A Pivot Point For Global Leadership On Covid-19
The Biden Administration’s announcement yesterday of its plan to vaccinate the world is an act in keeping with our country’s noblest traditions. No country is better placed to lead an all out attack on Covid-19, a grand global strategy that relies on …
Dr. Krishna Reddy Addresses Concerns About Covid-19 Vaccines at Government of Telangana Webinar
Dr. Krishna Reddy Nallamalla, President of the InOrder Institute and the Country Director of ACCESS Health India, participated in an elite panel of experts at a webinar that addressed thousands of students and households across Telangana on the importance of Covid-19 vaccination …
Can We End the Pandemic?
The emergence of dangerous new coronavirus variants is threatening the progress that we have made with the help of COVID-19 vaccines. It is now clear that our pharmaceutical research efforts and public-health interventions will need to be redoubled – and without any …
mRNA Vaccine Booster Shots Likely Required Within Six Months To Protect Against Covid-19 Variants
The majority of new infections in the US, Europe, and most other countries are now driven by variants. Until recently, the B.1.1.7 variant was the most dominant strain in the UK and throughout Europe and is prevalent in the United States as …
Vaccines Vs Variants: Three Studies Provide New Insight
Two new studies have shown the real-world effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine rollout against two deadly Covid variants, B.1.1.7 and B.1.351. The news is decidedly positive, especially when considered alongside data from a third study, released today, on the effectiveness of a …
The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine Is Less Effective Against The South African And UK Variants Than Against The Original Virus, According To A New “Real-World” Study From Israel
The novel mRNA vaccines of Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech are among the most effective of all the developed vaccines at preventing infection and disease. For that, we are all grateful. But even the best vaccines fail to protect some people some of the …
Moderna And Pfizer Vaccines Prevent Infection As Well As Disease: Key Questions Remain
Ever since the US vaccine rollout officially commenced in December, a question that has been top of mind is whether the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines created by Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech would perform as well under real-world conditions as they did in the …
Persistence Of Covid-19 Antibodies Varies Widely From Person To Person
One of the greatest unsolved mysteries of Covid-19 is why the neutralizing antibodies our bodies generate in response to the virus tend to dwindle in number so quickly. A small minority of studies, including one completed in Iceland last summer, have observed …
New Study Predicts Immune Protection May Vary For Different Covid-19 Vaccines
After more than a year of lockdowns, isolation, and great loss of human life, the slow but steady rollout of Covid-19 vaccines has given us all a much-needed glimmer of hope. As of March 22, the total number of doses administered worldwide …
Third Generation Covid-19 Variant Described In The Philippines
A new SARS-CoV-2 variant has emerged once again, this time in the Philippines. The new variant bears a resemblance to the recently discovered Japanese variant (B.1.1.248) and the infamous Brazilian variant (P.1), known for its dangerous immune-escape capabilities. B.1.1.248 and the Philippine …