Category: Vaccine
BMJ: We must have raw data for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments now
“despite the global rollout of Covid-19 vaccines and treatments, the anonymised participant level data underlying the trials for these new products remain inaccessible to doctors, researchers, and the public—and are likely to remain that way for years to come. More...
Antarctica: Covid outbreak at an Argentinian research station
A Covid outbreak has been reported at an Argentine research base in Antarctica. More...
Science Magazine: Covid vaccines may cause Long Covid–like symptoms
In November 2021, in the New England Journal of Medicine, William Murphy, an immunologist at the University of California, Davis proposed that an autoimmune mechanism triggered by the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein might explain both Long Covid symptoms and some rare vaccine side effects. More...
Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 cell-to-cell spread occurs rapidly and is insensitive to antibody neutralization
“Cell-to-cell spread of SARS-CoV-2 showed no sensitivity to monoclonal antibody or convalescent plasma neutralization. More...
Italy: 385 Covid deaths and 188,000 new cases in one day despite the harshest restrictions on Earth
Where did it all go wrong for Italy? The pandemic got off to a hideous start in Bergamo, Northern Italy, in 2020, and the country has since gone from one crisis to another in the pandemic. More...
CDC: Prior Covid-19 infection offered better protection than vaccination during Delta wave
CDC: “Before Delta became the predominant variant in June, case rates were higher among persons who survived a previous infection than persons who were vaccinated alone. More...
UK: 1,129 Covid deaths in three days
There have been 1,129 Covid deaths in the last 3 days in the UK. More...
Czech Republic abandons mandatory Covid vaccination
“We do not want to deepen fractures in our society.” More...
Dr Steve James: I would rather go for a natural health approach than a vaccine
A TalkRadio interview with Dr. Steve James, the iCU doctor who stood up to UK Health Minister Sajid Javid recently when Javid insisted that mandatory vaccinations for health workers would go ahead in Britain. More...
Israel: Fourth dose of vaccine gives limited protection against Omicron infection
Preliminary results from the study conducted at Sheba Medical Center showed that after receiving the fourth shot, participants developed higher coronavirus antibody levels, but they were only partly effective in preventing Omicron infections. More...