A research team supported by the National Institutes of Health has identified characteristics of people with long COVID and those likely to have it. Scientists, using machine learning techniques, analyzed an unprecedented collection of electronic health records (EHRs) available for… Read More ›
Covid vaccine
NIH begins clinical trial evaluating second COVID-19 booster shots in adults
The first stage of this trial is being conducted in collaboration with Moderna, Inc., based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Moderna is manufacturing the study vaccines that will be administered.
NIAID issues new awards to fund “pan-coronavirus” vaccines
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded approximately $36.3 million to three academic institutions to conduct research to develop vaccines to protect against multiple types of coronaviruses and viral… Read More ›
Taskforce on COVID-19 says vaccine inequity driving a dangerous divergence in COVID-19 survival
the majority countries in Africa cannot access sufficient vaccine to meet even the global goals of 10% coverage in all countries by September and 40% by end 2021, let alone the African Union’s goal of 70% in 2022.
NIH launches study of third COVID-19 vaccine dose in kidney transplant recipients
A pilot study has begun to assess the antibody response to a third dose of an authorized COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in kidney transplant recipients who did not respond to two doses of the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The Phase… Read More ›
Sierra Leone: One-month nationwide curfew imposed to control the new COVID variant
Sierra Leone president Julius Maada Bio on Thursday announced a one-month nationwide curfew in Sierra Leone to control spread of Covid-19 effective Monday 5th July 2021 from 11 pm to 5 am daily. a) Congregational worship in churches, mosques and… Read More ›
Adjuvant Developed with NIH Funding Enhances Efficacy of India’s COVID-19 Vaccine
An adjuvant developed with funding from the National Institutes of Health has contributed to the success of the highly efficacious COVAXIN COVID-19 vaccine, which roughly 25 million people have received to date in India and elsewhere. Adjuvants are substances formulated… Read More ›