August 3, 2021 Epidemiology UK scientists’ early theoretical research forewarns of another coronavirus variant to come that will “lead to current vaccine failure.”
July 12, 2021 General information First documented case of double variant COVID infection in 90 yo Belgian woman recorded in March 2021. In some ways it represents the process of how one variant succeeds over the other with the human body being its battleground.
July 6, 2021 Clinical Research Ontario study reports that one dose is good but two doses are better against variants. Keep on keeping on. #vaccineswork
May 14, 2021 Clinical Research Give research the time to answer the question about the need for yearly Covid-19 vaccine boosters given that variants, present and future, will continue to be an issue for a while. Speculation is a mug’s game. Evidence is better.
May 5, 2021 Clinical Research U.K. planning to give third Covid booster dose alongside the flu vaccine to people over 50 in the Fall. Studies looking at new variant-adjusted vaccine versus existing one to be used in this process.
March 19, 2021 Epidemiology Montreal Public Health pilot project will monitor the outcome of managing a cluster outbreak of COVID-19 variant in two neighbourhoods to see if it blunts spread within the zone and surrounding areas.