LONDON (Reuters) – Emerging evidence that the body’s immune defense against COVID-19 may be short-lived makes it even more difficult for vaccine developers to find vaccines fully capable of protecting people in future waves of infection, Scientists said Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Professor Gottfried Kremsner injects a coronavirus disease vaccine (COVID-19) …
Read More »COVID-19 Vaccine Advances to Final Stage as Positive Results Are Published
US biotech firm Moderna said Tuesday it would enter the final stage of human testing for its COVID-19 vaccine on July 27, after promising results were published in an influential magazine. The Phase 3 trial will recruit 30,000 participants in the US, half to receive the vaccine at dose levels …
Read More »Study finds “silent spreaders” may be behind half of COVID-19 cases
Since the “silent transmission” of the coronavirus possibly accounts for half of all cases of COVID-19, further testing is needed, Dr. Ron Elfenbein on CBSN said Monday. The estimate that people without symptoms can spread 50% of cases is based on a model published by the National Academy of Sciences. …
Read More »OC health officials’ mistake led to false numbers of coronavirus tests, Orange County Register reports
SANTA ANA, California (KABC) – A mistake by Orange County health officials led to some false numbers of tests for coronavirus, the Orange County Registry reported Wednesday. The mistake involved using both antibody test data in conjunction with diagnostic tests, mistakenly adding about 30,000 more tests to the advertised total …
Read More »OC health officials’ mistake led to false numbers of coronavirus tests, Orange County Register reports
SANTA ANA, California (KABC) – A mistake by Orange County health officials led to some false numbers of tests for coronavirus, the Orange County Registry reported Wednesday. The mistake involved using both antibody test data in conjunction with diagnostic tests, mistakenly adding about 30,000 more tests to the advertised total …
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