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New COVID-19 vaccine to be made available next month; The latest health stories from around the world

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A new COVID vaccine is due out next month, but health experts and analysts say it is likely to be coolly received even as hospitalizations from “Eris”, a variant of the Omicron form of the coronavirus, rise around the country. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/new-covid-vaccines-are-way-eris-variant-rises-2023-08-14/ Fortunately, early data suggests that the new shots will still be effective against Eris. …

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Considerable increase in COVID-19 deaths in China; The latest health stories from around the world

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More than 5,000 people are probably dying each day from COVID-19 in China, health data firm Airfinity estimated, offering a dramatic contrast to official data from Beijing on the country’s current outbreak.www.medscape.com/viewarticle/986013?src=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=398271FG&impID=5026929&faf=1 The UK-based firm said it had used modelling based on regional Chinese data to produce figures that also put current daily infections in …

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Moderna sues rival Pfizer/BioNTech over patent violation of mRNA Covid vaccine

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The vaccine manufacturer Moderna has sued pharma major Pfizer and BioNTech, claiming that its rivals’ Covid-19 shot violates its patents protecting its ground-breaking technology www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/business/moderna-covid-vaccine-lawsuit.html Moderna said in a statement that Pfizer and BioNTech infringed on patents filed between 2010 and 2016 that covered its mRNA technology. Moderna, which is based in Cambridge, Mass., sued …

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Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine: Less effective against Delta variant?

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The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 has registered a lower level of efficacy in preventing the Delta variant first identified in India, according to new data from Israel. Effectiveness of the vaccine has dropped to 64 percent in preventing infection as the Delta variant spreads in Israel, now accounting for ninety percent of the country’s cases. …

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