Moderna, Pfizer vaccines for under 5s overwhelmingly endorsed by FDA advisers
Children under 5 may finally get FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines. Enlarge / Boston Medical Center Child Life Specialist Karlie Bittrich sees to a baby while in a pediatrics tent set up outside of Boston Medical Center in Boston on Apr.....»»
Glimmers of hope, but Doomsday Clock stuck at 100 seconds to midnight
The "Doomsday Clock," representing the judgment of leading science and security experts about perils to human existence, remains at 100 seconds to midnight this year, with advances like Covid-19 vaccines balanced by rising misinformation and other th.....»»
Pfizer CEO: Virus will be here for years but this may be last wave with restrictions
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla speaks during a ceremony in Thessaloniki, Greece, on October 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos, File)Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Monday that while the "most likely scenario" is that the coronavirus will circulate for.....»»
Fourth Pfizer Dose Is Insufficient to Ward Off Omicron, Israeli Trial Suggests
A fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was insufficient to prevent infection with the omicron variant of Covid-19, according to preliminary data from a trial in Israel released Monday. Bloomberg reports: Two weeks after the start of the trial o.....»»
Pfizer and Moderna expect seasonal booster shots after omicron wave
Seasonal COVID boosters may be combined with flu shots in the future, Moderna says. Enlarge / EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS - 2022/01/08: A vial containing Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine at a vaccination centre. (credit: Getty | SOPA Images.....»»
Is It Wrong To Mock People Who"d Opposed Covid Vaccines and Then Died of Covid?
Slashdot reader DevNull127 shares a transcript from a recent segment on CNN: CNN: Here's a moral question peculiar to these days: Is it wrong to mock people who publicly crusade against the Covid vaccine, and then die of the disease? Or does it.....»»
Decades of Research: the Story of How mRNA Vaccines Were Developed
Long-time Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot wanted to share this New York Times article which makes the point that "The stunning Covid vaccines manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna drew upon long-buried discoveries made in the hopes of ending past e.....»»
What"s Holding Up New Omicron Vaccines?
Vaccine makers worry yet another variant will start dominating in the months it takes to roll out shots against this one -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
As Omicron Surges, Parents of the Youngest Kids Wait for Vaccines
With vaccine authorization months away and schools in chaos now, families fret over how best to protect their children......»»
Catching the COVID wiggle: Researchers develop new way to visualize how the spike protein shows off its moves
Coronaviruses are slippery, and that makes it hard to create effective vaccines that provide long-term protection. Now, University of Connectiut (UConn) researchers have developed a new way to model the spike protein of the virus and test its binding.....»»
MODERNA CEO SAYS PEOPLE MAY NEED ANOTHER BOOSTER IN FALL OF 2022
A pharmacist holds a vial of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in West Haven, Connecticut, U.S., February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Mike SegarThe effectiveness of COVID-19 boosters is likely to wane in the coming months, and people may.....»»
Judge Orders FDA To Hasten Release of Pfizer Vaccine Docs
A federal judge in Texas on Thursday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make public the data it relied on to license Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, imposing a dramatically accelerated schedule that should result in the release of all information.....»»
Canada Considers Making Vaccines Mandatory
New submitter nuckfuts writes: Canada's Minister of Health is signalling that provinces may make vaccines mandatory in the coming months as the only way to deal with surging COVID-19 caseloads. It will be up to individual provinces to decide. Alberta.....»»
Women"s Periods May Be Late After Coronavirus Vaccination, Study Suggests
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Shortly after coronavirus vaccines were rolled out about a year ago, women started reporting erratic menstrual cycles after receiving the shots. Some said their periods were late. Others re.....»»
Pfizer, BioNTech to jointly develop shingles vaccine
Pfizer headquarters in New York.Getty ImagesPfizer and Germany's BioNTech announced on Wednesday that they would develop a potential mRNA-based vaccine for the prevention of viral shingles, working together for the third time after the success.....»»
New color-coded test quickly reveals whether medical nanoparticles have successfully delivered their payload
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have developed a color-coded test that quickly signals whether newly developed nanoparticles—ultra small compartments designed to ferry medicines, vaccines and other therapies—deliver their cargo into target cel.....»»
Chilean zoo jabs big cats, orangutan against COVID-19
Bengal tiger Charly and Bornean orangutan Sandai, both members of endangered species, have received coronavirus vaccines at a Chilean zoo in a Latin American first......»»
FDA authorizes boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds, shortens interval for adults [Updated]
The changes are motivated by omicron and backed by data from Israel. Enlarge / A health worker administers a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to an elderly resident at Ichilov medical center in Tel Aviv, Israel, on M.....»»
The 20 most-read stories of 2021 on Ars Technica
Pandemics, a fragile electrical grid, Lego, and rocket launches galore. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) 2021 dawned in optimism, with the arrival of a pair of highly effective mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 alongsid.....»»
Omicron"s Effect Won"t Be as Mild as Hoped
It’s too soon to know if the variant causes milder COVID, but its transmissibility and ability to evade vaccines are still cause for concern -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
FDA Authorizes Second COVID-19 Antiviral Pill
The Food and Drug Administration authorized a second at-home antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 on Thursday. From a report:The clearance for the drug, called molnupiravir, came a day after the agency signed off on Pfizer's COVID-19 antiviral, called Pa.....»»