Researchers compared the antibody responses of 2 age groups, one younger than 60 years and one older than 80 years, to the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination.
Novavax, a Maryland biotechnology company that has struggled mightily with delays in developing its COVID-19 vaccine, announced that its two-shot regimen was more than 90 percent effective overall in a trial that unfolded even as more contagious variants emerged.
The highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus has been classified as a “variant of concern” by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Researchers evaluated response to the COVID-19 vaccine in patients undergoing hemodialysis in light of the frequency of vaccine hyporesponsiveness in immunocompromised patients.
Masks are no longer necessary in outdoor waiting areas or open-air seating for fully vaccinated people who use public transportation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
When compared with those who were metabolically healthy without obesity, participants with MHO had higher rates of incident diabetes, ASCVD, heart failure, respiratory diseases, and all-cause mortality.
Investigators aimed to describe non-food prebiotic, probiotic, and synbiotic use by US adults and children and reported reasons for using these products.
An emergency meeting will be held June 18 to discuss rare reports of heart inflammation in people who have received the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare complication associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with an incidence of 316 persons per 1 million SARS-CoV-2 infections.
