KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia will begin a parallel COVID-19 innoculation programme this week for people who chose to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine, after it was removed from an ongoing rollout due to public fears over its safety, a minister said on Monday.FILE PHOTO: A woman receives a vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Employees of a vendor paid to conduct COVID-19 contact tracing in Pennsylvania may have compromised the private information of at least 72,000 people, including their exposure status and their sexual orientation, the state Health Department said Thursday. […]
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary will pursue bilateral agreements recognising COVID-19 vaccine certificates that would allow citizens to travel among participating countries, the prime minister’s chief of staff said on Thursday.FILE PHOTO: Candles are lit in memory of Hungary’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims in Budapest, Hungary, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File PhotoCountries around the world are […]
A new study with the University of Copenhagen represented indicates that the coronavirus variant called P.1, which originated in Brazil, could pose a bigger threat than previously assumed. The researchers conclude that it is likely that P.1 is more transmissible than other strains of SARS-Cov2 and that might be able to evade immunity gained from […]
Biden, Harris blasted by governors for skipping COVID calls Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts joins ‘Fox and Friends’ to discuss the Biden administration’s pandemic leadership. Hawaii health officials confirmed the state’s first pediatric coronavirus-related death in a child who had been visiting the state with his fully vaccinated parents. The child, who officials said was between […]
FILE PHOTO: Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa speaks during a visit at the Armed Forces Hospital as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in Lisbon, Portugal, January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro NunesLISBON (Reuters) -Portugal’s state of emergency, the highest level of coronavirus alert, will end on Friday, the president announced, as infections drop sharply and […]
Researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health in the United States say there is no evidence to support a correlation between ABO blood group and the risk of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The team’s systematic review of studies assessing the […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will add a warning to the Johnson and Johnson one-dose COVID vaccine and lift its recommended pause on the shots. The agency acted quickly to get the vaccine back into distribution after a Centers […]
SANTIAGO (Reuters) —Chile is shifting its COVID-19 vaccination strategy toward issuing second doses, while slowing administration of new shots, due to concerns over supply shortages and data showing scant protection from one dose of the Sinovac Biotech vaccine that formed the backbone of its campaign. The Andean nation, which has had one of the world’s […]
A new study led by Hans-Martin Jäck of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany engineered clusters of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies using a transgenic mouse model. A unique characteristic for the antibodies was the different ways it bound to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the overall reduction in the viral spread for […]
