 2022

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Study shows immune cells against COVID-19 stay high in number six months after vaccination

A recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers provides evidence that CD4+ T lymphocytes — immune system cells also known as helper T cells — produced by people who received either of the two available messenger...

17 November, 2021

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New nanobody COVID vaccine design is easier to make, doesn’t need cold storage

Currently available COVID vaccines require cold storage and sophisticated manufacturing capacity, which makes it difficult to produce and distribute them widely, especially in less developed countries. A new type of...

9 November, 2021

4 min read

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