Wanted: A Covid Booster That Actually Works
At this point, it’s clear from all the infections that the vaccine isn’t living up to early hopes. “The initial impression that these vaccines were 95% effective against symptomatic infection and 100%...
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Inhaled COVID vaccines stop infection in its tracks in monkey trials
Dozens of mucosal COVID-19 vaccines are in development (see ‘High hopes’) and several have been approved in countries including China and India. But according to an 8 December report by the...
View ArticleWith new COVID variant on horizon, low vaccination rates and stark...
Vaccination rates have bottomed out just as some experts predict a COVID surge over the holidays. The JN.1 variant, which has triggered steep increases in waste water levels across Europe and is now...
View ArticleWhat to Know About the New Covid Variants
“Whenever a new variant dominates, then by definition it has an advantage,” said Dr. Dan Barouch, the head of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in...
View ArticleCOVID variant HV.1 is still spreading. These are its most common symptoms
It also appears that HV.1 could also be slightly better at escaping prior immunity to COVID-19, but not enough to cause alarm, Dr. Dan Barouch, director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research...
View ArticleSome states are loosening their Covid isolation guidelines, shifting away...
“We are not going to be able to completely stop transmission, and we’re not going to be able to get rid of this virus in the human population,” said Dr. Dan Barouch, director of the Center for Virology...
View ArticleVaccines save lives and generate profits. Why is investment lagging?
Dr. Dan Barouch, who runs the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which helped develop a COVID vaccine for Johnson & Johnson, said that coronavirus...
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View ArticleRare case of human plague identified in Oregon, likely spread by pet cat,...
“The reason why it hasn’t been eliminated is because there’s an animal reservoir. The bacteria can infect animals, and because we can’t treat all animals in the wild, it persists in nature and thus...
View ArticleA Jewish American and a Palestinian American are tackling science’s toughest...
Whether shuttling between their lab’s two locations, in Boston’s Longwood Medical Area and Cambridgeport, or visiting the offices of Tome, their gene-editing startup, Gootenberg and Abudayyeh have...
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