In Israel’s ‘Living Laboratory’ – Vaccines Offer Hope At End Of Coronavirus Tunnel 12/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – One year after the COVID-19 global health emergency was termed a “pandemic” by the World Health Organization – new vaccines are showing their power and efficacy through sharp declines in case rates in Israel – as well as in the United Kingdom and the United States – the second and third countries in […] Continue reading -> Benefits of AstraZeneca Vaccine Outweigh Risks, Say EMA and WHO Officials – Urging Jabs to Continue as Safety Data Reviewed 12/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Both the European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organization have urged that immunizations with the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine continue – despite a decision by several European countries to suspend its use – after reports of serious blood clots among 30 of the 5 million people vaccinated – leading to at least five deaths. An […] Continue reading -> One Year After Pandemic Was Declared – Taiwan’s Fast, Flexible Policies Preserve Normal Life 12/03/2021 Val Crawford Not many places resemble the pre-pandemic world more than Taiwan. Residents do wear masks, and the ways in which people use public spaces have changed. But in a locked-down world of damaged economies, Taiwan’s institutions are functioning; its classrooms, tourist sites and restaurants carry on. TAIPEI – One year after COVID-19 was declared to be […] Continue reading -> ‘WHO As Fragile As It Is Indispensable’ – Report Probes Geneva Global Health Hub’s Response To COVID Crisis 12/03/2021 Geneva Solutions One year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on 11 March 2020, a new report by the Foundation for Geneva has traced the success and the failures of the WHO and other international Geneva organisations in their response – as well as the implications for the future of multilateralism. […] Continue reading -> As European Medicines Agency Approves One-Shot Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine – US Has Surplus & Africa A Dearth of Doses 11/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Raisa Santos With the European Union Medicines Agency (EMA) approval Thursday of Johnson and Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine, it now remains to be seen which countries and regions will be the first in line for distribution of the one-jab vaccine. Along with its comparatively low-cost, and ease of storage, the one-shot vaccine could be particularly important to […] Continue reading -> Kenyan Health Officials Say They Hope To Ratify African Medicines Agency Treaty Soon – Improving Regulatory Process 11/03/2021 Geoffrey Kamadi NAIROBI – Kenya is one of the leading African countries yet to ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty (AMA) – but a senior official in the Ministry of Health has said that the move should come soon. According to Susan Mochache, the country’s Principal Secretary in the Ministries of Health (MoH), Kenya has already undergone […] Continue reading -> Why An African Medicines Agency? Now More Than Ever! 11/03/2021 Safeeyah Kharsany “The future generations are not going to excuse this,” pleaded Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO). “They will be looking at us and will say, ‘What the hell were they doing procrastinating on their neighbors during a pandemic?” Sehmi was one of seven speakers from across Africa who convened at […] Continue reading -> Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> More Investments Needed To Fight Covid-19 And Further Disease Outbreaks 09/03/2021 Chandre Prince African governments, the private sector, and development partners need to invest more in health and health systems to intensify the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and any future disease outbreaks, according to health experts speaking at the African Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) on Tuesday. The experts agreed that a comprehensive, multi-sectoral approach is needed […] Continue reading -> Chinese Sinovac Vaccine Shows Reduced Efficacy Against SARS-CoV2 Variant Identified In Brazil – But AstraZeneca’s Holds Up Well – Early Data 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” vaccine against COVID-19 vaccine triggers a sixfold reduction in neutralizing antibody response against the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil, according to a pre-print study published last week, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is likely effective against the variant of concern. These findings come as hospitals in northern Brazil are increasingly overwhelmed and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Benefits of AstraZeneca Vaccine Outweigh Risks, Say EMA and WHO Officials – Urging Jabs to Continue as Safety Data Reviewed 12/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Both the European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organization have urged that immunizations with the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine continue – despite a decision by several European countries to suspend its use – after reports of serious blood clots among 30 of the 5 million people vaccinated – leading to at least five deaths. An […] Continue reading -> One Year After Pandemic Was Declared – Taiwan’s Fast, Flexible Policies Preserve Normal Life 12/03/2021 Val Crawford Not many places resemble the pre-pandemic world more than Taiwan. Residents do wear masks, and the ways in which people use public spaces have changed. But in a locked-down world of damaged economies, Taiwan’s institutions are functioning; its classrooms, tourist sites and restaurants carry on. TAIPEI – One year after COVID-19 was declared to be […] Continue reading -> ‘WHO As Fragile As It Is Indispensable’ – Report Probes Geneva Global Health Hub’s Response To COVID Crisis 12/03/2021 Geneva Solutions One year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on 11 March 2020, a new report by the Foundation for Geneva has traced the success and the failures of the WHO and other international Geneva organisations in their response – as well as the implications for the future of multilateralism. […] Continue reading -> As European Medicines Agency Approves One-Shot Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine – US Has Surplus & Africa A Dearth of Doses 11/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Raisa Santos With the European Union Medicines Agency (EMA) approval Thursday of Johnson and Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine, it now remains to be seen which countries and regions will be the first in line for distribution of the one-jab vaccine. Along with its comparatively low-cost, and ease of storage, the one-shot vaccine could be particularly important to […] Continue reading -> Kenyan Health Officials Say They Hope To Ratify African Medicines Agency Treaty Soon – Improving Regulatory Process 11/03/2021 Geoffrey Kamadi NAIROBI – Kenya is one of the leading African countries yet to ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty (AMA) – but a senior official in the Ministry of Health has said that the move should come soon. According to Susan Mochache, the country’s Principal Secretary in the Ministries of Health (MoH), Kenya has already undergone […] Continue reading -> Why An African Medicines Agency? Now More Than Ever! 11/03/2021 Safeeyah Kharsany “The future generations are not going to excuse this,” pleaded Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO). “They will be looking at us and will say, ‘What the hell were they doing procrastinating on their neighbors during a pandemic?” Sehmi was one of seven speakers from across Africa who convened at […] Continue reading -> Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> More Investments Needed To Fight Covid-19 And Further Disease Outbreaks 09/03/2021 Chandre Prince African governments, the private sector, and development partners need to invest more in health and health systems to intensify the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and any future disease outbreaks, according to health experts speaking at the African Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) on Tuesday. The experts agreed that a comprehensive, multi-sectoral approach is needed […] Continue reading -> Chinese Sinovac Vaccine Shows Reduced Efficacy Against SARS-CoV2 Variant Identified In Brazil – But AstraZeneca’s Holds Up Well – Early Data 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” vaccine against COVID-19 vaccine triggers a sixfold reduction in neutralizing antibody response against the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil, according to a pre-print study published last week, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is likely effective against the variant of concern. These findings come as hospitals in northern Brazil are increasingly overwhelmed and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
One Year After Pandemic Was Declared – Taiwan’s Fast, Flexible Policies Preserve Normal Life 12/03/2021 Val Crawford Not many places resemble the pre-pandemic world more than Taiwan. Residents do wear masks, and the ways in which people use public spaces have changed. But in a locked-down world of damaged economies, Taiwan’s institutions are functioning; its classrooms, tourist sites and restaurants carry on. TAIPEI – One year after COVID-19 was declared to be […] Continue reading -> ‘WHO As Fragile As It Is Indispensable’ – Report Probes Geneva Global Health Hub’s Response To COVID Crisis 12/03/2021 Geneva Solutions One year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on 11 March 2020, a new report by the Foundation for Geneva has traced the success and the failures of the WHO and other international Geneva organisations in their response – as well as the implications for the future of multilateralism. […] Continue reading -> As European Medicines Agency Approves One-Shot Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine – US Has Surplus & Africa A Dearth of Doses 11/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Raisa Santos With the European Union Medicines Agency (EMA) approval Thursday of Johnson and Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine, it now remains to be seen which countries and regions will be the first in line for distribution of the one-jab vaccine. Along with its comparatively low-cost, and ease of storage, the one-shot vaccine could be particularly important to […] Continue reading -> Kenyan Health Officials Say They Hope To Ratify African Medicines Agency Treaty Soon – Improving Regulatory Process 11/03/2021 Geoffrey Kamadi NAIROBI – Kenya is one of the leading African countries yet to ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty (AMA) – but a senior official in the Ministry of Health has said that the move should come soon. According to Susan Mochache, the country’s Principal Secretary in the Ministries of Health (MoH), Kenya has already undergone […] Continue reading -> Why An African Medicines Agency? Now More Than Ever! 11/03/2021 Safeeyah Kharsany “The future generations are not going to excuse this,” pleaded Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO). “They will be looking at us and will say, ‘What the hell were they doing procrastinating on their neighbors during a pandemic?” Sehmi was one of seven speakers from across Africa who convened at […] Continue reading -> Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> More Investments Needed To Fight Covid-19 And Further Disease Outbreaks 09/03/2021 Chandre Prince African governments, the private sector, and development partners need to invest more in health and health systems to intensify the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and any future disease outbreaks, according to health experts speaking at the African Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) on Tuesday. The experts agreed that a comprehensive, multi-sectoral approach is needed […] Continue reading -> Chinese Sinovac Vaccine Shows Reduced Efficacy Against SARS-CoV2 Variant Identified In Brazil – But AstraZeneca’s Holds Up Well – Early Data 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” vaccine against COVID-19 vaccine triggers a sixfold reduction in neutralizing antibody response against the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil, according to a pre-print study published last week, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is likely effective against the variant of concern. These findings come as hospitals in northern Brazil are increasingly overwhelmed and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘WHO As Fragile As It Is Indispensable’ – Report Probes Geneva Global Health Hub’s Response To COVID Crisis 12/03/2021 Geneva Solutions One year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on 11 March 2020, a new report by the Foundation for Geneva has traced the success and the failures of the WHO and other international Geneva organisations in their response – as well as the implications for the future of multilateralism. […] Continue reading -> As European Medicines Agency Approves One-Shot Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine – US Has Surplus & Africa A Dearth of Doses 11/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Raisa Santos With the European Union Medicines Agency (EMA) approval Thursday of Johnson and Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine, it now remains to be seen which countries and regions will be the first in line for distribution of the one-jab vaccine. Along with its comparatively low-cost, and ease of storage, the one-shot vaccine could be particularly important to […] Continue reading -> Kenyan Health Officials Say They Hope To Ratify African Medicines Agency Treaty Soon – Improving Regulatory Process 11/03/2021 Geoffrey Kamadi NAIROBI – Kenya is one of the leading African countries yet to ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty (AMA) – but a senior official in the Ministry of Health has said that the move should come soon. According to Susan Mochache, the country’s Principal Secretary in the Ministries of Health (MoH), Kenya has already undergone […] Continue reading -> Why An African Medicines Agency? Now More Than Ever! 11/03/2021 Safeeyah Kharsany “The future generations are not going to excuse this,” pleaded Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO). “They will be looking at us and will say, ‘What the hell were they doing procrastinating on their neighbors during a pandemic?” Sehmi was one of seven speakers from across Africa who convened at […] Continue reading -> Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> More Investments Needed To Fight Covid-19 And Further Disease Outbreaks 09/03/2021 Chandre Prince African governments, the private sector, and development partners need to invest more in health and health systems to intensify the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and any future disease outbreaks, according to health experts speaking at the African Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) on Tuesday. The experts agreed that a comprehensive, multi-sectoral approach is needed […] Continue reading -> Chinese Sinovac Vaccine Shows Reduced Efficacy Against SARS-CoV2 Variant Identified In Brazil – But AstraZeneca’s Holds Up Well – Early Data 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” vaccine against COVID-19 vaccine triggers a sixfold reduction in neutralizing antibody response against the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil, according to a pre-print study published last week, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is likely effective against the variant of concern. These findings come as hospitals in northern Brazil are increasingly overwhelmed and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As European Medicines Agency Approves One-Shot Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine – US Has Surplus & Africa A Dearth of Doses 11/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Raisa Santos With the European Union Medicines Agency (EMA) approval Thursday of Johnson and Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine, it now remains to be seen which countries and regions will be the first in line for distribution of the one-jab vaccine. Along with its comparatively low-cost, and ease of storage, the one-shot vaccine could be particularly important to […] Continue reading -> Kenyan Health Officials Say They Hope To Ratify African Medicines Agency Treaty Soon – Improving Regulatory Process 11/03/2021 Geoffrey Kamadi NAIROBI – Kenya is one of the leading African countries yet to ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty (AMA) – but a senior official in the Ministry of Health has said that the move should come soon. According to Susan Mochache, the country’s Principal Secretary in the Ministries of Health (MoH), Kenya has already undergone […] Continue reading -> Why An African Medicines Agency? Now More Than Ever! 11/03/2021 Safeeyah Kharsany “The future generations are not going to excuse this,” pleaded Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO). “They will be looking at us and will say, ‘What the hell were they doing procrastinating on their neighbors during a pandemic?” Sehmi was one of seven speakers from across Africa who convened at […] Continue reading -> Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> More Investments Needed To Fight Covid-19 And Further Disease Outbreaks 09/03/2021 Chandre Prince African governments, the private sector, and development partners need to invest more in health and health systems to intensify the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and any future disease outbreaks, according to health experts speaking at the African Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) on Tuesday. The experts agreed that a comprehensive, multi-sectoral approach is needed […] Continue reading -> Chinese Sinovac Vaccine Shows Reduced Efficacy Against SARS-CoV2 Variant Identified In Brazil – But AstraZeneca’s Holds Up Well – Early Data 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” vaccine against COVID-19 vaccine triggers a sixfold reduction in neutralizing antibody response against the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil, according to a pre-print study published last week, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is likely effective against the variant of concern. These findings come as hospitals in northern Brazil are increasingly overwhelmed and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Kenyan Health Officials Say They Hope To Ratify African Medicines Agency Treaty Soon – Improving Regulatory Process 11/03/2021 Geoffrey Kamadi NAIROBI – Kenya is one of the leading African countries yet to ratify the African Medicines Agency Treaty (AMA) – but a senior official in the Ministry of Health has said that the move should come soon. According to Susan Mochache, the country’s Principal Secretary in the Ministries of Health (MoH), Kenya has already undergone […] Continue reading -> Why An African Medicines Agency? Now More Than Ever! 11/03/2021 Safeeyah Kharsany “The future generations are not going to excuse this,” pleaded Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO). “They will be looking at us and will say, ‘What the hell were they doing procrastinating on their neighbors during a pandemic?” Sehmi was one of seven speakers from across Africa who convened at […] Continue reading -> Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> More Investments Needed To Fight Covid-19 And Further Disease Outbreaks 09/03/2021 Chandre Prince African governments, the private sector, and development partners need to invest more in health and health systems to intensify the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and any future disease outbreaks, according to health experts speaking at the African Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) on Tuesday. The experts agreed that a comprehensive, multi-sectoral approach is needed […] Continue reading -> Chinese Sinovac Vaccine Shows Reduced Efficacy Against SARS-CoV2 Variant Identified In Brazil – But AstraZeneca’s Holds Up Well – Early Data 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” vaccine against COVID-19 vaccine triggers a sixfold reduction in neutralizing antibody response against the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil, according to a pre-print study published last week, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is likely effective against the variant of concern. These findings come as hospitals in northern Brazil are increasingly overwhelmed and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Why An African Medicines Agency? Now More Than Ever! 11/03/2021 Safeeyah Kharsany “The future generations are not going to excuse this,” pleaded Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO). “They will be looking at us and will say, ‘What the hell were they doing procrastinating on their neighbors during a pandemic?” Sehmi was one of seven speakers from across Africa who convened at […] Continue reading -> Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> More Investments Needed To Fight Covid-19 And Further Disease Outbreaks 09/03/2021 Chandre Prince African governments, the private sector, and development partners need to invest more in health and health systems to intensify the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and any future disease outbreaks, according to health experts speaking at the African Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) on Tuesday. The experts agreed that a comprehensive, multi-sectoral approach is needed […] Continue reading -> Chinese Sinovac Vaccine Shows Reduced Efficacy Against SARS-CoV2 Variant Identified In Brazil – But AstraZeneca’s Holds Up Well – Early Data 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” vaccine against COVID-19 vaccine triggers a sixfold reduction in neutralizing antibody response against the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil, according to a pre-print study published last week, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is likely effective against the variant of concern. These findings come as hospitals in northern Brazil are increasingly overwhelmed and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> More Investments Needed To Fight Covid-19 And Further Disease Outbreaks 09/03/2021 Chandre Prince African governments, the private sector, and development partners need to invest more in health and health systems to intensify the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and any future disease outbreaks, according to health experts speaking at the African Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) on Tuesday. The experts agreed that a comprehensive, multi-sectoral approach is needed […] Continue reading -> Chinese Sinovac Vaccine Shows Reduced Efficacy Against SARS-CoV2 Variant Identified In Brazil – But AstraZeneca’s Holds Up Well – Early Data 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” vaccine against COVID-19 vaccine triggers a sixfold reduction in neutralizing antibody response against the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil, according to a pre-print study published last week, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is likely effective against the variant of concern. These findings come as hospitals in northern Brazil are increasingly overwhelmed and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
More Investments Needed To Fight Covid-19 And Further Disease Outbreaks 09/03/2021 Chandre Prince African governments, the private sector, and development partners need to invest more in health and health systems to intensify the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and any future disease outbreaks, according to health experts speaking at the African Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) on Tuesday. The experts agreed that a comprehensive, multi-sectoral approach is needed […] Continue reading -> Chinese Sinovac Vaccine Shows Reduced Efficacy Against SARS-CoV2 Variant Identified In Brazil – But AstraZeneca’s Holds Up Well – Early Data 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” vaccine against COVID-19 vaccine triggers a sixfold reduction in neutralizing antibody response against the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil, according to a pre-print study published last week, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is likely effective against the variant of concern. These findings come as hospitals in northern Brazil are increasingly overwhelmed and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Chinese Sinovac Vaccine Shows Reduced Efficacy Against SARS-CoV2 Variant Identified In Brazil – But AstraZeneca’s Holds Up Well – Early Data 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-developed “CoronaVac” vaccine against COVID-19 vaccine triggers a sixfold reduction in neutralizing antibody response against the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil, according to a pre-print study published last week, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is likely effective against the variant of concern. These findings come as hospitals in northern Brazil are increasingly overwhelmed and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts