Medical economics
With vaccine thresholds come the danger of repeating past mistakes
In 2020 when people talked about "living with COVID" it was code for letting the virus rip. It was really a plan for many to "die with COVID."
Aug 27, 2021
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Medical research
Largest real-world study of COVID-19 vaccine safety published
The Clalit Research Institute, in collaboration with researchers from Harvard University, analyzed one of the world's largest integrated health record databases to examine the safety of the Pfizer/BioNTech BNT162B2 vaccine ...
Aug 26, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Severe malaria among young African children dramatically reduced through seasonal vaccination, preventative drugs
Giving young children the world's first malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01E and antimalarial drugs before the rainy season could substantially reduce cases of life-threatening malaria in the African Sahel, suggests a new study published ...
Aug 26, 2021
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Pediatrics
FDA warns against 'off-label' use of Pfizer vaccine in younger children
(HealthDay)—"Off-label" use of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in children younger than 12 is "not appropriate," the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Monday. Off-label use refers to an approved medicine being used ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lockdowns and other measures still needed after New Zealand re-opens its borders
A major study of health outcomes finds a highly effective vaccine and high total uptake will be required to help mitigate high numbers of COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths once New Zealand borders are reopened.
Aug 24, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
COVID vaccines: We need to find out which incentives actually work
The most powerful tool for combating COVID is not a drug or a vaccine, but a method. A randomized trial is the best way to discover what works and what doesn't. This method underlies much of the progress in modern medicine, ...
Aug 23, 2021
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Medical research
Extra vaccine dose may help immunocompromised people
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially recommended on Aug. 12 and Aug. 13, 2021, respectively, that people who are moderately to severely immunocompromised receive ...
Aug 23, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
AstraZeneca hails trial results for COVID treatment
Drug firm AstraZeneca on Friday announced positive results from a trial of a treatment for COVID-19 symptoms.
Aug 20, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers develop novel strategy for tuberculosis vaccine
Innovators at Purdue University and Houston Methodist Research Institute have created a novel strategy for developing an effective vaccine for a widespread form of tuberculosis.
Aug 20, 2021
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Vaccination
Decision on J&J COVID vaccine booster doses could take weeks
(HealthDay)—A decision on booster shots for the approximately 13.8 million Americans who received Johnson & Johnson's single-shot coronavirus vaccine is likely to take weeks, according to people familiar with the issue.
Aug 20, 2021
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