Coronavirus Vaccine Research

Vladimir Putin’s coronavirus vaccine ‘was approved after tests on 38 people’

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Vladimir Putin‘s coronavirus vaccine was waved through after tests on only 38 people and causes side-effects including pain and swelling, according to official paperwork.    The much-trumpeted Russian drug was registered after just 42 days of research, Fontanka news agency says – and its effectiveness is said to be ‘unknown’.  One of the documents submitted for … Read more

Russia’s coronavirus ‘vaccine’ announced – but don’t dismiss it just yet, writes BEN SPENCER 

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Russia’s coronavirus ‘vaccine’ announced by Vladimir Putin is shrouded in secrecy – but don’t dismiss it just yet, writes BEN SPENCER By Ben Spencer for the Daily Mail Published: 23:24 BST, 11 August 2020 | Updated: 01:47 BST, 12 August 2020 Russia‘s claims to have created the world’s first coronavirus vaccine should not be dismissed … Read more

Top Oxford vaccine scientists in ethics row over whether to infect volunteers with coronavirus

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The two British scientists at the forefront of the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine have clashed over a controversial plan to deliberately infect people with the virus. Professor Adrian Hill, director of the Jenner Institute at Oxford University, is in the advanced stages of setting up a human trial for one of the most promising … Read more

Coronavirus: Vaccine may be less effective in obese adults

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It’s already well-known that being overweight is a major risk factor for contracting the novel coronavirus. But some health experts fear that when a vaccine finally becomes available, it may not protect obese Americans as well as the general population..  Previous studies have found that inoculations for influenza and hepatitis B have been less effective in … Read more

Two doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine protected mice from infection for 13 WEEKS

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Two doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine protected mice from infection for 13 WEEKS – and a single shot blocked the virus for 7 weeks Moderna’s vaccine tricks the body into producing some of the viral proteins, which the immune system recognizes and builds a response against mice  Researchers gave mice two intramuscular doses, one-microgram each, three … Read more