Items of recent pandemic news: Vaccination halves chances of long Covid; the role of auto-antibodies in severe disease; rising out-of-pocket costs of Covid; the unlikelihood that September 20 will see booster shots; and more. Plus a frippery. 1. Boosters will … Continue reading →
Items of recent pandemic news: Saliva tests may not be sensitive enough for the asymptomatic; early antiviral promise for a cholesterol-lowering drug; booster shots coming to the immunocompromised and then to all US citizens; and more. Plus a frippery. 1. … Continue reading →
Items of recent pandemic news you may have missed: Moderna kids’ trial is enrolling; a new variant seen in Polish mink; a rapid-testing approach to in-person schooling; the tidal wave of vaccine mandates; and more. Plus a frippery. 1. Vaccination … Continue reading →
Items of recent pandemic news you may have missed: Too much testing of asymptomatic immune people? The new risk calculus of the delta variant, the coming mitigations, the anatomy of why delta spreads so fast, and more. Plus a frippery. … Continue reading →
Nine items of recent pandemic news you may have missed: Rapid testing, mixing and matching vaccines, booster shots, the genetics predicting severe Covid-19, another blow to J&J, some mechanisms behind neurological damage, and more. Plus a frippery. 1. Pfizer wants … Continue reading →
Three items of recent pandemic news: Human trials near for an inhalable antiviral; rumors of bad behavior by Google with an infection-tracking and notification app; and the WHO recommends against vaccinating children. Plus a news brief and a frippery. WHO … Continue reading →
Two items of recent pandemic news: Studies point to long-lasting, possibly lifelong immunity from natural infection; and rapid developments in the highly political question of where SARS-CoV-2 came from. Plus news briefs and a pair of fripperies. Origin, again It … Continue reading →
Three items of recent pandemic news: Pfizer’s vaccine can keep for 30 days at refrigerator temperatures; neutralizing antibody levels emerge as a correlate of protection; and the long stretch of post-trauma grief that awaits us. Plus news briefs and a … Continue reading →
Two items of recent pandemic news: Sanofi & GSK get some good news from a Phase II study of their reformulated vaccine candidate; and questions swirl anew around the origins of the pandemic virus. Plus news briefs and a frippery. … Continue reading →
Three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: A tapeworm remedy to fight Covid; you can stop sanitizing now; and a new concern about blood clots with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Plus news briefs and a frippery. … Continue reading →
Three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: Moderna can pack more doses per vial; Emergent’s big mistake; and news on vaccines for kids as young as 12. Plus news briefs and a pair of fripperies. Pfizer is … Continue reading →
Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed: Vitamin D levels vs. infection probability in Black people; variant viruses infecting animals; and the roller coaster that is AstraZeneca’s Phase III results announcement. Plus news briefs and a frippery. … Continue reading →
Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: Evidence that post-infection people could need only one shot; asymptomatics and long Covid; and AstraZeneca on pause across Europe over safety concerns. Plus news briefs and a frippery. AstraZeneca … Continue reading →
Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: One instance in Oregon of a scary variant; quantifying the variants’ immune escape; and the new CDC guidelines. Plus news briefs and a frippery. A year Before we dive … Continue reading →
Herewith a couple of items of pandemic news you may have missed: Who is helping whom with manufacturing? And the impact of US export bans in support of Pfizer on vaccine production elsewhere. Plus news briefs and a frippery. US … Continue reading →
