Archive: 17/09/2021

Vaccinated groups at highest risk of Covid-19 hospitalisation and death identified using new QCovid tool

Researchers from the University of Oxford have today reported on findings on the vaccinated people who are at greatest risk from severe COVID-19 leading to hospitalisation or death from 14 days post the second dose vaccination, ...

Sep 17, 2021

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Moderna Covid vaccine edges Pfizer in new US research

A new study released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday is the latest to suggest the Moderna Covid vaccine confers better long-term protection against hospitalization than Pfizer.

Sep 17, 2021

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Allergies to mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines rare, generally mild, study finds

Allergic reactions to the new mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are rare, typically mild and treatable, and they should not deter people from becoming vaccinated, according to research from the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Sep 17, 2021

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Vaccine nasal sprays aim to 'shut door' on virus

Could delivering Covid-19 immunity directly to the nose—the area of the body via which it is most likely to be transmitted—help conquer the pandemic?

Sep 17, 2021

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Ukraine on verge of deadliest Covid wave: experts

Ukraine is on the brink of its most deadly period of the coronavirus pandemic, medical experts in the ex-Soviet country warned Friday, with vaccination rates struggling and infections on the rise.

Sep 17, 2021

While urging vaccination, WHO declines jab data on its staff

The United Nations' health agency, which has repeatedly urged the world to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and other illnesses, on Friday declined to say how many of its own staffers have followed that advice.

Sep 17, 2021

Lessons from how bats resist covid could inform new treatments in humans

A paper published in the prestigious journal, Science Immunology, explores the idea that studying bats' responses to SARS-CoV-2 may provide key insights into how and when to best use existing therapies for COVID-19, and to ...

Sep 17, 2021

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Our immune system is as unique as a fingerprint or our DNA

Every person appears to have a completely unique immune system. Researchers from Utrecht University discovered this immune diversity after mapping antibodies from healthy and sick individuals. The discovery could help explain ...

Sep 17, 2021

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Unique international 'zoom' collaboration to develop treatments for COVID-19

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global COVID-19 pandemic and the UK announced a strict national lockdown. When Oxford University scientists were sent home they switched on their computers and started ...

Sep 17, 2021

Two-hour glucose tolerance test predicts decline in episodic memory

Diabetes is a risk factor for cognitive decline. In a study of the University of Turku and Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, the researchers observed that already a higher two-hour glucose level in the glucose tolerance ...

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Archive: 17/09/2021

Vaccinated groups at highest risk of Covid-19 hospitalisation and death identified using new QCovid tool

Moderna Covid vaccine edges Pfizer in new US research

Allergies to mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines rare, generally mild, study finds

Vaccine nasal sprays aim to 'shut door' on virus

Ukraine on verge of deadliest Covid wave: experts

While urging vaccination, WHO declines jab data on its staff

Lessons from how bats resist covid could inform new treatments in humans

Our immune system is as unique as a fingerprint or our DNA

Unique international 'zoom' collaboration to develop treatments for COVID-19

Two-hour glucose tolerance test predicts decline in episodic memory

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