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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Q&A: A COVID-19 vaccine is coming—will it be safe?
In March, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a consensus among health care providers and public health officials that a vaccine that provided complete immunity to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, ...
Oct 21, 2020
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Pfizer vaccine results published in peer-reviewed journal
The full results of a clinical trial for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday, a major milestone that came as a committee of the US Food and Drug Administration ...
Dec 10, 2020
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Explaining vaccine clinical trial phases
Clinical trials are conducted in phases, each with slightly different objectives and increasing numbers of volunteers. This is primarily to ensure subject safety but also to make sure the process is as cost-effective as possible. ...
Aug 27, 2020
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New vaccine development for COVID-19 could help prepare for future outbreaks
Vaccines are one of our greatest tools to protect against infectious diseases and the world waits with bated breath for a vaccine against coronavirus (COVID-19). The wait might be much shorter if we can hone new methods of ...
Mar 30, 2020
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First RSV vaccine caps 60-year search to stem pervasive lung illness
For 60 years, doctors and scientists searched for a vaccine against a common virus that, while sometimes deadly, is little known to the public. The hunt is over.
May 6, 2023
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Closing in on COVID-19 vaccine
South Australian researchers working with Oracle Cloud technology and vaccine technology developed by local company Vaxine Pty Ltd are testing a vaccine candidate against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 ...
Apr 3, 2020
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Microneedle patches for flu vaccination prove successful in first human clinical trial
Despite the potentially severe consequences of illness and even death, only about 40 percent of adults in the United States receive flu shots each year; however, researchers believe a new self-administered, painless vaccine ...
Jun 27, 2017
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The deadly polio epidemic and why it matters for coronavirus
The fear and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic may feel new to many of us. But it is strangely familiar to those who lived through the polio epidemic of the last century.
Mar 26, 2020
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Human testing for Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine this fall
Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it had selected a lead candidate vaccine for the new coronavirus that would move to human trials by September and could be ready for emergency use by early next year.
Mar 30, 2020
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