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Malaria, are we any Nearer to Getting a Vaccine?
Professor Justin Stebbing in his weekly science update comments on an article in Nature whereby an experimental malaria vaccine that contains live parasites protected all recipients in a small clinical trial. Participants in the study were given a vaccine...
COVID vaccines. Can we mix them?
An interesting study in The Lancet published 25th June 2021 by Liu and others confirmed that people who had been vaccinated with the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine initially and then with the Pfizer based vaccine following had a nine times more antibody response than...
arm swelling after the COVID vaccine
Arm Swelling and the Covid Vaccine Cosmopolitan, July 2021 Dr Stuart Sanders of The London General Practice speaks with Cosmopolitan about the Covid Vaccine, arm swelling, allergic reactions and what to do if these side effects are severe or long lasting. View...
Is Race Associated with Covid-19 Testing and Hospital Outcomes Within Children in England?
Saatci and others in the Journal of the American Medical Association Paediatric tried to research this problem published online June 21st 2021. They found in a cohort study of 2576353 children aged 0-18 years of age in England with COVID-19 disease, children who...
Understanding the T-Cell Response to SARS-CoV-2 Infection
The T-cell response has not as yet been measured commercially in those previously infected or those vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 infection. Lowe and others in their article published in Science, 18th June 2021, suggest that a better understanding of the...
Long COVID, What Is It and How Do We Treat It?
Long COVID, What Is It and How Do We Treat It?An interesting comment published by Burke and Del Rio in The Lancet Infectious Diseases June 18, 2020 discusses this issue. Long COVID or post-acute SARS-CoV-2 infection is being seen in a growing number of patients...
Does Having Had Previous Infection Produce a Better Response to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines?
An interesting preprint in bio RXIV by Forgacs and others in May reviewed this subject. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the authorisation of vaccines for emergency use has been crucial in slowing down the rate of infection and transmission of the SARS-CoV-2...
The Association of Vaccination with a Positive PCR Test Results from Airline Passengers Arriving in Qatar
An interesting research article published by Bertollini and others in the Journal of the American Medical Association dated June 9, 2021 provides the answers to this. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has severely affected international travel. Qatar...
What is the Next Stage for COVID Vaccines?
An interesting article in the Scientific American published in July this year suggests that now scientists have learned how to create artificial proteins, this leads to the development of new COVID vaccines which could revolutionise biology. Lexi Walls, a researcher...
Can the Lateral Flow Rapid Antigen Test Help to Control the Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Infection?
An interesting comment in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine by Fearon and others published on June 14, 2021 discusses this issue. Lateral flow device rapid tests for SARS-CoV-2 antigens are used for asymptomatic testing in various settings. However, there is pressure...
