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Covid’s scientific silver lining: A chance to watch the human immune system respond in real time

STAT

While an increasingly anxious world watched a new coronavirus spread across the globe in early 2020, veteran immunologist Rafi Ahmed quickly grasped that his field was about to experience something truly extraordinary. Read the rest…

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10 fact you must know – FLU SEASON 2020/2021

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With just one month to go, flu season 2020/2021 is just around the corner. It is expected to be that demand for flu vaccination service will be high this year. Additionally, eligibility criteria will be extended, for example, phased-out eligibility for free flu vaccination of those aged 50-64. When will flu season 2020 start?

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Covid vaccines averted 3 million deaths in U.S., according to new study

STAT

to receive a Covid-19 vaccine outside of a clinical trial. A study released Tuesday by the Commonwealth Fund shows that in those two years, the Covid vaccines have averted over 3 million deaths in the U.S. Without vaccines, the country would have experienced four times as many deaths, 1.5 The vaccines also saved the U.S. $1

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12 facts you must know – FLU SEASON 2020/2021

Druggist

With just one month to go, flu season 2020/2021 is just around the corner. It is expected to be that demand for flu vaccination service will be high this year. Additionally, eligibility criteria will be extended, for example, phased-out eligibility for free flu vaccination of those aged 50-64. When will flu season 2020 start?

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Cancer vaccines: providing the edge in oncology

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In this article, Ben Hargreaves looks into the promise of cancer vaccines and how this treatment modality may offer advantages over existing immunotherapies in the oncology sector. One area that is gathering increasing levels of interest is the development of cancer vaccines. over the last five years. A broad front.

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BioNTech takes its first cancer vaccine into phase 2

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It would be easy to forget that back in 2019, BioNTech was an early-stage biotech firmly focused on cancer vaccines, before being catapulted onto the world-stage with its COVID-19 shot. Among the 25-strong group given the vaccine on its own, there was one patient who had a complete remission of tumours that had spread from the original site.

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UK approves Moderna’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine

European Pharmaceutical Review

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved an updated version of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, that targets two coronavirus variants as a booster. The regulator confirmed that the vaccine meets its standards of safety, quality and effectiveness. 1) and the original 2020 strain.

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