January 7, 2021 Infectious Disease Can a person vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the virus? If so, it underscores the importance of achieving herd immunity through vaccination and continuing to employ accepted public health measures.
January 5, 2021 Epidemiology South African coronavirus variant being studied to determine if it is more vaccine resistant.
December 10, 2020 Allergy/Immunology Adverse allergic reactions reported with Pfizer vaccine was expected. Briefing documents showed 6/1000 in treatment group and 5/1000 in placebo group had allergic reactions. Vaccine eligibility will be refined after determining the nature of the reactions
October 21, 2020 Clinical Research Researchers are doing their job when clinical trials are put on hold. Data and safety monitoring are part of the process. There are no shortcuts even for the Covid-19 vaccines in development.
July 15, 2020 Vaccines A Phase-1 vaccine study result should not be used to extrapolate efficacy. It is designed to determine the vaccine’s safety profile. Patience required for the results of the next two trial phases to truly answer the efficacy question.
April 28, 2020 Clinical Research No hype, no promises but Oxford coronavirus vaccine research is moving ahead with larger scale human trials
November 8, 2019 Science and Media Reporting Parent claims to be assessed in court about alleged H1N1 vaccine side effects and its responsibility in the death of their daughter.
