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Extreme Case of Man Who Had 217 COVID Vaccines Surprises Scientists

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

That’s how many vaccines a man in Germany claims to have received for COVID-19 in just 29 months – and his body isn’t reacting the way some scientists thought it would. Two hundred and seventeen. The 62-year-old male from the city of Magdeburg made headlines a few years ago for his private and risky decision […]

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Breakthrough Vaccine Shows High Protection Against Drug-Resistant Superbug in Mice

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Scientists have developed a vaccine against a notorious drug-resistant superbug, targeting molecules on its surface that are also found on other bacteria and fungi.

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GSK hires away top Pfizer vaccine scientist

Bio Pharma Dive

Philip Dormitzer, who helped Pfizer develop shots for COVID-19, RSV and influenza, will become the British pharma's head of vaccine R&D next month.

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Radical Vaccine Strategy Could Help Quash Parasite Afflicting Millions

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

Using viruses that infect bacteria to detect proteins sprouted by a notorious parasite, scientists have honed in on possible vaccine targets for schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease that currently affects an estimated 600 million people worldwide, causing 280,000 deaths per year.

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FDA weighs shift in COVID vaccination strategy

Bio Pharma Dive

Agency scientists are proposing to update COVID shots once a year to match circulating coronavirus strains, as well as simplifying current vaccination regimens.

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Scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines win Nobel Prize

BioPharma Reporter

The Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to two scientists who developed the technology which led to the mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

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Malaria Could Be Eliminated by 2040: New Vaccine Offers Hope

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

The World Health Organization has approved a new vaccine that scientists argue will be a game-changer in the fight against malaria, which kills half a million people in Africa every year.