Medicine & TechnologyBreakthrough infections are rare but not impossible even after getting vaccinated. So what should fully vaccinated people do when they were exposed to infected COVID-19 patients?
New estimates from researchers recently showed that COVID-19 vaccines were able to save hundreds of thousands of lives and preempted over a million hospital admissions in the United States.
Researchers have developed a new nanoparticle vector made from polypeptide-based materials that are adaptable to various therapies, including gene therapy, for a more effective delivery system.
A small number of teenagers and young adults who received their COVId-19 vaccines reported experiencing heart inflammation, and CDC has responded that it will conduct further investigation on the rare condition.
Videos of people sticking magnets to where they got their COVID-19 vaccines have recently circulated online to prove that vaccines contain microchips, a theory that holds no truth in it.
It was unknown at the beginning of the vaccination drive in the US whether the COVID-19 vaccine will prevent transmission or not, but a series of studies and real-world data have given light on this matter.
The WHO said the new Indian COVID-19 variant responsible for the fast acceleration of explosive outbreaks in India has been detected in dozens of countries worldwide.
Hawaii's Department of Health reported the first pediatric COVID-19 death of the state. It is a boy with underlying conditions who traveled with his vaccinated parents to Hawaii.
China CDC's director Gao Fu admitted that Chinese vaccines “don’t have very high protection rates.” They are now considering using different vaccines for their immunization program.
American federal health officials said the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine information may have included outdated information and could mean the company released an incomplete assessment of efficacy data.
Italy, France, and Spain joined Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, and more temporarily suspending vaccination rollouts of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID jabs due to reports of blood clots as a side effect. The World Health Organization stresses that there is no evidence linking the two and urges governments to continue vaccinations.
The US is set to release its third vaccine against the novel coronavirus, but people cannot help ask which among the COVID-19 vaccines available are the best.