Updated 10/20/2021 05:40 pm Countries should allow entry to vaccinated travelers, regardless of their type of vaccine to avoid discrimination and facilitate business, said a senior official of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). With rising vaccination rates, countries are faced with new questions about how to contain the spread of COVID-19 while easing travel […]
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COVID-19: pregnant women depend more on the second vaccine to achieve full immunity
The pregnant women depend more on a second dose of the vaccine against the COVID-19 to achieve full immunity, according to a study published in the journal “Science Traslational Medicine.” This and other work, which appears in the same publication, find that pregnancy can affect both the way the immune system responds to COVID-19 infections […]
The regrets of an unvaccinated COVID-19 in a hospital in Rome
In a hospital Roma, the vast majority of patients in intensive care are hospitalized for COVID-19among them Francesco, an unvaccinated, who confessed his remorse for having rejected the vaccine. “The vaccine does not inspire confidence in me, but unfortunately it has to be done because anyway it is the only thing that can help us […]
COVID-19: FDA advisers unanimously endorse second dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine
The external advisers of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from USA voted this Friday unanimously in favor of recommending that regulators authorize a second injection of the vaccine COVID-19 from Johnson & Johnson (J&J), to better protect those who received a single dose. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biologics Advisory Committee endorsed injections for […]
The US will lift restrictions from November 8 on vaccinated foreign travelers
The White House said it will lift travel restrictions for COVID-19 for fully vaccinated foreign nationals as of November 8, ending extraordinary restrictions that prohibited much of the world from accessing USA. The restrictions on non-U.S. Citizens were first imposed on travelers arriving by air from China in January 2020 by then-President Donald Trump, and […]
COVID-19: FDA Advisory Committee Supports Moderna Vaccine Booster to Various US Groups
Updated on 10/14/2021 04:00 pm A panel of experts from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by USA unanimously supported recommending a booster dose of the Modern in the elderly and population at risk. This is the same recommendation that this panel made at the time for the Pfizer vaccine, whose third dose was already […]
Booster vaccine combination raises antibodies: study
Updated on 10/14/2021 04:23 am The combination of vaccines against COVID produces as many or more antibodies as the use of it vaccine as reinforcement, according to preliminary results of a highly anticipated trial sponsored by the Government of USA. The trial is the first major US study comparing the effects of using different vaccines […]
Moderna or Pfizer booster works best for J&J vaccinated, study finds
People who received the Janssen vaccine against COVID-19 from Johnson & Johnson (J&J) they may benefit from a booster dose of Pfizer or Moderna, preliminary results of a US study showed. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was eagerly awaited in the United States because it looked at the possibility of […]
IMF predicts prolonged global inflation if vaccination is not accelerated
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues to consider that global inflation will be “transitory” but admits that it could be prolonged if global access to vaccines is not accelerated, said its managing director. Kristalina Georgieva. At the start of the annual meeting of the IMF and the World Bank (WB)Georgieva commented on growing concern about […]