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Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Halted Following Serious Illness in Volunteer

By Ann S. White 1 week ago

News Picture: Vaccine Maker Halts Trial Following Unexplained Illness in Volunteer By Robin Foster and E.J. Mundell
HealthDay Reporters

WEDNESDAY, Sept. nine, 2020

Closing testing of a leading coronavirus vaccine candidate was paused by drugmaker AstraZeneca on Tuesday after a trial volunteer knowledgeable a serious adverse response.

The enterprise did not release details on the scenario, but whether the response was brought about by the vaccine or was coincidental is nonetheless unclear, The New York Instances documented.

The pause, 1st documented by STAT, will make it possible for for a security critique and investigation of what brought about the illness.

The disappointing information arrived as drug organizations all over the

Health Food

Trial Tests MMR Vaccine to Help Prevent COVID-19

By Ann S. White 2 weeks ago

By Steven Reinberg

HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, Sept. four, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A new medical trial will check out to determine whether the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine can secure wellbeing care personnel from staying infected with COVID-19.

Hundreds of tens of millions of people have gained the MMR vaccine considering that it was formulated just about 50 several years in the past. It’s typically offered to youngsters prior to age six. Escalating proof suggests that the vaccine might also prevent COVID-19.

“We know that the MMR vaccine is harmless, and we feel

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President Trump Promises a COVID Vaccine Before the End of the Year

By Ann S. White 3 weeks ago

News Picture: President Trump Promises a COVID Vaccine Before the End of the Year By Robin Foster and E.J. Mundell
HealthDay Reporters

FRIDAY, Aug. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News)

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his administration will have a coronavirus vaccine prepared for Individuals just before the year finishes.

The lofty promise arrived for the duration of his acceptance speech on the last evening of the Republican Countrywide Convention.

“In new months, our country and the whole earth has been struck by a new and highly effective invisible enemy,” Trump stated to a mostly mask-fewer group of one,500 supporters gathered on the White Dwelling garden. “We are delivering lifesaving therapies. And we will

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Evidence Mounts That TB Vaccine Might Help Protect Against COVID-19

By Ann S. White 2 months ago

News Picture: Evidence Mounts That TB Vaccine Might Help Protect Against COVID-19

MONDAY, July thirteen, 2020 (HealthDay Information)

A tuberculosis vaccine might help decrease the danger of dying from COVID-19, scientists recommend.

Establishing nations have reduce-than-expected COVID-19 dying rates, and a TB vaccine presented in nations with large rates of tuberculosis could possibly perform a significant part in lowering COVID-19 dying rates, according to authors of a new research.

The vaccine, which is routinely presented to small children in nations exactly where TB infection is prevalent, is named Bacille Calmette-Guérin, or BCG for small. It is not extensively employed in the United States.

“In our original investigation, we located that nations with

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First Large Clinical Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine in U.S. Could Begin in July

By Ann S. White 3 months ago

FRIDAY, June 12, 2020 (HealthDay Information) — A large scientific trial of the first U.S. COVID-19 vaccine could start out next thirty day period, in accordance to Moderna Inc., which formulated the vaccine with the U.S. Countrywide Institutes of Health.

The trial will evaluate regardless of whether the vaccine is efficient and will include 30,000 volunteers who will receive both the vaccine or a dummy shot, the Connected Press claimed.

That trial cannot start off until finally results of lesser, earlier-stage scientific studies on basic safety and dosing are accessible, but Moderna claimed individuals scientific studies are progressing very well

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