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As of April 12, 2021, almost 121 million people across the United States had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Of those, more than 74 million are fully vaccinated. If you haven’t gotten vaccinated yet, get a COVID-19 vaccine when it’s available to you. After you’ve been fully […]
Issues of Viral Variants and Vaccine Efficacy The efforts of the Biden administration to accelerate rollout of COVID-19 vaccines are enabling more adults in the US to be vaccinated each week. As of February 28, 2021, an estimated more than 48 million people have received at least 1 vaccine dose. […]
(Reuters) – Antibodies induced by the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines and the antibody therapy from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals all are able to neutralize a coronavirus variant on the rise in New York, lab experiments show. The New York variant contains mutations – E484K, S477N and D235G – that experts feared might […]
As the virus that causes COVID-19 continues to evolve, drugmakers are racing to adapt their vaccines to the changes in the virus’ genetic code that appear to help it escape our immune defenses. Of the three “variants of concern” recognized by the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control […]
A special report outlines the challenges — from unleashing the power of mRNA vaccines, to the battle for temporary intellectual-property relief. Within just a few months, pharmaceutical firms have produced hundreds of millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine. But the world needs billions — and as fast as possible. Companies […]
Two-thirds of epidemiologists from leading academic institutions say the world will need new or modified vaccines for COVID-19 within a year, new research shows. In a survey of 77 epidemiologists from 28 countries by the People’s Vaccine Alliance, 66.2% predicted that the world has a year or less before variants […]
A new Ipsos-World Economic Forum survey shows a notable increase in COVID-19 vaccination intent since December in all 15 countries studied. Eighty-nine percent of people in Brazil say they’re ready to be vaccinated, with confidence also very high in Italy, China and Spain. Confidence in the vaccines has risen most […]
People with SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes COVID-19, who show no symptoms may account for more than half of all transmission cases of the disease. A new study helps alleviate concerns that people who have been vaccinated may still be vulnerable to symptom-free, or “asymptomatic,” COVID-19 and will, […]
Créditos: Comité científico Covid