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FDA advisors vote to recommend Moderna boosters
The panel voted to authorize a 50 milligram dose — half the dose used in the primary series of shots — to boost immunity against COVID-19 at least...
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New safety data regarding COVID vaccines
The pharmacovigilance report “raises no safety warnings for pregnant or nursing women with any of the COVID-19 vaccines.”
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Omega-3s tame inflammation in elderly COVID-19 patients
Those who received an intravenous infusion had significant decreases from baseline to end of treatment in the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.
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New reports help nail down myocarditis risk with COVID-19 vaccine
Myocarditis linked to the two mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines is rare, usually mild and self-limited, and a lot less likely than the usually more severe...
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Merck seeks FDA authorization for antiviral COVID-19 pill
If the FDA grants authorization, the drug would be the first oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19.
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HEPA filters may clean SARS-CoV-2 from the air: Study
"Airborne SARS-CoV-2 was detected in the ward on all five days before activation of air/UV filtration, but on none of the five days when the air/...
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Merck’s new COVID-19 pill: ‘Game changer’ or just one more tool?
“It’s not exactly a home run, like penicillin for strep throat ... but it is encouraging.”
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New York’s largest health care provider fires 1,400 unvaccinated employees
A few thousand Northwell employees got vaccinated as the deadline approached.
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Johnson & Johnson requests FDA approval for vaccine booster doses
The FDA’s independent vaccine advisory committee meets next week to review data on booster shots from both Johnson & Johnson and Moderna.
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Pfizer COVID vaccine antibodies may disappear in 7 months, study says
“Our study shows vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine induces high levels of neutralizing antibodies against the original vaccine strain,...
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Antibody cocktail reduces chance of developing COVID