COVID Vaccines

A Wrap-Up On Scientific Studies Of Corona Virus

  • Immune system may never forget mild COVID-19.
  • Coronavirus variants seen more often in young U.S. children.

  • Dentures may harbor more bacteria during COVID-19.

Reuters issues a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

Covid Recovery Immunity

Months after recovery from mild COVID-19, when antibody levels in the blood have declined, immune cells in bone marrow remain ready to...

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[Watch] CDC Investigates On Covid Vaccine’s Heart Inflammation In Teens & Kids

  • Health officials are looking into reports of heart problems occurring in young adults and teenagers who have received the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
  • In a May 17 meeting, the group presented reports of the heart condition, called myocarditis, to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices from safety data collected by the Department of Defense, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), and Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD).

Health officials are looking into reports of heart...

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WHO Call for Equitable Distribution of Covid Vaccines

Global faith leaders and senior health and humanitarian figures are calling on countries to ensure the equitable distribution of Covid vaccines, warning that the world is “at a turning point”, reports The Guardian.

A Turning Point

The signatories of an international declaration include Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization; Henrietta Fore, executive director of Unicef, the UN’s children’s agency; Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the...

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The Making of Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine

  • Inside a facility in Chesterfield, Missouri, trillions of bacteria are producing tiny loops of DNA containing coronavirus genes – the raw material for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
  • It’s the start of a complex manufacturing and testing process that takes 60 days and involves Pfizer facilities in three states.
  • The result will be millions of doses of the vaccine, frozen and ready to ship.

An article published in Ekathemerini steps out the process involved in making Pfizer’s Covid vaccine.

STEP 1:...

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Russia’s Covid Vaccine Imported Live Cold Virus, Reports Brazil

  • Tainted batches of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine sent to Brazil carried a live version of a common cold-causing virus, the South American country’s health regulator reported.
  • Russia’s Gamaleya Institute, which developed the vaccine, has denied the reports.

Tainted batches of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine sent to Brazil carried a live version of a common cold-causing virus, the South American country’s health regulator reported in a presentation explaining its decision to ban the drug’s...

https://mfame.guru/russias-covid-vaccine-imported-live-cold-virus-reports-brazil/

J&J Vaccines Back To Rollout Outweighing Risks In Europe

  • J.&J. will resume its Europe vaccine rollout after the E.U.’s regulator says the shot should carry a label.

  • The move came after the E.U.’s drug regulator said the Johnson & Johnson vaccine should carry a warning for a potential risk for rare blood clots, though the agency said it believes the shot’s benefits outweigh risks.

According to an article published in The New York Times, Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that it would resume the rollout of its coronavirus vaccine in Europe after the...

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Top Health Officials Admits Chinese Covid19 Vaccines Have ‘Low Efficacy’

According to an article published in CNN, the efficacy of Chinese Covid-19 vaccines is “not high” and authorities are weighing options to bolster protection — including mixing different shots, China’s top disease control official has said.

Chinese CDC Director’s Remarks
“The protection rates of existing vaccines are not high,” Gao Fu, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told a conference in the southwestern city of Chengdu on Saturday.

He listed two options to solve...

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Only Those Vaccinated To Resume Low Risk Travel: U.S. CDC

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said fully vaccinated people can safely travel at low risk, says an article published in Reuters.

CDC’s new guidance

The CDC’s new guidance says fully vaccinated people do not need COVID-19 tests before international travel unless it is required by the international destination and vaccinated people returning from foreign travel do not need to self-quarantine after returning to the United States, unless required by state or local authorities.

This...

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EU Rebuffs UK Calls For The Shipment Of AstraZeneca Vaccines From Europe

The European Union is rebuffing British government calls to ship AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines produced in a factory in the Netherlands, an EU official said, says an article published in Reuters.

Former EU Member’s views

Former EU member Britain has so far administered many more vaccines than EU countries in proportion to the population.

“The Brits are insisting that the Halix plant in the Netherlands must deliver the drug substance produced there to them. That doesn’t work,” the official told...

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NI Continues In AstraZeneca Vaccination Jab Despite Irish Suspension

Health officials in Northern Ireland will continue to use the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after its suspension in the Republic of Ireland, says an article published in BBC.

Clotting precautionary

The country’s National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) recommended the move after reports of serious blood clotting events in adults in Norway.

Ireland’s Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said it was “precautionary”.

AstraZeneca said there is no evidence of a link between the vaccine and increased...

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