The experimental drug cocktail with antibodies of the company “AstraZeneca” manages to reduce severe illness or death in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19, show results in a study at a late stage, said the British drug manufacturer, quoted by WORK. The drug, called AZD7442, reduced the risk of developing severe COVID-19 or death by 50% in … Read more
The nose as a gateway for infection The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is spread by droplets released when, for example, talking, coughing or singing. Someone can become infected with the virus if these droplets are inhaled through the mouth and especially the nose. The nose is therefore the gateway for the coronavirus: the virus enters the body … Read more
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– – In the last month and a half, the intake of babies and children between 20 days and 5-6 years of age with COVID has increased. PHOTO: Archive – Their immunity is more lasting than that of newborns with antibodies acquired during pregnancy – they are lost for a period of between 3 months … Read more
– – Only one person in the village has not been vaccinated. PHOTO: Pixabay – Although antibodies decrease over time, data show that vaccine protection falls from 95% to 85%. The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the drug approval agency, the FDA, have said much more data is needed before a third dose … Read more
A booster (additional) dose of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine is sharply raising antibody levels, according to interim data from early-stage studies, the US company said on Wednesday. According to this study, a second dose of the J&J single-dose vaccine resulted in levels of the so-called “binding antibodies” in the body, which are nine times … Read more
Antibody tests would allegedly be able to estimate whether someone is actually immune after vaccination or not. This sounds interesting to many, while according to others it has little or no added value. What about now? In addition to the PCR tests that detect corona infections, there are also so-called antibody tests or serological tests. … Read more
Vaccination The vast majority of those antibodies were obtained through vaccination. The vaccination strategy is clearly reflected in the increase in antibodies among increasingly younger donors. ‘From mid-April to mid-July, the number of donors with antibodies rose spectacularly every week, by an average of 5% per week. From mid-June, we also see a rapid increase … Read more
Scientists from Italy and the United Kingdom have found what antibody levels in coronavirus patients depend on. To do this, they study the entire population of a small town in Italy. The researchers used three different tests to control the results, RIA Novosti reported. It turns out that for 9 months the antibodies remain at … Read more
