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The US is preparing for the possibility that a booster shot will be needed between nine and 12 months after people are initially vaccinated against Covid-19, a White House official said on Thursday.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic #Pfizer
Pfizer CEO has also said it is ‘likely’ people will need a third coronavirus vaccine dose within a yearwww.theguardian.com
La séquence ARN du vaccin Moderna publiée en open source par des chercheurs de Stanford
#ARN #vaccin #Moderna #OpenSource #Stanford #Covid-19 #CoronavirusLa séquence ARN du vaccin Moderna publiée en open source par des chercheurs de Stanford
Pour combler les manques liés à la frilosité des firmes pharmaceutiques de révéler des "ingrédients" de leurs vaccins...www.rtbf.be
Pour combler les manques liés à la frilosité des firmes pharmaceutiques de révéler des "ingrédients" de leurs vaccins...www.rtbf.be
Over 100 million COVID-19 vaccinations have now been given in the EU - and a major extension to the European Commission's contract with Pfizer-BioNTech has been announced.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
European Union countries will receive 50 million more coronavirus vaccines produced by Pfizer-BioNTech in the second quarter of 2020, head of the commission Ursula von der Leyen said, as deliveries expected at the end of the year will be brought forward.
While there are doubts over how widely the AstraZeneca vaccine should be used in Europe, the Pfizer rollout has been going well.news.sky.com
A biotech company comprised of scientists from the University of Bristol is launching a bid to start a clinical trial of a nasal spray treatment for the coronavirus.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
Halo Therapeutics wants to commercialise their discovery of a molecule which their research says changes the shape of the COVID-19 virus's spike protein, preventing it from human entering cells.
A British biotech company is moving towards Phase II clinical trials of a range of treatments to tackle coronavirus infections.news.sky.com
Under the conditions agreed with Apple and Google, public health authorities are required to not collect location data on users.They put NHS in the app's name to hide the government's incompetence and to run down the NHS.
Under the conditions agreed with Apple and Google, public health authorities are required to not collect location data on users.news.sky.com
The pandemic is not a competition between companies and will not end without more-equal distribution of coronavirus vaccines.www.nature.com
Only three of England’s seven Nightingale hospitals have ever been used to treat Covid patients – despite costing the taxpayer more than £500m to set-up and keep on standby, HuffPost UK can reveal.#UK #politics #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
Exclusive: Government under fire as it is revealed only three of the hospitals ever treated Covid patients.www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
Photographs of firefighters, grocery workers and hospital staff were captured as they worked through the pandemicAn interesting collection of photos and video in this photo essay.
Photographs of firefighters, grocery workers and hospital staff were captured as they worked through the pandemicwww.theguardian.com
Coronavirus: How the common cold can boot out Covid | BBC News
The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out of the body's cells, say researchers.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
Some viruses are known to compete in order to be the one that causes an infection.
And University of Glasgow scientists say it appears cold-causing rhinovirus trumps coronavirus.
The benefits might be short-lived but rhinovirus is so widespread, they add, it could still help to suppress Covid.Coronavirus: How the common cold can boot out Covid
It looks like the viruses that cause colds wins in the battle to infect our cells.www.bbc.co.uk
The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out of the body's cells, say researchers.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
Some viruses are known to compete in order to be the one that causes an infection.
And University of Glasgow scientists say it appears cold-causing rhinovirus trumps coronavirus.
The benefits might be short-lived but rhinovirus is so widespread, they add, it could still help to suppress Covid.
It looks like the viruses that cause colds wins in the battle to infect our cells.www.bbc.co.uk
Apple today updated Apple Maps with COVID-19 vaccination locations from VaccineFinder, a free, online service developed by Boston Children’s Hospital that provides the latest vaccine availability for those eligible at providers and pharmacies throughout the US. Users can find nearby COVID-19 vaccination locations from the Search bar in Apple Maps by selecting COVID-19 Vaccines in the Find Nearby menu or by asking Siri, “Where can I get a COVID vaccination?”This is USA only.
Photographer Gary Calton spent his childhood holidays on the beaches of North Yorkshire. Over the past few years he has returned during winter to enjoy its rugged beauty. Here he describes how the pandemic has affected the resorts, leaving them empty and soulless#photography #PhotoEssay #lockdown #SocialIsolation #SocialDistancing #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
Photographer Gary Calton spent his childhood holidays on the beaches of North Yorkshire. Over the past few years he has returned during winter to enjoy its rugged beauty. Here he describes how the pandemic has affected the resorts, leaving them empty and soullesswww.theguardian.com
John Hollis didn’t realise he’d been infected with Covid-19. But he later discovered he’s one of the rare people who has “super antibodies”.He thinks there are others out there. Seems very likely to me.
The antibodies are so good at killing the virus, he’s practically immune to the disease.
Still, if scientists hope to find others like John, they’ll have to tackle long standing mistrust among the African-American community.
John Hollis has antibodies that can kill the virus and variants but the discovery was nearly missed.www.bbc.co.uk
As Easter approaches, some London shops are still displaying Christmas decorations after closing at short notice on 20 December#photography #photojournalism #lockdown #SocialIsolation #SocialDistancing #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
As Easter approaches, some London shops are still displaying Christmas decorations after closing at short notice on 20 Decemberwww.theguardian.com
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday he's lifting the mask mandate in Texas, even as health officials warn not to ease safety restrictions.#Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic #science #medicine #health #smh
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday he's lifting the mask mandate in Texas, even as health officials warn not to ease safety restrictions.edition.cnn.com
Deaths are meant to be recorded with 24 hours. No one could tell us why some were taking up to nine months.[Longish read]
Deaths are meant to be recorded with 24 hours. No one could tell us why some were taking up to nine months.www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
The battle against Covid-19 took a major step forward on Friday as the US moved closer to distributing its first one-shot Covid-19 vaccine, after an independent expert advisory panel recommended drug regulators authorize the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for emergency use.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic #USA
Vaccine, along with those from Pfizer and Moderna, should provide US with more than enough supply to vaccinate every personwww.theguardian.com
Here’s a post-pandemic piece I’ve been working on.
What next
They give the all clear
What next?
WE MEET
We can touch again
But let’s savour it
Remember it
Go slow like we haven’t touched
or been touched before.
I gently reach out one finger to touch...
your ankle
the back of your hand
your forehead
WE TALK
Close up, without masks
I can see your mouth move
The changing creases on your face
I hear you, there’s no mute button
I could try to silence you
by putting my finger
on your lips
Maybe even in your mouth
What next?
WE COME OUT
All of us
Those who were alone
in houses so quiet, and
Those who were crowded
in houses so noisy
Those who stayed in and
Those who went out
WE GATHER
Not with cardboard cups in the park
keeping our distance,
But close, with mugs of tea and coffee
Clinking glasses of wine and beer
WE TOAST
Doctors and nurses
Teachers and carers
Couriers and farmers
And so many more
We toast each other!
What next?
WE REMEMBER
Many that died
Those that are ill
Those who are alone still
WE PRETEND
We never broke the rules
But admit that we bent them
And the rules were so confusing
and ever-changing anyhow
What next?
WE PROMISE
To do better next time
To question politicians more
and scientists less
To think again about when to clap
and for whom
To go forward more justly, equally, greenly
To take care of each other better
To listen to one another more
To change.
WE PROMISE
To do better
But will we?
What next?
#poetry #pandemic #future #COVID19 #coronavirus
fizer-BioNTech has begun testing a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine in a small group of people. The vaccine is currently authorized in several countries in a two-dose regimen, given 21 days apart, and has proven in studies to be about 95% effective in protecting against COVID-19 disease. But as new (and more infectious) genetic variants of the COVID-19 virus start circulating—so far, scientists have identified three major strains, first found in the U.K., South Africa, and Brazil, respectively—questions about how well authorized vaccines can still thwart the virus have become more urgent.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
The companies are launching trials where a third dose will be added to the regimen in an effort to stay ahead of new COVID-19 variants.time.com
New government-funded research this week should offer some comfort to people who have survived covid-19. It suggests they have a low risk of reinfection from the coronavirus, at least around three months later.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
New government-funded research this week should offer some reassurance to people who have survived covid-19. It suggests they have a low risk of reinfection from the coronavirus, at least around three months later.gizmodo.com
Ghana has become the first country to receive coronavirus vaccines through the Covax vaccine-sharing initiative.For all of us to be safe, it needs all of us to be safe.
The World Health Organization (WHO) programme aims to ensure that vaccines are shared fairly among all nations.
Covax is aiming to deliver about two billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines globally by the end of the year.
It is a milestone for the WHO scheme, which aims to ensure the fair distribution of Covid-19 jabs.www.bbc.co.uk
French researchers have developed a coronavirus test that they say delivers results three times faster than rapid lateral flow antigen tests with – according to initial trial data – almost the same accuracy as more reliable, but slower, PCR tests.No, you don’t hold a camel under your chin...
The test, which will next undergo a three-month trial on 1,000 people, uses nanobodies taken from the camelid group of animals – which includes camels, llamas and alpacas – because they are more stable than antibodies from other animals.
Test developed in France is as accurate as PCR test and does not require lab processingwww.theguardian.com
Real-world evidence from the Covid vaccination programmes in England and Scotland show that one dose of vaccine gives high protection against severe disease and admission to hospital – and protects against even mild disease with no symptoms in younger people.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
First real data from mass vaccinations programmes in England and Scotland is promisingwww.theguardian.com
Not a single case of influenza has been detected by public health officials in England for the past seven weeks, with infection rates at historic lows amid the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic #lockdown #SocialIsolation #SocialDistancing #flu #influenza
Experts say decline in infections could justify continued use of hand sanitiser and masks following coronavirus pandemicwww.independent.co.uk
Scientists are developing a range of second-generation Covid vaccines aimed at expanding protection against the disease.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
Candidates include one version that could provide immune defence against many different virus variants, while other researchers are investigating vaccines that would generate responses aimed specifically at blocking transmission of the disease.
From immunity to blocking transmission of the virus, labs across the UK are hunting for second-generation jabswww.theguardian.com
Ministers are to reconsider vitamin D as a potential weapon against Covid-19 after Matt Hancock wrongly claimed that government scientists had run unsuccessful tests.Recognise that name?
The health secretary told the Commons last week that he had ordered a trial that showed vitamin D did not “appear to have any impact”. Officials now admit that no trials took place.
Ministers are to reconsider vitamin D as a potential weapon against Covid-19 after Matt Hancock wrongly claimed that government scientists had run unsuccessful tests.The health secretary told thewww.thetimes.co.uk
Matt Hancock acted unlawfully when his department did not reveal details of contracts it had signed during the Covid pandemic, a court has ruled.Oh, look! The government has broken the law again. I do wish people would stop calling it "cronyism" and start calling it what it is - corruption.
The health secretary breached his "legal obligation" to publish details of deals, the High Court rules.www.bbc.co.uk
I'm sweating, need a drink and the bridge of my nose is red-raw when I look in the mirror.#photography #photojournalism #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic #medicine #health
I've just stepped out of the intensive care ward at Harrogate District Hospital.
I thought I knew what to expect, but nothing prepares you for what it's like on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic.
Newsbeat spent two days inside Harrogate District Hospital. This is what we saw.www.bbc.co.uk
A drug normally used to treat arthritis can be a life-saver for some of the sickest hospital patients with Covid, new research shows.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
For every 25 patients treated with tocilizumab, along with a cheap steroid already routinely given, an additional life would be saved, the experts say.
Giving it along with a steroid drug can help the sickest patients with Covid-19, research reveals.www.bbc.co.uk
Scientists advising the World Health Organisation have recommended the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in adults of all ages.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
Scientists advising the World Health Organisation have recommended the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in adults of all ages.news.sky.com
A commonly used asthma treatment appears to reduce the need for hospitalizations as well as recovery time for COVID-19 patients if given within seven days of symptoms appearing, researchers at the University of Oxford said on Tuesday.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
The findings were made following a mid-stage study of the steroid budesonide, sold as Pulmicort by AstraZeneca Plc and also used for treating smoker’s lung.
A commonly used asthma treatment appears to reduce the need for hospitalizations as well as recovery time for COVID-19 patients if given within seven days of symptoms appearing, researchers at the University of Oxford said on Tuesday.www.reuters.com
Over 42 million Americans have so far received a dose of a covid-19 vaccine, as of late January. Importantly, though, most of these people have only received the first of two doses required for the similar Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, currently the only vaccines authorized for use in the U.S.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
Both vaccines are highly effective at preventing symptoms from covid-19, at least for people who receive two doses about a month apart. Yet some people, even scientists, have wondered whether a single dose or two doses taken more than a month apart may provide similar benefits, largely based on select data from the clinical trials used to secure their emergency approval.
Over 42 million Americans have so far received a dose of a covid-19 vaccine, as of late January. Importantly, though, most of these people have only received the first of two doses required for the similar Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, currently the only vaccines authorized for use in the U.S.gizmodo.com
HuffPost UK reader Lisa asked: “Does the vaccine give the same or better protection than actually having had the virus? I am unclear why people who have had Covid are also being told to get vaccinated.”#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
People who’ve previously had Covid-19 are still urged to have the vaccine – but many are wondering why. Surely they should have built up enough immunity to coronavirus naturally, some argue, so shouldn’t need to have the jab as well.
Breakthrough drug might cure COVID-19 in just five days | BGR
Researchers from Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Medical Center developed a coronavirus therapy that was found to cure COVID-19 in 3-5 days in most volunteers who received the drug.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
EXO-CD24 is a medication delivered directly to the lungs, where it’ll help prevent the immune system dealing with COVID-19 from overreacting and causing complications.
The drug is administered once a day for five minutes via inhalation. In Phase 1 trials, 29 out of 30 people suffering from moderate to severe COVID-19 recovered within 3-5 days, and all of them survived.
Researchers from Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Medical Center developed a coronavirus therapy that was found to cure COVID-19 in 3-5 days in most volunteers who received the drug.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
EXO-CD24 is a medication delivered directly to the lungs, where it’ll help prevent the immune system dealing with COVID-19 from overreacting and causing complications.
The drug is administered once a day for five minutes via inhalation. In Phase 1 trials, 29 out of 30 people suffering from moderate to severe COVID-19 recovered within 3-5 days, and all of them survived.
Prix Pictet, the world’s leading prize for photography and sustainability, gathered responses to Covid-19 by 43 artists from 20 nations. A featured collaboration of four photographers with the Guardian, in the summer of 2020, draws on themes of isolation, confinement and political instability, and includes laureates and shortlisted photographers from the prize’s eight editions#photography #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic #lockdown #SocialIsolation #SocialDistancing
Prix Pictet, the world’s leading prize for photography and sustainability, has gathered together responses to Covid-19 by 43 artists from 20 nationswww.theguardian.com
Up to 100 children a week are being hospitalised with a rare disease that can emerge weeks after Covid-19, leaving them in intensive care, doctors have said.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
In a phenomenon that is worrying paediatricians, 75% of the children worst affected by paediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome (PIMS) were black, Asian or ethnic minority (BAME). Almost four out of five children were previously healthy, according to an unpublished snapshot of cases.
Exclusive: 75% of children worst affected by paediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome are BAMEwww.theguardian.com
It might be possible to be infected with different variants of coronavirus at the same time, a preprint study from Brazil suggests.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
For the study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, researchers from Feevale University in Brazil looked at the makeup of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, in 92 people who had tested positive.
When researchers sequenced the virus – which is basically a way for them to track the virus’ mutations – they say they identified two people who had been infected with two different variants of the virus in November.
About one in three people recently given a Covid vaccine by the NHS report some side-effects.Good news. So far no one's head has jumped off and run away screaming.
None was serious - a common one was some soreness around the injection site, the UK researchers who gathered the feedback found.
It found no serious side effects in tens of thousands vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech jab by the NHS.www.bbc.co.uk
A UK trial has been launched to see if giving people different Covid vaccines for their first and second doses works as well as the current approach of using the same type of vaccine twice.Presumably they'll only be given to people who haven't had Covid-19. If they don't test for this, would 800 volunteers be enough?
The idea is to provide more flexibility with vaccine rollout and help deal with any potential disruption to supplies.
Scientists say mixing jabs could also possibly give even better protection.
The vaccines minister said no changes would be made to the UK's current approach until at least the summer.
The hope is the new approach gives more flexibility for vaccine schemes in the UK and worldwide.www.bbc.co.uk
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine may have a "substantial effect" on transmission of coronavirus, and a three-month gap between doses does not lower protection, according to a report.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
Tests results by University of Oxford, published in a pre-print report with The Lancet, showed a 67% reduction in positive COVID-19 swabs among those vaccinated.
Tests results by University of Oxford showed a 67% reduction in positive COVID-19 swabs among those vaccinated.news.sky.com
Death rates among people who end up in intensive care with Covid-19 have improved dramatically since the start of the pandemic thanks to advances in treatment, new research has found.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
The proportion of those worst affected by the disease who die from it has fallen from 60% when it first appeared early last year to 36% by October, the study of global trends shows.
New research shows global death rates among patients in intensive care have fallen from 60% to 36%www.theguardian.com
The great hope for drug treatments against Covid-19 – the monoclonal antibodies – are failing against variants of the virus, such as those that have emerged in South Africa and Brazil, scientists have found.Just to clarify: these are just one type of treatment for people who have Covid-19. I think it's unlikely that the others will have changed in effectiveness, as they tend to work on the human immune system, not directly on the virus.
Exclusive: no leading contender is effective against all the South African, Brazilian and Kent variantswww.theguardian.com
Captain Sir Tom Moore has been admitted to hospital with coronavirus, his daughter has said.Such a shame.
The 100-year-old, who raised more than £33m for the NHS, was taken to Bedford Hospital after requiring help with his breathing, Hannah Ingram-Moore said on Twitter.
She said he had been treated for pneumonia over the past few weeks and last week tested positive for Covid-19.
His daughter says he was taken to hospital after requiring help with his breathing.www.bbc.co.uk
Most people who have Covid-19 develop a decent immune response.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic
“But this guy’s response is 100 to 1,000-fold that,” Turville said.
“His response is that good. To put it in context, we are eight or nine months out since he was infected. And he still ranks in the top 1% of responders, so what that means is if we could ever bottle a vaccine that could mimic his response, you’d want to do it. I would say that we’re going to see him responding just as well probably a year out, and maybe after about two years we might start to see some response decay.”
Researchers walk through three negative-pressure chambers before entering the submarine-like structurewww.theguardian.com
Clinical trial data showed that the vaccines from Novavax and Johnson & Johnson had significantly less efficacy at preventing coronavirus in trial participants in South Africa, where the new variant is widespread, compared with countries where the variant is less common.#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic #vaccine
Early trial data shows Novavax and Johnson & Johnson vaccines have much less efficacy against new variantwww.theguardian.com
The llama has provided nanobodies that effectively prevent infection, but the use of other species in Covid research raises troubling ethical questions#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic #AnimalTesting
The llama has provided nanobodies that effectively prevent infection, but the use of other species in Covid research raises troubling ethical questionswww.theguardian.com
