Tag: covid-19
The Nobel Prize for mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines should be a Nobel prize for knowledge...
OpinionI am a big fan of the Nobel Prizes, especially those given out in chemistry and medicine. If you have followed their announcements over...
Daily physical activity may enhance the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines
Following the coronavirus disease (COVID‑19) outbreak in 2019, researchers began developing vaccines to generate acquired immunity against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2...
mRNA Vaccines Show Better Efficacy Against Threatening COVID-19 Variants
A recent publication in PLoS Medicine mentioned that individuals who received a viral vector vaccine are likely to show greater vulnerability to COVID-19 infection...
The Benefits of DNA and mRNA Vaccines
Vaccines are one of the most remarkable medical inventions. They have eradicated two major infectious diseases: smallpox in humans and rinderpest in cattle1. Through...
Phone Data and Artificial Intelligence Improving Humanitarian Aid
Covid-19 relief in Togo
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 100 million individuals are estimated to have transitioned into extreme poverty. In...
Public Participation Post-Pandemic
Efficiency VS Inclusivity
Democratic process has been under fire in our covid-impacted world — there is the sense that democracy is not efficient when it...
Does COVID-19 Risk Protect Against HIV?
Findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on February 21 highlighted that people who carry a genetic variant (a permanent alteration...
Corbevax—a Patent-Free Vaccine for COVID-19
The Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Dynavax technologies based in Emeryville California, and Texas Children’s Hospital have developed a COVID-19 vaccine, termed Corbevax. This...
Omicron Variant: What should we know?
First identification
On November 24, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on a novel variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the...
Important Surveys Overvalue COVID-19 Vaccination Proportions in the U.S.
Surveys are identified as a fundamental instrument for gaining knowledge of public judgment and actions. Moreover, the precision of surveys largely hinges on upholding...