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Delta variant, waning immunity reduced Pfizer vaccine's effectiveness against household transmission
WorldPharmaNews
January 28, 2022
A new study by Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) researchers suggests that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was more than 91% effective at reducing transmission of coronavirus in Israeli households before the emergence of the delta variant.
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CDC Warns of Coming Omicron Wave
Drugs
December 16, 2021
The omicron variant is spreading rapidly in the United States and could trigger a huge wave of COVID-19 infections as early as January, federal health officials said Tuesday.
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ComCor study: New results on places of infection with SARS-CoV-2 and analysis of the efficacy of messenger RNA vaccines against the Delta variant
WorldPharmaNews
December 01, 2021
From May 23 to August 13, 2021, the Institut Pasteur, in partnership with the French National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM), Santé publique France and the Ipsos institute, conducted the fourth part of the ComCor epidemiological study on circumstances...
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One-shot Sputnik Light vaccine (first component of the Sputnik V vaccine) demonstrates 70% efficacy against infection with the Delta variant during the first three months after vaccination, Gamaleya C
prnasia
October 14, 2021
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia's sovereign wealth fund) and Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology today announced the results of an efficacy analysis...
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Record High COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Reported in Florida
drugs
August 27, 2021
COVID-19 cases and deaths in Florida are at record highs as the delta variant ravages the state and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis holds firm on forbidding vaccine and mask mandates.
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Anixa Biosciences' Covid-19 Compounds Expected to be Effective Against the Delta Variant
prnewswire
August 26, 2021
Anixa Biosciences, Inc. announced today that a genomic variant analysis indicates that its potential compounds may be even more effective against the Delta variant than the original wild type SARS-CoV-2.
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Delta Variant Has Americans' Stress Levels Rising Again: Poll
drugs
August 23, 2021
As coronavirus cases spike in the United States due to the highly contagious Delta variant, a new poll finds Americans' anxiety about COVID-19 at its highest since January.
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Early U.S. Vaccine Rollout Saved 140,000 Lives, Prevented 3 Million COVID Cases
drugs
August 20, 2021
The United States' early rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations may have saved nearly 140,000 lives, a new study suggests.
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Physician Views: The COVID-19 vaccine outlook in the US
firstwordpharma
August 20, 2021
As various debates continue around current and future COVID-19 vaccine adoption we are fielding a new snap poll to US-based infectious disease specialists to capture their views on a number of key questions.
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Texas Governor Has Breakthrough COVID Infection
drugs
August 19, 2021
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19 but has not experienced any symptoms, his office announced Tuesday.