Antiviral drug nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir effective in reducing COVID-19 hospitalization among vaccinated adults 50 and over Isra Zaman16 Dec 2022 9:30 AM ISTThe results of recent clinical trial, now published in Annals of Internal Medicine, suggest that the antiviral drug nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir...
Ebola vaccines safety and immunogenicity trial shows potential Isra Zaman15 Dec 2022 9:15 AM ISTIn a context where many sub-Saharan African countries regularly face Ebola outbreaks, vaccines are seen as a central tool to fight the spread of the...
Penn Scientists develop 20-subtype mRNA flu vaccine to protect against future flu pandemics Dr. Nandita Mohan26 Nov 2022 9:15 AM ISTAn experimental mRNA-based vaccine against all 20 known subtypes of influenza virus provided broad protection from otherwise lethal flu strains in...
New nasal vaccine strategy could improve COVID-19 protection Dr. Nandita Mohan17 Nov 2022 9:00 AM ISTCurrently many vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 have substantially been found to reduce mortality and severe progression of the disease, but protection...
Three-dose hepatitis B vaccine regimen helpful for people with HIV Isra Zaman27 Oct 2022 9:15 AM ISTA three-dose course of the hepatitis B vaccine HEPLISAV-B fully protected adults living with HIV who had never been vaccinated against or infected...
Novel Zika vaccine shows promise in animal models Isra Zaman30 Sept 2022 9:30 AM ISTResearchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a Zika vaccine technology that is highly effective and safe in...
Improving effects of protein-based COVID-19 vaccines Isra Zaman1 Sept 2022 9:30 AM ISTIn a new study in ACS Infectious Diseases, researchers report a substance that boosted the immune response to an experimental COVID-19 shot in mice by...
Universal flu vaccine for influenza A and B virus variants Isra Zaman27 Aug 2022 9:45 AM ISTA new universal flu vaccine protects against diverse variants of both influenza A and B viruses in mice, according to a new study by researchers in...
Combining antiviral drugs and antibody therapy could treat seasonal flu Isra Zaman17 Aug 2022 9:30 AM ISTResearchers at McMaster University have found a class of well-known antiviral drugs could be part of a one-two punch to treat seasonal influenza and...
large study confirms that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are safe in pregnancy Isra Zaman17 Aug 2022 9:15 AM ISTThis new study, from The Canadian National Vaccine Safety (CANVAS) Network, looked at data from participants across seven Canadian provinces and...
Powerful new antibody that neutralizes all known SARS CoV 2 variants Isra Zaman16 Aug 2022 9:30 AM ISTA new, broadly neutralizing antibody developed at Boston Children's Hospital could potentially improve our ability to defend against future...
Children hospitalized with COVID 19 or MIS C who have lingering complications Isra Zaman13 Aug 2022 9:15 AM IST As part of the national Overcoming COVID-19 study, investigators led by Adrienne Randolph, of Boston Children's surveyed family caregivers of...
