Study suggests persons who recover from COVID-19 may need one vaccine dose
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By Sola Ogundipe
Those who have had COVID-19 may only need one vaccine dose, a new study suggests People who have recovered from COVID-19 had a robust antibody response after the first mRNA vaccine dose, but a little immune benefit after the second dose, according to new research from the Penn Institute of Immunology.
The findings, published in Science Immunology, suggest only a single vaccine dose may be needed to produce a sufficient antibody response.
The team found that those who did not have COVID-19 called COVID naïve did not have a full immune response until after receiving their second vaccine dose, reinforcing the importance of completing the two recommended doses for achieving strong levels of immunity.
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People who have recovered from COVID-19 had a robust antibody response after the first mRNA vaccine dose, but little immune benefit after the second dose, according to new research from the Penn Institute of Immunology. The findings, published today in Science Immunology, suggest only a single vaccine dose may be needed to produce a sufficient antibody response. The team found that those who did not have COVID-19âcalled COVID naïveâdid not have a full immune response until after receiving their second vaccine dose, reinforcing the importance of completing the two recommended doses for achieving strong levels of immunity.
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Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 18April 2021
The news posted last week for the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some important articles are summarized here. The articles are more or less organized with general virus news and anecdotes first, then stories from around the US, followed by an increased number of items from other countries around the globe. Economic news related to COVID-19 is found here.
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New US cases of the coronavirus continued to inch a bit higher this week, while deaths attributed to the virus continued to fall. New Covid infections during the week ending April 17th were 2.2% higher than during the week ending April 10th, and up 26.5% from the 7 days ending March 16th (a six month low), but still down 72.6% from the early January peak. US Covid deaths were down 2.5% from the prior week, and down 78.7%