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Anchor lead: Different age groups will need different Covid-19 vaccines, Elizabeth Tracey reports Did you know that children, adults, and elderly people all receive flu vaccines based on their age and immune response? The same is very likely to be …
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Anchor lead: Can a mixture of antibodies help our bodies respond to Sars-CoV2? Elizabeth Tracey reports Engineered viruses form the backbone of a few of the Covid-19 vaccines being used and tested around the world, and these vaccines stimulate our …
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Anchor lead: Could some vaccines prompt a broader immune response? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sars-CoV2 vaccines all attempt to stimulate the body to produce antibodies against the virus’s spike protein, used to infect our cells. Yet Andrew Pekosz, a vaccine expert …
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Anchor lead: There are still many steps to getting a Covid-19 vaccine to market, Elizabeth Tracey reports At least three vaccines against Sars-CoV2 are in later stage clinical trials domestically, with another just entering this phase. Andrew Pekosz, a vaccine …
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Anchor lead: Research nurses underpin the success of the RECOVERY trial, Elizabeth Tracey reports RECOVERY is the acronym for a large randomized clinical trial taking place in the UK to evaluate treatments for Covid-19 quickly, and it has been credited …
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Anchor lead: Should testing for Covid-19 occur more or less often? Elizabeth Tracey reports Fewer people should be tested for Covid-19, federal officials stated recently. Aaron Milstone, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins, says there really are two sides …
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Anchor lead: Allowing pharmacists to administer vaccines to kids will expand access, Elizabeth Tracey reports Pharmacists are now allowed to give vaccines to most children, the federal government has mandated. Aaron Milstone, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins, …
