Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday announced that a phase 3 trial still in progress of an antibody cocktail has shown a 100 percent prevention of symptomatic COVID-19 infections. Interim results also show approximately 50 percent lower overall rates of infection across all patients. For infections that did take place, peak virus levels were decreased and they…
Regeneron: Antibody Cocktail 100 Percent Effective Against Symptomatic COVID-19 Infections
Merck Stops Development of COVID-19 Vaccines
Merck on Monday said it’s stopping development of both of its COVID-19 vaccine candidates. The candidates in studies “were generally well tolerated, but the immune responses were inferior to those seen following natural infection and those reported for other SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 vaccines,” the New Jersey-based company said in a statement. COVID-19 is the disease caused by…
CDC Extends Time Between CCP Virus Vaccine Doses for ‘Exceptional’ Cases
Doses of the new CCP virus vaccines can be spaced apart as long as six weeks in some cases, the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC) said in new guidance on Friday. Both authorized vaccines require two doses. Patients typically get the second dose three weeks or a month after the first. Concern is…
WHO Changes CCP Virus Test Criteria in Attempt to Reduce False Positives
January 23, 2021
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned experts not to rely solely on the results of a PCR test to detect the CCP virus. In updated guidance published on Jan. 20, the WHO said that lab experts and health care practitioners should also consider the patient’s history and epidemiological risk factors alongside the PCR test…
US to Require Quarantine for All International Air Travelers
January 22, 2021
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President Joe Biden on Jan. 21 issued an executive order that would require international air travelers to quarantine upon arrival to the United States.
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine May Be Effective Against UK Viral Strain: Study
January 21, 2021
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The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine may be effective against the more transmissible CCP virus variant found in the United Kingdom that has spread worldwide, according to a preprint study that has not been independently reviewed. The discovery of different variants of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus since the pandemic began has led to concerns about…
CCP Virus Vaccine Certificates to Become ‘New Norm’: Qatar Airways CEO
Anyone boarding an airplane will have to show proof that they were vaccinated against the CCP virus, the Qatar Airways CEO predicted this week. “Quite frankly, I think that this will be the new norm. That everybody will have to produce a vaccination certificate to board an airplane. And not only to board an airplane;…
West Virginia Leads Nation in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration
As states around the country struggle to distribute and administer COVID-19 vaccines to healthcare workers and the older population in long-term care facilities, West Virginia is leading the nation in both areas, with its immunization rate for these groups at almost 100 percent. “Right now, we’re at 98.1 percent, as far as vaccines in people’s…
Norway Warns Against Vaccinating Frail and Terminally Ill People After Reported Deaths
Officials in Norway said they are investigating the deaths of about two dozen elderly patients who received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and are looking into the prospect that adverse reactions to the vaccine “may have contributed to a fatal outcome in some frail patients.” Reports of adverse reactions with a fatal outcome “suggest that common adverse reactions…
California Calls for Pause in Use of Huge Batch of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines
January 18, 2021
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California officials late Sunday directed COVID-19 vaccine providers to not administer any doses from a batch of over 330,000 that was circulated across the state. The reason was a “higher-than-usual number of possible allergic reactions,” California State Epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan said in a statement. The doses were produced by Moderna. Moderna, the Centers for Disease…
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