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EU regulator reviewing Moderna COVID shot for auto-immune blood condition

FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the European Medicines Agency is seen in Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw(Reuters) – Europe’s drug regulator said on Wednesday it had assessed nine cases of an auto-immune blood condition following vaccination with Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 shot, but no “clear causal relationship” could be established between the […]

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U.S. administers nearly 334.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker prepares a Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo(Reuters) – The United States had administered 334,151,648 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 387,006,120 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said […]

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Russia reports record high daily COVID-19 deaths, over 25,000 new cases

FILE PHOTO: Grave diggers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) bury a person at a graveyard on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg, Russia June 25, 2021. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Saturday reported 752 coronavirus-related deaths, the most confirmed in a single day since the […]

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Dutch reimpose COVID curbs as cases jump in young adults

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Dutch government reimposed COVID-19 curbs on nightclubs, music festivals and restaurants on Friday in an effort to halt a surge in COVID-19 infections among young adults.FILE PHOTO: A general view shows a street during a curfew following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 23, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka Van De WouwThe […]

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Delta Variant Key to Breakthrough Infections in Vaccinated Israelis

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Israeli officials are reporting a 30% decrease in the effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection and mild to moderate cases of COVID-19. At the same time, protection against hospitalization and severe illness remains robust. The country’s Ministry of […]

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U.S. administers nearly 330 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC

FILE PHOTO: A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 18, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File PhotoThe United States has administered 329,970,551 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 383,067,560 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday. Those figures are […]

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Timely Second COVID Shot Especially Important in Rheumatoid Arthritis

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study highlights the importance of timely administration of the second dose of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy. Researchers in Switzerland report that the kinetics of the vaccine-induced humoral immune response differs between patients with RA who are taking […]

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China pledges funds to boost infectious disease prevention

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China will provide funding to build new institutions and infrastructure to fight infectious diseases and improve healthcare, the state planning body said in a “five-year plan” for the sector.FILE PHOTO: Residents receive vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a makeshift vaccination site in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China June 21, 2021. Picture […]

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Case Reports Identify Guillain-Barré Variants After COVID Vaccine

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare peripheral nerve disorder that can occur after certain types of viral and bacterial infections, has not to date been definitively linked to infection by SARS-CoV-2 or with vaccination against the virus, despite surveillance searching for such associations. […]

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Masking Guidance in Flux as Delta Variant Surges

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Despite concerns of a spreading delta variant of the coronavirus, the CDC has no plans to walk back its guidance that fully vaccinated people can skip the mask when indoors. In May, the CDC said that people who are fully vaccinated […]