by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 17, 2020 | Health News
The report details how the study volunteer, a previously healthy 37-year-old woman, “experienced confirmed transverse myelitis” after receiving her second dose of the vaccine, and was hospitalized on September 5. Four days later, AstraZeneca dismissed media reports about the participant having a confirmed case of the rare neurological condition, in which the spinal cord becomes […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 17, 2020 | Health News
BioNTech said the acquisition of the vaccine plant in Marburg, Germany, from the pharmaceutical firm Novartis, would allow it to produce tens of millions more vaccine doses a month — pending regulatory approval — from next year. The plant is expected to be...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 17, 2020 | Health News
“It’s a combination of how effective a vaccine is and how many people use it,” Fauci said. “If you have a vaccine that is highly effective and not enough people get vaccinated, you’re not going to realize the full, important effect of...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 17, 2020 | Health News
“I would sometimes say ‘I just want a minute to myself,'” Goins, of Knoxville, Tennessee, said. “People would be like: ‘Oh, you’ll miss it when they’re older.'” And that made her so mad. It’s not that she...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 17, 2020 | Health News
Some people who planned to move to senior housing are now choosing to live independently rather than communally. Others wonder whether transferring to a setting where they can get more assistance might be the right call. These decisions, hard enough during ordinary...
