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Are These Top Health Care Stocks Worth Investing In Now? 4 To Consider
The health care industry has and continues to play a crucial role in our world today. Because of this, investors continue to turn towards the top health care stocks on the market. It is not surprising that most would be paying more attention to their overall health amidst these times. No doubt, as we are approaching the one-year mark for the current pandemic, health care remains crucial as ever.
The healthcare names we often hear about are the likes of vaccine superstars such as Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA). Another newcomer in that department would be Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) who just got U.S. FDA approval for its single-dose vaccine. Aside from that, innovations in the health care space are still plentiful outside of coronavirus-related research as well. Take AstraZeneca (NASDAQ: AZN) for example. Yes, it does have a vaccine candidate, but it recently sold its 7.7% stake in Moderna for almost $1 billion. From t
One shot instead of two
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is administered in a single shot, while the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are given in two shots several weeks apart.
The way it works
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine uses a different method to prime the body to fight off Covid-19: a viral vector called Ad26. Viral vectors are common viruses that have been genetically altered so that they do not cause illness but can still cause the immune system to build up its defenses. The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines use messenger RNA to do that.
How well it works
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is rated as highly effective at preventing serious illness and death, as the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are. It is also very effective at preventing milder illness, though a bit less so than those two. It appears to do well against the highly contagious B.1.351 variant, first identified in South Africa, that has given at least one other vaccine candidate trouble.
By the end of this month, Bethlehem-based OraSure Technologies Inc. plans to seek emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its long-awaited COVID-19 rapid self-test.
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