Immunology
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FDA wants annual COVID boosters, just like annual flu shots
The booster’s formulation would be selected in June targeting the most threatening COVID-19 strains.
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Highly anticipated HIV vaccine fails in large trial
The vaccine had been in development since 2019 and was given to 3,900 study participants through October 2022.
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Drugmakers to raise prices on at least 350 drugs in U.S. in January
The increases are expected to come as the pharmaceutical industry prepares for the Biden Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act.
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COVID booster shot poll: People ‘don’t think they need one’
A new poll shows why so few people are willing to get the latest COVID booster.
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As COVID treatments dwindle, are new ones waiting in the wings?
Bebtelovimab couldn’t neutralize the Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1.
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Have you heard of VEXAS syndrome?
The prevalence of this syndrome is unknown, but it is not so rare.
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Pfizer applies for FDA authorization for Omicron-retooled vaccine booster in kids under 5
If authorized, children would receive the primary series consisting of two doses of the original Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine and one shot of the...
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FDA pulls U.S. authorization for Eli Lilly’s COVID drug bebtelovimab
The drug is not expected to neutralize the dominant BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 subvariants of Omicron.
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Buzzy Lancet long COVID paper under investigation for ‘data errors’
A reader found inconsistencies between the data in the article and a later paper describing the same cohort of patients after a year of follow-up...
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Covid vax prevents death in children regardless of variant
But the vaccine’s effectiveness decreased over time.