‘If I get seriously ill, it’s worth it’: volunteers to be infected with coronavirus in world first human trials
4 years, 1 month ago

‘If I get seriously ill, it’s worth it’: volunteers to be infected with coronavirus in world first human trials

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Follow Covid live: Lockdown takes effect as infections fall and Kent variant ‘stays in body longer’ The gap year student is set to be one of up to 90 young adults who, next month, will become the first people anywhere on the planet deliberately infected with coronavirus. This “human challenge trial” – run by the government’s Vaccines Taskforce alongside Imperial College London and the clinical company hVIVO – will see the bug effectively sprayed into the noses of volunteers so scientists can monitor how their bodies react. We feel it’s the right thing.” open image in gallery Dr Andrew Catchpole: ‘ We have an absolutely unprecedented pedigree in doing these studies’ Among key information scientists hope to find is how the virus replicates once in the nose and how it interacts with the body before symptoms show. “It is completely unrivalled anywhere across the globe, going back to the Common Cold Unit where they were conducting this sort of research for decades right up until the Eighties.” His company, hVIVO, meanwhile, has spent the last 20 years pioneering viral human challenge models.

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Mixed lessons from intentionally infecting people with COVID-19
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Mixed lessons from intentionally infecting people with COVID-19

Salon  

When the Covid-19 pandemic first struck, Christopher Chiu and other researchers wondered: Should they inject healthy people with the virus that caused the pandemic? “With these challenge studies, you can really control for all of this and that makes them very, very unique.” In recent decades, challenge trials have become more scientifically rigorous but have continued to spark ethical concerns …

COVID-19 makes a wintertime comeback
1 year, 3 months ago

COVID-19 makes a wintertime comeback

Hindustan Times  

Germany is sniffling and coughing again. "We no longer see severe cases," he said, adding just one patient, aged 94, had to go to the hospital due to COVID-19. With as much as 10% of the country sick, according to Germany's Robert Koch Institute for public health, offices and services are struggling to stay open. Other forms of PCR testing …

The next pandemic is already coming and it could kill millions more than Covid. We need to prepare for it now... writes experts KATE BINGHAM and TIM HAMES
1 year, 6 months ago

The next pandemic is already coming and it could kill millions more than Covid. We need to prepare for it now... writes experts KATE BINGHAM and TIM HAMES

Daily Mail  

The next major pandemic is coming. It’s already on the horizon, and could be far worse — killing millions more people — than the last one. To combat Disease X — as the World Health Organisation ominously calls it — we will once again need vaccines to be engineered and delivered in record time. It’s already on the horizon, and …

COVID-19 pandemic three years later: Has the coronavirus won?
2 years ago

COVID-19 pandemic three years later: Has the coronavirus won?

LA Times  

A person is taken on a stretcher into United Memorial Medical Center in Houston after undergoing COVID-19 testing on March 19, 2020. “Whatever the virus is doing today, it’s still working on finding another winning path,” said Dr. Eric Topol, head of Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla. The achievements add up to a new normal where COVID-19 “doesn’t …

Covid still an emergency but nearing 'inflection' point, says WHO chief
2 years, 2 months ago

Covid still an emergency but nearing 'inflection' point, says WHO chief

India Today  

The coronavirus remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Monday, after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an “inflexion point” where higher levels of immunity can lower virus-related deaths. Speaking at the opening of WHO’s annual executive board meeting, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “there is no doubt that we’re in …

COVID is still a global emergency but may be nearing an ‘inflection point,’ WHO says
2 years, 2 months ago

COVID is still a global emergency but may be nearing an ‘inflection point,’ WHO says

LA Times  

COVID-19 remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization’s chief said Monday, after a key advisory panel found that the pandemic may be nearing an “inflection point” where higher levels of immunity can lower coronavirus-related deaths. Speaking at the opening of the WHO’s annual executive board meeting, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “there is no doubt that we’re …

Antiviral does not cut Covid hospital admissions or deaths in vaccinated – study
2 years, 3 months ago

Antiviral does not cut Covid hospital admissions or deaths in vaccinated – study

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Finding effective, safe and scalable early treatments for Covid-19 in the community is the next …

Covid Vaccine: Is it time to vaccinate children under 12-years of age? Dr Randeep Guleria answers
2 years, 3 months ago

Covid Vaccine: Is it time to vaccinate children under 12-years of age? Dr Randeep Guleria answers

India TV News  

Covid Vaccine: Is it time to vaccinate children under 12-years of age? Dr Randeep Guleria answers Ex-director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, Dr. Randeep Guleria throws some light on what needs to be our action plan as concerns over coronavirus again take the spotlight. Speaking on the same to India TV, ex-director of the All …

FDA vaccine adviser says healthy young people SHOULDN'T get another COVID booster
2 years, 6 months ago

FDA vaccine adviser says healthy young people SHOULDN'T get another COVID booster

Daily Mail  

A top vaccine expert and pediatric doctor is cautioning parents of healthy young people to hold off getting the new COVID booster shot, saying it can carry risks and its efficacy hasn't yet been proven. But writing in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week, Offitt said preliminary data suggested the new bivalent vaccines were actually worse at warding off …

Coronavirus will be with us this winter, experts tell Nu.nl
2 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus will be with us this winter, experts tell Nu.nl

Dutch News  

The Netherlands should be prepared to deal with a flare up in coronavirus in the coming months, even though the World Health Organisation has said the end of the pandemic is in sight, according to virologist Marion Koopmans. ‘And in the winter, in particular, hospitals cannot deal with much more.’ Koopmans, a professor at the Erasmus teaching hospital in Rotterdam, …

Coronavirus will be with us this winter, experts tell Nu.nl
2 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus will be with us this winter, experts tell Nu.nl

Dutch News  

The Netherlands should be prepared to deal with a flare up in coronavirus in the coming months, even though the World Health Organisation has said the end of the pandemic is in sight, according to virologist Marion Koopmans. ‘And in the winter, in particular, hospitals cannot deal with much more.’ Koopmans, a professor at the Erasmus teaching hospital in Rotterdam, …

17 million in EU may have suffered long COVID-19: WHO report
2 years, 6 months ago

17 million in EU may have suffered long COVID-19: WHO report

Hindustan Times  

New research suggests at least 17 million people in the European Union may have experienced long COVID-19 symptoms during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic, with women more likely than men to suffer from the condition, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. 17 million in EU may have suffered long COVID-19: WHO report The research, conducted for the …

WHO says COVID end is ‘in sight,’ deaths at lowest level since March 2020
2 years, 6 months ago

WHO says COVID end is ‘in sight,’ deaths at lowest level since March 2020

LA Times  

The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of COVID-19 deaths worldwide last week was the lowest reported since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long pandemic. “Now is the time to run harder and make sure we cross the line and reap all the rewards of our hard work.” In …

More people are catching coronavirus a second time, heightening long COVID risk, experts say
2 years, 8 months ago

More people are catching coronavirus a second time, heightening long COVID risk, experts say

LA Times  

Emerging evidence suggests that catching the coronavirus a second time can heighten long-term health risks, a worrisome development as the circulation of increasingly contagious Omicron subvariants leads to greater numbers of Californians being reinfected. So we’ve got to stay on that front footing and continue fighting this thing.” As it relates specifically to long COVID — a condition in which …

CDC estimates 3 in 4 kids have had coronavirus infections
2 years, 11 months ago

CDC estimates 3 in 4 kids have had coronavirus infections

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus and more than half of all Americans had signs of previous infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers estimated in a report Tuesday. CDC officials say they plan to release a study soon that estimates that in recent months there were three infections …

CDC estimates 3 in 4 kids have had coronavirus infections
2 years, 11 months ago

CDC estimates 3 in 4 kids have had coronavirus infections

LA Times  

Boxes of KN95 masks stand ready to be distributed to students in Camden, N.J. A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that three out of every four U.S. children have had coronavirus infections. Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers estimated in …

‘Get used to it’: Recent outbreaks give a taste of living with the coronavirus
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Get used to it’: Recent outbreaks give a taste of living with the coronavirus

LA Times  

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker at the opening night of Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite” at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway late last month in New York. “If you’re not an actor in a Broadway play or a politician you might fall through the testing cracks.” The public health response will vary from community to community based on what’s happening …

Coronavirus updates March 04, 2022
3 years ago

Coronavirus updates March 04, 2022

The Hindu  

In 2022, 92% of COVID deaths have been in unvaccinated individuals, Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research Dr. Balram Bhargava said on Thursday. Here are the latest updates Study Third Covid vaccine dose advised for immunocompromised people: study A third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for people with a weakened immune system, especially for organ …

'Prepare for new COVID-19 variants': Joe Biden tells pandemic-weary Americans
3 years ago

'Prepare for new COVID-19 variants': Joe Biden tells pandemic-weary Americans

Firstpost  

In his first State of the Union Address on Tuesday, Biden said thanks to the progress the country has made last year, COVID-19 need no longer controls the lives of the Americans. President Joe Biden has urged Americans to prepare themselves for new coronavirus variants as he launched a new initiative aimed at helping COVID-19-infected people to get tested at …

Coronavirus FAQ: Is it a good idea to get COVID before I'm over 60 and at higher risk?
3 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus FAQ: Is it a good idea to get COVID before I'm over 60 and at higher risk?

NPR  

Coronavirus FAQ: Is it a good idea to get COVID before I'm over 60 and at higher risk? "There are very few times in medicine where we say go ahead and get the disease, because for the most part getting the disease is not good," says Dr. Fred Pelzman, associate professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine in New …

Covid19 infections raise risk of heart conditions up to a year later, claims study
3 years, 1 month ago

Covid19 infections raise risk of heart conditions up to a year later, claims study

India TV News  

People, who have had Covid-19, are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular complications within the first month to a year after infection, report a study. The findings, published in the journal Nature Medicine, showed that heart disease, including heart failure and death, occurred in 4 per cent more people than those who had not been infected with Covid-19, which can …

Remarkably high number of Covid-19 hospital patients under the age of 30
3 years, 2 months ago

Remarkably high number of Covid-19 hospital patients under the age of 30

NL Times  

The influx of new Covid-19 hospital patients who are under the age of 30 has never been as high as it is now, the LCPS said in an alert. Thus far, the LCPS cannot provide a concrete reason for the increase in patients under 30 years of age, but said the increase is most visible in the regular care wards …

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already
3 years, 3 months ago

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already

Dutch News  

Around two-thirds of children under 12 have already been infected with coronavirus, scientists have estimated after studying more than 300 families. People who developed cold or flu-like symptoms were asked to keep diaries of their symptoms and take PCR tests to see if they had the virus or another illness. The study of 1209 people, including 582 children, ran from …

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already
3 years, 3 months ago

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already

Dutch News  

Around two-thirds of children under 12 have already been infected with coronavirus, scientists have estimated after studying more than 300 families. People who developed cold or flu-like symptoms were asked to keep diaries of their symptoms and take PCR tests to see if they had the virus or another illness. The study of 1209 people, including 582 children, ran from …

Research shows huge benefit of COVID-19 booster shots
3 years, 3 months ago

Research shows huge benefit of COVID-19 booster shots

LA Times  

In research likely to galvanize U.S. support for booster shots, scientists found that Israel’s aggressive campaign to shore up waning coronavirus immunity with a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine has saved lives and reduced new infections across the age spectrum. Coincidentally, the new research comes on a day when Pfizer and BioNTech acknowledged that two doses of its vaccine “may …

Mounting evidence highlights the importance of Covid-19 boosters
3 years, 3 months ago

Mounting evidence highlights the importance of Covid-19 boosters

CNN  

CNN — As the world learns more about the Omicron coronavirus variant and Delta continues to cause Covid-19 cases to rise around much of the United States, the need for booster shots becomes clearer than ever – even beyond the growing data about waning vaccine immunity. “But also I do hope that our federal health officials will be quick to …

Pandemics will prosper unless people with HIV are put first
3 years, 3 months ago

Pandemics will prosper unless people with HIV are put first

The Independent  

While all eyes are on the omicron Covid-19 variant that has triggered global alarm, Wednesday marks the annual commemoration of another deadly disease that has claimed millions of lives. It is home to more than two-thirds of the almost 38 million people estimated to be living with HIV, but less than 5 per cent of its 1.14 billion population has …

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Centre's 'Warm Regards' to States over Alarmingly Low Testing Amid Wedding, Festive Season
3 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Centre's 'Warm Regards' to States over Alarmingly Low Testing Amid Wedding, Festive Season

News 18  

Coronavirus Live Updates: India added 9,283 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,35,763 while the active cases declined to 1,11,481, the lowest in 537 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday said that there is a third wave of Covid-19 infections waiting due …

New wave of coronavirus infections next autumn seems unavoidable, experts say
3 years, 4 months ago

New wave of coronavirus infections next autumn seems unavoidable, experts say

NL Times  

Medical experts told NOS that a spike in coronavirus infections next fall is likely despite an increasing number of people fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Extra measures, such as face masks, to stop the spread of the coronavirus will continue to be part of daily life, the experts said. Yet, the experts said that additional measures to prevent the spread of …

U.S. gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11
3 years, 4 months ago

U.S. gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11

LA Times  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday fired the starting gun on a campaign to inoculate the nation’s 28 million elementary-school-age children against COVID-19, recommending the broad use of kid-size doses of the vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech. “We know millions of parents are eager to get their children vaccinated,” Walensky said, adding that Tuesday will go …

The Race Is On to Develop a Vaccine Against Every Coronavirus
3 years, 4 months ago

The Race Is On to Develop a Vaccine Against Every Coronavirus

Wired  

On October 21, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave most of the US population permission to get a Covid vaccine booster—a shot in such high demand that 10 million people somehow obtained it in advance of that approval in an effort to feel a little safer. In a fistful of papers and preprints published in the past six …

People who got Covid-19 vaccines were less likely to die from any cause compared to unvaccinated people, study finds
3 years, 5 months ago

People who got Covid-19 vaccines were less likely to die from any cause compared to unvaccinated people, study finds

CNN  

CNN — People who got Covid-19 vaccines were not only less likely to die from the virus, but they were less likely to die from any cause over the following months, researchers reported Friday. That’s in addition to the mounting evidence from other studies showing that the COVID-19 vaccines are effective against COVID-19 infection, serious illness, and death.” The team …

Ex-FDA commissioner predicts ‘pandemic phase’ of Covid will end in coming months
3 years, 5 months ago

Ex-FDA commissioner predicts ‘pandemic phase’ of Covid will end in coming months

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The former Food and …

Covid-19 numbers are improving. Don’t let history repeat itself with yet another resurgence, doctors say
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 numbers are improving. Don’t let history repeat itself with yet another resurgence, doctors say

CNN  

CNN — As Covid-19 numbers gradually improve, health experts have an urgent message: Don’t get cocky and relax. “The best way to assure that we’ll be in good shape as we get into the winter would be to get more and more people vaccinated,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN Monday. “Look at the pediatric hospitals throughout the country, and you …

US coronavirus: Antiviral pill could be a game changer, but vaccines are still America’s way out of the pandemic, experts say
3 years, 5 months ago

US coronavirus: Antiviral pill could be a game changer, but vaccines are still America’s way out of the pandemic, experts say

CNN  

CNN — A pill that could potentially treat Covid-19 is a “game-changer,” but experts are emphasizing that it’s not an alternative to vaccinations – which remain the most effective path to ending the coronavirus pandemic if enough people get their shots. “I think getting an oral pill that can inhibit viral replication – that can inhibit this virus – is …

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 6 Kids Among 39 Byculla Jail Prisoners to Test Positive in 10 Days, Moved to Isolation Centre
3 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 6 Kids Among 39 Byculla Jail Prisoners to Test Positive in 10 Days, Moved to Isolation Centre

News 18  

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Changes in the gap between two doses of Covishield will be based on scientific evidence and not “random” demands, Dr NK Arora, chairman of the Covid-19 working group of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, has said, citing scientific studies suggesting the vaccine’s higher efficacy when the interval between the shots was longer. There is a mandatory …

Opinion: Why this Covid news could finally get us back to normal
3 years, 6 months ago

Opinion: Why this Covid news could finally get us back to normal

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dr. Lawrence C. Kleinman, a pediatrician, is a professor and vice-chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where he is founding director of the Division of Population Health, Quality, and Implementation Sciences. Despite global distribution of vaccines remaining unsolved, Monday brings the essentially good news that it is possible, even likely, that …

Coronavirus update: Latest Covid-19 vaccine and US reopening news
3 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus update: Latest Covid-19 vaccine and US reopening news

CNN  

The current evidence on Covid-19 vaccines does not appear to support a need for booster shots in the general public right now, according to an international group of vaccine scientists, including some from the US Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization. The FDA and other public health agencies around the world continue to examine evidence on Covid-19 …

This is another article about stuff Joe Rogan has said about the coronavirus. With bonus timeline!
3 years, 6 months ago

This is another article about stuff Joe Rogan has said about the coronavirus. With bonus timeline!

LA Times  

If you’re reading this on latimes.com, we’re all friends here, so we can talk about it: If there’s a basic social problem with public health communication, it’s that journalists — like government officials, researchers and hospital administrators — are not especially relatable people in the grand scheme of things. June 12, 2020: In a show with comedian Bill Burr, Rogan …

Covid vaccines for teens ‘being held back out of fear of disrupting boosters for elderly’
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid vaccines for teens ‘being held back out of fear of disrupting boosters for elderly’

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Health secretary Sajid Javid said on Saturday that it was clear that “offering all teenagers …

Coronavirus could become a disease of the young in the UK as vaccination rates slow while Delta spreads
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus could become a disease of the young in the UK as vaccination rates slow while Delta spreads

ABC  

After a horrifying 2020 during which the coronavirus killed at least 69,000 people across England and Wales, the UK's vaccine rollout has undoubtedly been an astonishing success. Key points: The UK has fully vaccinated more than 40 million people, which is more than 77 per cent of its adult population The UK has fully vaccinated more than 40 million people, …

Breakthrough infections rise in L.A. County; young adults most infected with coronavirus
3 years, 7 months ago

Breakthrough infections rise in L.A. County; young adults most infected with coronavirus

LA Times  

As the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread, breakthrough infections of fully vaccinated people are ticking up in Los Angeles County, but inoculated people remain generally well-protected against hospitalizations and death. That means unvaccinated younger adults are three times as likely to get infected with the coronavirus as their fully vaccinated counterparts. The hospitalization rate among …

Covid-19: Tips to keep children protected in these times
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19: Tips to keep children protected in these times

India TV News  

With children under 18 being one of the large vulnerable and unvaccinated groups, it is crucial to keep them extra protected from being exposed to the many variants of the Covid-19 virus. Severe infections and mortality have frequently been reported in young infants and children with comorbidities, largely post 3-6 weeks of asymptomatic or symptomatic infection." As many Indian states …

Zydus Cadila vaccine gets EUA for adolescents: A look at scientific, ethical concerns in inoculating minors for COVID-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Zydus Cadila vaccine gets EUA for adolescents: A look at scientific, ethical concerns in inoculating minors for COVID-19

Firstpost  

Nations like the US, the UK, France, have already begun vaccinating their adolescent population, while Israel, Chile and Malta have achieved one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the world With indigenously developed Zydus Cadila’s COVID-19 vaccine receiving emergency use authorisation, another landmark in India’s vaccination drive has been achieved: that of providing a vaccination option for the adolescent …

Covid-19 may likely become childhood disease: Study
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 may likely become childhood disease: Study

India TV News  

Covid-19 may likely become childhood disease: Study Once endemic in the global population, Covid-19 may behave like other common cold coronaviruses, affecting mostly young children who have not yet been vaccinated or exposed to the virus. Risk of Covid-19 may shift from older adults to younger children as the SARS-CoV-2 virus becomes endemic, according to new research. Once endemic in …

‘Breakthrough’ COVID-19 cases rising in L.A., but the vaccinated are still protected, data show
3 years, 8 months ago

‘Breakthrough’ COVID-19 cases rising in L.A., but the vaccinated are still protected, data show

LA Times  

Visitors to the Grand Central Market in Los Angeles were mostly masked on Tuesday. Los Angeles County has seen a rise in “breakthrough” coronavirus cases as of late, but data continue to show those who are vaccinated for COVID-19 enjoy vigorous protection — even from the contagious Delta variant — and are far less likely to be hospitalized should they …

More trials of public health interventions against Covid needed, says government adviser
3 years, 8 months ago

More trials of public health interventions against Covid needed, says government adviser

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More large-scale trials should be carried on the effectiveness of public …

Misinformation is killing people. Here’s the truth about COVID vaccines
3 years, 8 months ago

Misinformation is killing people. Here’s the truth about COVID vaccines

LA Times  

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued his first formal health advisory last week, warning Americans that misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines poses an “imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health.” Such advisories are typically used to flag the dangers of tobacco use or the opioid epidemic. “Somebody who had COVID at the beginning of the pandemic may have had a very …

UK to extend Covid vaccines for children with vulnerable health conditions
3 years, 8 months ago

UK to extend Covid vaccines for children with vulnerable health conditions

Live Mint  

Children over the age of 12 who are at higher risk of getting ill if they catch COVID-19 will be offered a vaccine, Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi told the UK Parliament on Monday. “Young people aged 12 to 15 with severe neuro-disabilities, Down’s Syndrome, immunosuppression and multiple or severe learning disabilities, as well as people who are household contacts of …

A quarter of unvaccinated young adults unlikely to get a COVID-19 shot, study finds
3 years, 8 months ago

A quarter of unvaccinated young adults unlikely to get a COVID-19 shot, study finds

LA Times  

A quarter of young adults in the United States ages 18 to 25, a group most likely to transmit the coronavirus, say they “probably” or “definitely” won’t get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a study released Wednesday. The UC San Francisco study says this reluctance among young adults to get vaccinated threatens the health of older unvaccinated adults and may …

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