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Kidney transplant recipients still vulnerable to COVID-19 post-vaccination

Kidney transplant recipients are still at high risk of severe disease due to the coronavirus even after being fully vaccinated, disease experts have warned. “What we’re telling patients right now is, unfortunately, they’re going to have to take extra precautions of continuing to do all the things that we had to do early on, which… Read More »

With demand uncertain and its U.S. manufacturing in limbo, AstraZeneca still aims to seek FDA nod for COVID-19 vaccine

Its COVID-19 vaccine has been vilified and its manufacturing network has been questioned, but AstraZeneca is still planning to apply for emergency use authorization of its shot in the U.S., a company spokesman confirmed. A month ago, after AZ said its vaccine succeeded in phase 3 testing, an AstraZeneca executive said the company would apply for an emergency… Read More »

‘Fears you could still be spreading Covid even after you’ve been vaccinated’

We all know that the vaccines being delivered around the world right now work by protecting us from getting Covid. But what we still don’t know is whether they’ll also prevent us ­transmitting the virus to others. We simply don’t have enough public health data to answer the important question of transmission yet. In fact… Read More »

WA still open to NSW despite virus cases

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has kept the state open to NSW travellers for now, despite five new cases of locally-acquired COVID-19 in Sydney over the past two days. The first case was an aircrew van driver who lives in south Sydney followed by two cases in the Northern Beaches, which were confirmed on Wednesday.… Read More »