#Vaccines

Gavan Reilly

gavreilly

744 #covid19ireland patients in hospitals this morning, the highest number since the very end of April. 51 admissions, 13 discharges in the last 24 hours. Elsewhere, 198 on trolleys in

Helen Branswell

HelenBranswell

1. I'm listening today to ACIP (CDC advisory committee) as it assesses the Moderna #CovidVaccine.Moderna reports that side effects after vaccination are lower among people who had antibodies to SARS-2

Robert W. Yeh MD MBA

rwyeh

This is pretty cool.#FauciGrandRounds Dr. Fauci "not naming names", but clearly not pulling punches. Thinks strategy of protecting nursing homes alone exposes large proportion of susceptible Americans at risk for

Mrs S

MRSS11224611

Do you understand how this new RNA vaccine works?I didn't think so.Because if you did there's no way in hell you would have it. Here's a nice layman's explanation from

Liz Szabo

LizSzabo

Among other achievements, Dr. Tony Fauci was one of the architects of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (created under Republican President George Bush). PEPFAR has saved millions

PriyankaPulla

PriyankaPulla

Some extra points I learnt while reporting this story. Bharat Biotech has claimed that because it is a whole virus vaccine and attracts a wider range of antibody responses (to

Alex Cobham

alexcobham

Why are we not building vaccine production capacity all over the world, coupled with fully open sharing of the necessary tech? For those who count in QALYs, it would surely

David Shepherd

DShepYEG

So, @PatRehnUCP, you know who had a busy Oct-Dec? Frontline healthcare workers as they dealt with rapidly rising COVID case #s & begged your gov’t to take action on it.

Dena Grayson, MD, PhD

DrDenaGrayson

BAD NEWS: 2 cases of a new "more transmissible" #coronavirus variant linked to #SouthAfrica identified in the UK.This new variant appears to have *mutated further* than the new B.1.1.7 variant

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

FANTASTIC NEWS—A potential vaccine for multiple sclerosis is now within sight on the horizon! And it’s an mRNA vaccine by BioNTech, maker of the Pfizer #COVID19 vaccine. Study in mice

TheLongerGame

TheLongerGame

So the vaccine is oven ready from next week For a disease that has not scientifically been proved to existThat Matt Hancock is heavily invested in A RNA vaccine that

Pras Francis, MD PhD

PrasFrancis

Covid-19 was discovered/named in December, 2019. By November, 2020, we have preliminary data from Phase III clinical trials for two vaccines. The previous record for vaccine development was 4 years.

Soumya

skarlamangla

Gov. Newsom is announcing an app, California Notify, that will notify you if you were exposed to someone with COVID. He says Apple and Google helped create the app, which

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

Happy Sunday!The lockdown is absolutely necessary now, but it is unrealistic to expect people to continue to distance & avoid mixing for the next year. Intimacy & close contact is

Diego Bassani, PhD 🏠😷

DGBassani

Are you ready to see hell breaking loose? It already started, but will become undeniable soon. We’re about to leave the 3K/day behind and move on to the next level

Roland Smith

rolandmcs

COVID-19 is an attack on vulnerability: the elderly & frail; others with health weaknesses; ethnic minorities; precarious jobs; the low paid; the homeless; front line jobs; blue collar jobs; new

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