The definition of fully vaccinated in the United States will be changed, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday. “It’s going to be a matter of when, not if,” Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said during an appearance on CNN. Fully vaccinated at present refers to a person receiving two doses…
People Who Get Johnson & Johnson Vaccine at Elevated Risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Study
People who receive the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are at elevated risk of getting a severe autoimmune disorder that can cause paralysis, according to a new study. Researchers used data from the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which is run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They found (pdf) 21 potential cases, 11…
UK Government Pilots App That Rewards Healthy Habits
The British government is piloting a new app that will offer incentives such as vouchers for shops, theme park passes, and cinema tickets for people who eat healthily and exercise more. The town of Wolverhampton was chosen for the pilot because of its population’s major weight issues. A 2014 survey estimated that 70 percent of…
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Less Effective Against Omicron: Companies
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is less effective against the Omicron virus variant than other strains of the CCP virus, the companies said Wednesday, citing a study they ran. Scientists found on average a more than 25-fold reduction in neutralizing antibodies against the Omicron variant compared to the wild type, “indicating that two doses of BNT162b2 may…
Investors Push Food & Drink Companies, Governments Over ‘Nutrition Crisis’
December 8, 2021
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LONDON—Investors managing $12.4 trillion in assets on Tuesday called for governments and companies to accelerate the shift to promoting healthier food and drink to help fix what they described as a “global nutrition crisis.” Poor-quality diets are a leading cause of death and disease and carry individual, societal and economic costs that impact the value…
Omicron Virus Variant Evades Immunity From Pfizer Vaccine: Study
The Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus can best the antibodies from Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to a newly released small study led by South African researchers. Samples of plasma drawn from 12 people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine were tested as part of a rapid response to the variant, which recently emerged in…
Pennsylvania COVID-19 Patient Fights for Access to Ivermectin
December 7, 2021
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YORK, Pennsylvania—Keith Smith received the first of three doses of ivermectin Monday, while being treated for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit at UPMC Memorial Hospital; the York, Pennsylvania hospital objected to the treatment, but Keith’s wife Darla Smith got a court order to allow it. “Ivermectin has been prescribed for human use for 35…
Glaxo Says Its COVID-19 Antibody Treatment Effective Against Omicron
December 7, 2021
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British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said early-stage lab data shows its COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment, jointly developed with U.S. partner Vir Biotechnology, is effective against all mutations of the new Omicron strain. Glaxo said in a Dec. 7 statement that new preclinical findings generated from in vitro testing of the drug, called sotrovimab, show that the treatment…
NIH Director Says Omicron Unlikely the Last Variant of COVID-19
December 6, 2021
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The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) says that Omicron is likely not the last variant that will emerge from the original coronavirus. “It’s certainly possible that this is not the last emerging variant that will attract a lot of attention and a lot of concern,” Dr. Francis Collins said in an interview…
Omicron Variant May Cause Less Severe Disease: Report
December 6, 2021
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The Omicron virus variant may lead to less severe cases of COVID-19 than earlier strains, according to data from South Africa, where the variant was first identified last month. Most of the hospitalized patients admitted with COVID-19 did not need oxygen, a contrast to earlier in the pandemic, the South African Medical Research Council said in…
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