By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People with lupus benefit from a COVID-19 booster shot after full vaccination, with a new study showing they are half as likely to experience a COVID infection afterward. “Our study results offer people living with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) clinical confirmation … Read more
A COVID-19 booster dose will provide strong and broad antibody protection against Omicron sublineage variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, two new studies using serum from human blood samples suggest. Researchers from the Ohio State University in the US tested neutralising antibody levels against the BA.2 and BA.3 Omicron variants and Deltacron, a recombinant variant created … Read more
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday played down apprehensions about XE variant of the coronavirus saying it is just another form of Omicron, and asked people to maintain precautions as the pandemic is not over yet. Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters where he spoke in detail about the central government’s measures to … Read more
The government on Friday said India’s entire adult population, or those who have turned 18, are eligible for vaccination with a booster dose to fight Covid-19.These precautionary doses will be available at private vaccination centres from April 10 and can be taken nine months after the second dose. No mixing of vaccines would be allowed, … Read more
Precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccines will be available to all aged above 18 years at private vaccination centres from April 10, the Union Health Ministry announced on Friday. All those above the age of 18 who have completed nine months after the administration of the second dose will be eligible for the precaution dose, it … Read more
Dec. 29, 2021 — With new cases of COVID-19 skyrocketing to more than 240,000 a day recently in the U.S., many people are facing the same situation: A family member or friend tests positive or was exposed to someone who did, and the holiday gathering, visit, or return to work is just days or hours … Read more
Dec. 29, 2021 — Are you still wearing a cloth face mask? Amid the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, experts stress that we all should swap cloth masks for N95 respirators or 3-ply surgical masks. For background: N95 respirators are tightly fitting masks that cover your mouth and nose and help prevent contact with droplets and … Read more
[MUSIC PLAYING] SPEAKER: How does a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine work? COVID vaccines are now available. Some of the COVID-19 vaccines are mRNA vaccines, but what does this mean? mRNA vaccines are different from traditional vaccines. mRNA vaccines don’t expose you to any real virus instead, they’re made with messenger Ribonucleic Acid or mRNA. This is … Read more
Nov. 30, 2021 — Pfizer and BioNTech plan to apply for FDA authorization this week for a booster COVID-19 vaccine for 16- and 17-year-olds. “We expect to share updates on this soon,” Kit Longley, a Pfizer spokesman, told The Washington Post. The FDA could authorize the extra dose within a week. If approved, the additional … Read more
While the scientific studies didn’t find a clear winner, it showed that all the booster shots provided strong antibody response, regardless of the combination. (File/Reuters) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a mix-and-match booster shot plan that allows the eligible adult population to choose from one of three vaccines — Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, … Read more