Slideshow ( 2 images )(Reuters) -Europe’s drugs regulator said on Wednesday it was looking into three new conditions to assess whether they may be possible side-effects related to COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna following a small number of cases….
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Study shows efficacy of gamma irradiation of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate in mouse model
A new study reports a cost-effective and more rapid method of viral inactivation in an effort to increase the appeal of inactivated viral vaccines against the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a surge of research…
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New study describes SARS-CoV-2 ExoN enzyme that promotes antiviral resistance
A new study describes the structure of a crucial enzyme present in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is the virus responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This enzyme, which is known as the Coronavirus 3′–5′ exoribonuclease…
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Lambda Variant Shows Vaccine Resistance
(Reuters) – The Lambda variant of the coronavirus, first identified in Peru and now spreading in South America, is highly infectious and more resistant to vaccines than the original version of the virus the emerged from Wuhan, China, Japanese researchers…
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New Biomaterial Vaccines Aim to Ward Off Future Pandemic Threats
Find it. Kill it. This is the simple premise behind new biomaterial-based vaccines that experts are designing to fend off future pathogens, or germs that could threaten human health. As they plan next-generation vaccines, scientists are banking on the idea…
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Hundreds of migrants vaccinated against coronavirus in U.S.-Mexico border city
FILE PHOTO: People stand in line to receive the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as part of a government plan to inoculate Mexican border residents on its shared frontier with the United States, in Tijuana, Mexico…
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WHO Calls for Pause on Booster Doses
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The World Health Organization is calling on wealthy nations to wait to give their citizens booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines until at least the end of…
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Thailand extends pandemic measures, expands lockdown areas
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand on Sunday extended tighter containment measures in the capital and high-risk provinces probably until the end of August in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19 as the country deals with its biggest outbreak to date.Beds…
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White House to Florida, Texas leaders: Help on COVID-19 or 'get out of the way'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Tuesday urged Republican leaders in Florida and Texas to follow public health guidelines on the pandemic or “get out of the way” as the United States struggles to contain the spread of the Delta…
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A correlation study between time-from-vaccine and SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections
Several coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have received emergency use authorization (EUA) from various regulatory bodies around the world. Of these includes the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine BNT162b2 that was developed by BioNTech/Pfizer. The BNT162b2 vaccine can effectively protect…
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