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15.08.2021 / 23:49

U.S. could decide on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for seniors as early as fall

COVID-19 infections, the director of the National Institutes of Health said Sunday the U.S. could decide in the next couple weeks whether to offer coronavirus booster shots to Americans this fall.Among the first to receive them could be health care workers, nursing home residents and other older Americans.Dr.

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Top health official says US 'failing' on Covid-19

A top public health official in the United States has warned that the country is "failing" on Covid-19, after the country recorded its highest daily case load in six months.

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Covid has created an 'ecosystem' of innovation in India, says Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

COVID-19 public health crisis has resulted in the creation of an "ecosystem" of innovation in India, Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has said ahead of the annual India-US bio-pharma summit in Boston next week.Mazumdar-Shaw, 68, is one of the key speakers at the 15th edition of the annual virtual summit on June 22 hosted by the USA India Chambers of Commerce.

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As plan for new U.S. health agency to speed treatments takes shape, doubts remain

Francis Collins, director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on 26 May, 2021.

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US-approved vaccines effective against B1617 variant of COVID-19: US Official

COVID-19 vaccines approved by the United States like Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson and Johnson have effectiveness against the B1617 variant of the virus that is predominant in India, which is experiencing one of the worst outbreaks of the pandemic, a top American health official said.The observation is based on the latest data about the variant and the three major vaccines approved by the United States, said Dr Francis Collins, Director of National Institute of Science.“The data is coming in, and it looks very encouraging that the U.S.-approved vaccines, the Pfizer, the Moderna, the J&J, do have effectiveness against this variant called B1617," Collins told the media.“It's a little less effective in that case than some of the others, but it

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Documentary on development of COVID-19 vaccines coming to Discovery Plus

Mumbai: "The Vaccine: Conquering COVID", a documentary providing insight into vaccines created to conquer the coronavirus pandemic, is slated to arrive on the streaming platform Discovery Plus.The special goes behind the scenes of the race for a COVID-19 vaccine and features interviews with the world's leading doctors involved including Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Dr Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health; and Dr John Mascola of the National Institutes of Health.According to a press release from the makers, the documentary will include firsthand accounts from those at the forefront of the pandemic as well as from leaders such Colorado Governor Jared Polis

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Unpredictability of COVID-19 severity may come down to antibody response, study shows

Nature Medicine, researchers might be gaining a better understanding of why an infected person would become seriously ill.As Dr. Francis Collins wrote in a blog post for the National Institute of Health, it comes down to the type of antibody response the person produces.The type of antibody response produced by an adult with mild COVID-19 is remarkably similar to the type produced by kids with mild infections, the study showed.

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Kamala Harris prepares for central role in Biden's White House

US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks after US President-elect Joe Biden nominated their science team on January 16, 2021, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware. - Biden is nominating Francis Collins to continue as Director of the Natio WASHINGTON - Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation’s first female vice president — and the first Black woman and the first woman of South Asian descent to hold that office.

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Fauci, other top health officials to publicly receive first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

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NIH Director tells churches to stay closed as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations rise in US

LOS ANGELES - AS COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths reach record levels across the country, a top health official is urging places of worship to remain closed.“Church is gathering in person, a source of considerable concern and has certainly have been an instance where super spreading has happened and could happen again, so I think most churches really ought to be advised, if they’re not already doing so, to go to remote virtual kind of services,” Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, said in a Zoom press conference on Thursday with Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.Dr.

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U.S. could soon see 'surge upon a surge' in COVID cases, says Fauci

Anthony Fauci, The nation’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday that the U.S. may see “surge upon a surge” of the coronavirus over the coming weeks, and he does not expect current recommendations around social distancing to be relaxed before Christmas.Dr.

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Covid vaccine by November 3? Halted trial explains just how unlikely

WASHINGTON : The suspension of a huge COVID-19 vaccine study over an illness in a single participant shows there will be “no compromises" on safety in the race to develop the shot, the chief of the National Institutes of Health told Congress on Wednesday.AstraZeneca has put on hold studies of its vaccine candidate in the U.S. and other countries while it investigates whether a British volunteer's illness is a side effect or a coincidence.“This ought to be reassuring," NIH Director Dr.

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Debate begins on who gets the coronavirus vaccine first

COVID-19 vaccine? U.S. health authorities hope by late next month to have some draft guidance on how to ration initial doses, but it’s a vexing decision.“Not everybody’s going to like the answer,” Dr.

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Why hasn’t the heat stopped the spread of COVID-19?

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Trust Index: Can we count on summer heat to beat the COVID-19 pandemic?

Dr. Francis Collins with the National Institue of Health said data has only provided hints that warm weather may slow the spread of COVID-19, but that extensive data would need to be collected to determine if this is really the case.“There have been hints from lab experiments that increased temperature and humidity may reduce the viability of SARS-CoV-2.

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Why coronavirus affects people differently

WASHINGTON : The coronavirus can be deadly for some people or no big deal for others. It can put a patient on a ventilator facing lonely death or can come and go without leaving a mark.

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NIH strengthens policies to alert agency to sexual harassment by grantees

Jocelyn KaiserThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) is tightening grant rules that until now have sometimes left the agency in the dark about sexual harassment cases involving researchers it supports. Starting today with new awards, NIH will require institutions it funds to report to the agency when an investigator is removed from a grant because of harassment findings or allegations.NIH also wants to know when an investigator is moving their grant to another institution because of sexual harassment findings or concerns, Director Francis Collins and other officials announced in an editorial in Science today.

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'Preposterous.' 77 Nobel laureates blast NIH decision to cancel coronavirus grant, demand investigation

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NIH director: Large-scale COVID-19 vaccine testing expected by July

WASHINGTON - Having a COVID-19 vaccine by January is “a stretch goal,” but the head of the National Institutes of Health is gearing up for a master experiment to rapidly tell if any really work.

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NIH launches competition to speed COVID-19 diagnostics

Today’s testing for the novel coronavirus requires nasal swabs, but a $1.5 billion National Institutes of Health initiative could develop easier-to-use tests.

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To tame testing chaos, NIH and firms join forces to streamline coronavirus vaccine and drug efforts

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Coronavirus could have spread among humans 'for years or even decades'

Coronavirus could have spread among humans 'for years or even decades' before it was detected in Wuhan, a team of scientists have claimed.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0