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CDC studies: Vaccine safety, mRNA booster

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Data from two CDC reports Friday show COVID-19 vaccine boosters remain safe and continue to be highly effective against severe disease over time. In the first study, CDC reviewed...

Omicron has a 36% lower risk for hospitalization compared to Delta: Denmark study

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews People who are infected with the omicron variant have a 36% lower risk of being admitted to the hospital than those who are infected with the delta variant. It shows...

Covaxin vaccine candidate booster dose generated robust neutralizing antibody responses against both Omicron and Delta

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Ocugen, Inc. and Bharat Biotech announced yesterday results from a study conducted at Emory University demonstrating that sera from subjects who received a booster dose...

Philippines COVID-19 update: Case count, Delta variant and vaccines

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Health authorities in the Philippines reported 1,474 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the cumulative total to 2,824,499 since the start of the pandemic. Another 205 deaths...

COVID-19 vaccine study: Protection among U.S. veterans in 2021

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A new study of more than 780,000 United States Veterans shows that, although vaccination remains protective against SARS-CoV-2 infection, protection waned as the Delta variant emerged...

Philippines: COVID-19 cases continue to drop across all major island groups, Rate of drop is slowing down, according to Salvana

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 According to infectious disease expert, Dr. Edsel Salvana, COVID-19 cases continue to drop across all major island groups in the Philippines. However, he states that the RATE...

Delta variant has become the predominant variant in Peru

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews To date, a total of 534 cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 have been identified in Peru, the Minister of Health, Hernando Cevallos, reported this morning from...

Vietnam taps Cuba’s Abdala vaccine for country vax program

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By Teddy Cambosa Following Vietnam president Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s departure for a presidential visit to Cuba, the country has approved the use of the Abdala vaccine, developed by Cuba’s Center for Genetic...

Philippines reports 20K new COVID-19 infections, 640 additional Delta variants identified

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Philippines health officials reported an additional 20,745 new COVID-19 infections Monday and 163 deaths, bringing the cumulative totals to 2,248,071 cases and 35,307...

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine most effective against Delta variant

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COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing hospitalizations and emergency department visits caused by the Delta variant, according to data from a national study. That data also indicate that Moderna’s...