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Anchor lead: What makes the mRNA vaccine so effective? Elizabeth Tracey reports With a name like Operation Warp Speed, it’s no wonder people may be feeling that the vaccines currently being used against Sars-CoV2 have been rushed into distribution. Andrew …
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Anchor lead: While most HIV news nationally is good, troublesome pockets remain, Elizabeth Tracey reports Deaths related to HIV have dropped beyond expectation, CDC data indicate. That’s great, and we still have work to do, says Joseph Cofrancesco, an HIV …
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Anchor lead: HIV numbers nationally have some sweet spots, Elizabeth Tracey reports We’re ahead of the game nationally when it comes to getting HIV infection under control, the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate. …
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Anchor lead: More cases of reinfection with Sars-CoV2 are turning up, Elizabeth Tracey reports More than a dozen cases of reinfection with Sars-CoV2 have been reported worldwide, causing alarm over just how protective antibodies to the virus are and how …
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Anchor lead: Should we be concerned about immunity when antibodies are given as therapy? Elizabeth Tracey reports At least two types of antibody therapy are now being used for Covid-19, yet some concerns remain about whether such therapy will compromise …
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Anchor lead: A monoclonal antibody against Covid-19 has been granted emergency use authorization, Elizabeth Tracey reports Antibodies developed in a laboratory against a protein Sars-CoV2 uses to enter cells have been granted emergency use authorization by the FDA. Arturo Casadevall, …
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Anchor lead: FDA regulators may have contributed to the prescription opioid epidemic, Elizabeth Tracey reports Enhanced enrichment randomized withdrawal. Hmmm, not sure what that might sound like to you, but Caleb Alexander, a physician and researcher at Johns Hopkins, shows …
