clinical trials
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Certain Immunocompromised People Can Now Get Third Vaccine Doses in the U.S.
On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has authorised third Pfizer and Moderna shots for certain immunocompromised people, particularly organ transplant recipients and people diagnosed with conditions with “an equivalent level of immunocompromise.” This comes days after a randomised trial in Canada confirmed that, among 120 patients, three doses significantly boosted…
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Over 1 Million People Have Gotten Unauthorised Covid-19 Booster Shots: Report
A CDC briefing document seen by ABC News estimates that at least a million people in the U.S. have received covid-19 booster shots. The number may be higher, since the document reportedly does not account for people who’ve received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The document is not publicly available, and in an email to…
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Hospitalisations Rare Among Vaccinated and More Survivable When They Happen, Study Finds
Recent preliminary research from India may offer some more good news for people who have gotten covid-19 vaccines, even in the face of the more virulent Delta variant. The study found that fully vaccinated people who ended up hospitalised — itself a rare risk among the vaccinated — still had a lower chance of becoming…
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We Know How This Ends
I was chatting with a friend the other day whose parents have refused to get the covid-19 vaccine. No amount of news articles, cajoling, carrots, or sticks could convince them otherwise.