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LSHTM expert comment: UK's MHRA approves bivalent COVID-19 vaccine

The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a booster vaccine made by Moderna which targets two COVID-19 variants, known as a bivalent vaccine. Following clinical trial data that showed it triggers a strong immune response against both strains, the vaccine was found to meet the UK regulator's standards for safety, quality and effectiveness. Vaccine expert, Professor Beate Kampmann reacts to this announcement.

16 Aug 2022

Poliovirus detected in New York City wastewater

Researchers in New York detected the presence of the poliovirus in wastewater samples.

14 Aug 2022

How should we react to the global monkeypox outbreak?

In a new study, researchers assessed the various aspects of the global monkeypox outbreak.

12 Aug 2022

Study highlights the urgent need for combinatorial drug therapies for SARS-CoV-2

Researchers investigated the susceptibility of naturally-occurring severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 main protease variants to protease inhibitor drugs, including nirmatrelvir and ensitrelvir.

11 Aug 2022

A direct lineage-typing RT-PCR assay reveals insights into the transition from Omicron BA.1 to BA.2 dominance in Sweden

Researchers monitored the remarkably rapid Omicron BA.1 to BA.2 sublineage dominance transition in the Swedish population in early 2022 on a day-to-day basis using a customized lineage-typing RT-PCR assay.

10 Aug 2022

British Heart Foundation funded Surrey project will address cardiac safety in novel anti-malarial agents

Understanding how drugs used to treat malaria impact the human heart is essential to finally toppling one of the world's most common but serious infections, according to researchers at the University of Surrey.

10 Aug 2022

Covid sewage surveillance labs join the hunt for monkeypox

The same wastewater surveillance techniques that have emerged as a critical tool in early detection of covid-19 outbreaks are being adapted for use in monitoring the startling spread of monkeypox across the San Francisco Bay Area and some other U.S. communities.

9 Aug 2022

OU researchers receive nearly $1 million NSF grants for pandemic prediction and prevention projects

Two groups of researchers at the University of Oklahoma have each received nearly $1 million grants from the National Science Foundation as part of its Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention initiative, which focuses on fundamental research and capabilities needed to tackle grand challenges in infectious disease pandemics through prediction and prevention.

8 Aug 2022

Inhaled aprotinin found to reduce viral load in mild-to-moderate COVID-19

A recent paper describes the use of aprotinin, a protease inhibitor that works across several pathways, to reduce the severity of COVID-19.

8 Aug 2022

How does the flu vaccine affect the risk of contracting COVID-19?

A new study describes the association between the risk of contracting COVID-19 and the seasonal flu vaccine.

4 Aug 2022

Study aims to assess the accuracy of influenza rapid diagnostic tests

JMIR Publications recently published "Diagnostic Accuracy of an At-Home, Rapid Self-test for Influenza: Prospective Comparative Accuracy Study" in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance which reported that rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for influenza used by individuals at home could potentially expand access to testing and reduce the impact of influenza on health systems.

2 Aug 2022

What is the role of vitamin D in pandemic H1N1 influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infection?

A recent study published in Nutrients found that vitamin D is vital for lung protection from viral infection.

1 Aug 2022

Predicting viral antibody escape using pre-pandemic data

A new study reports early prediction of SARS-CoV-2 immune evasion using EVEscape.

28 Jul 2022

Study provides a better understanding of accessibility to U.S. drugstores

Almost 90% of the U.S. population lives within 5 miles of a community pharmacy, but more than half of Americans have to commute for more than 1 mile to reach a pharmacist.

28 Jul 2022

World Hepatitis Day 2022: Why Accelerating the Fight Against Hepatitis Cannot Wait

In our latest interview, News-Medical speaks to Simon Parker, an infectious disease specialist, about hepatitis C diagnostics and testing, as well as why the global fight against hepatitis cannot wait.

28 Jul 2022

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can lead to heart muscle injury through the inflammatory process

Heart damage is common among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, leading many to wonder how the virus affects the heart.

25 Jul 2022

New RT-PCR platform gives results faster than other COVID-19 tests on the market

For more than 30 years, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been the gold standard in molecular diagnostic testing, detecting genetic material, such as those from a virus or from human DNA.

25 Jul 2022

IUPUI researchers are developing a fast, efficient COVID-19 biosensor

As the BA.5 omicron variant continues to spread, health experts are increasingly preparing for a future in which such COVID-19 variants emerge, surge and recede similar to seasonal flu.

21 Jul 2022

LJI study about common cold coronaviruses may offer clues to how immunity can build up against SARS-CoV-2

For a glimpse into the future of SARS-CoV-2 immunity, scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) are investigating how the immune system builds its defenses against common cold coronaviruses (CCCs).

21 Jul 2022

Study explores how vaccine-related fears influence flu shot outcomes

A novel long-term study of how vaccine-related fears influence flu shot outcomes has found that these fears not only reduce vaccination, but also fuel symptoms of dizziness and lightheadedness at the time of the injection.

21 Jul 2022

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LSHTM expert comment: UK's MHRA approves bivalent COVID-19 vaccine

Poliovirus detected in New York City wastewater

How should we react to the global monkeypox outbreak?

Study highlights the urgent need for combinatorial drug therapies for SARS-CoV-2

A direct lineage-typing RT-PCR assay reveals insights into the transition from Omicron BA.1 to BA.2 dominance in Sweden

British Heart Foundation funded Surrey project will address cardiac safety in novel anti-malarial agents

Covid sewage surveillance labs join the hunt for monkeypox

OU researchers receive nearly $1 million NSF grants for pandemic prediction and prevention projects

Inhaled aprotinin found to reduce viral load in mild-to-moderate COVID-19

How does the flu vaccine affect the risk of contracting COVID-19?

Study aims to assess the accuracy of influenza rapid diagnostic tests

What is the role of vitamin D in pandemic H1N1 influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infection?

Predicting viral antibody escape using pre-pandemic data

Study provides a better understanding of accessibility to U.S. drugstores

World Hepatitis Day 2022: Why Accelerating the Fight Against Hepatitis Cannot Wait

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can lead to heart muscle injury through the inflammatory process

New RT-PCR platform gives results faster than other COVID-19 tests on the market

IUPUI researchers are developing a fast, efficient COVID-19 biosensor

LJI study about common cold coronaviruses may offer clues to how immunity can build up against SARS-CoV-2

Study explores how vaccine-related fears influence flu shot outcomes

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