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MOSTLY MICROBES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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David Ojcius
Jun 1, 20214 min read
Vaccines that can protect against many coronaviruses could prevent another pandemic
#COVID19 #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 #COVIDvaccine In 2017, three leading vaccine researchers submitted a grant application with an ambitious...
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David Ojcius
Jun 1, 20212 min read
Seven European countries begin issuing a digital Covid certificate for travel
#COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus #Europe #SARSCoV2 A digital Covid certificate system that will facilitate travel within the European Union...
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David Ojcius
May 31, 20211 min read
WHO renames UK and other coronavirus variants with Greek letters
#COVID19 #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a new naming system for variants of Covid-19. From now...
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David Ojcius
May 31, 20211 min read
The Covid outbreak in Taiwan is at a critical threshold
#COVID19 #Taiwan #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 The local COVID-19 situation in Taiwan is at a critical threshold, but it can hopefully be...
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David Ojcius
May 31, 20211 min read
Mass vaccination creates healthy oasis in Brazilian city
#Brazil #COVID19 #COVIDVaccine #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 Serrana, a city in southeastern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, has seen a 95% drop...
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David Ojcius
May 31, 20212 min read
Can I Ask Co-Workers if They’ve Had the Covid Vaccine?
#COVIDVaccine #COVID19 #coronavirus #vaccines #publichealth #ethics The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on why asking about vaccine status...
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David Ojcius
May 30, 20212 min read
Vietnam, facing a surge and a new coronavirus variant, tightens restrictions in its largest city
#Vietnam #COVID19 #coronavirus Vietnam, which is coping with its worst outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, announced new restrictions...
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David Ojcius
May 29, 20212 min read
Vietnam says it has detected a more contagious hybrid of variants first seen in India and Britain
#Vietnam #COVID19 #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 Vietnam has discovered a new variant of the coronavirus that the country’s health minister said...
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David Ojcius
May 29, 20212 min read
Researchers discover drug that blocks multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants in mice
#COVID19 #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 #immunology #innateimmunity The drug diABZI—which activates the body's innate immune response—was highly...
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David Ojcius
May 29, 20211 min read
Vietnam detects highly contagious new coronavirus variant as infections surge
#COVID19 #coronavirus #Vietnam Vietnam’s Health Ministry announced Saturday that it had detected a highly transmissible new variant of...
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David Ojcius
May 28, 20211 min read
Immunoinformatics for predicting potential B-cell and T-cell epitopes for Covid vaccines
#COVID19 #COVIDvaccine #coronavirus #vaccines #SARSCoV2 #immunology Background The increase in global mortality rates from SARS-COV2...
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David Ojcius
May 28, 20211 min read
The unseen covid-19 risk for unvaccinated people
#COVID19 #coronavirus #vaccines #COVIDvaccine As more people in the US receive vaccines, covid-19 cases are occurring mostly in the...
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David Ojcius
May 28, 20211 min read
Yes, we’ll probably need coronavirus booster shots. But which one?
#coronavirus #COVID19 #COVIDvaccine #vaccine #vaccines Scientists expand efforts to determine when COVID19 vaccine booster shots will be...
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David Ojcius
May 27, 20212 min read
Vaccinate the World! The Best Investment Ever
#COVID19 #coronavirus #COVIDvaccine Let’s begin with a quick quiz question: What’s the highest-return investment you can think of?...
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David Ojcius
May 26, 20211 min read
SARS-CoV-2 infection induces long-lived bone marrow plasma cells in humans
#COVID19 #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 #immunology Long-lived bone marrow plasma cells (BMPCs) are a persistent and essential source of...
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David Ojcius
May 26, 20212 min read
Immunity to the Coronavirus May Persist for Years, According to New Studies
#coronavirus #COVIDvaccine #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 Memory B cells persist for at least a year, and maybe longer, in people who were infected...
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David Ojcius
May 26, 20212 min read
How CD4+ T cells respond to SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 recovered patients
#SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #immunology #coronavirus An international team of researchers from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine,...
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David Ojcius
May 25, 20212 min read
Fighting COVID-19: A quick review of diagnoses, therapies, and vaccines
#COVID19 #coronavirus #vaccine #vaccines #COVIDvaccines #SARSCoV2 The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by a novel...
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David Ojcius
May 25, 20211 min read
COVID vaccine card: What to do if you lose your vaccination card
#COVID19 vaccine card: What to do if you lose your vaccination card Articles explains how to get a new one, where to store it, whether to...
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David Ojcius
May 25, 20211 min read
Moderna Says Its COVID Vaccine Is Highly Effective in Adolescents
#Moderna says its #COVID19 vaccine is powerfully effective for 12- to 17-year olds. It will now apply for US FDA authorization. The...
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