. (Tribune News Service) To prove their COVID-19 vaccines worked, companies had to enroll more than 100,000 participants in monthslong clinical trials. Next time, Peter Gilbert wants such tests to require only a few hundred people and eight weeks time. To get there, Gilbert and others have to figure out how much protection people need to avoid hospitalization and death from COVID-19, or even to prevent getting infected at all. But 15 months after COVID-19 shut down most of the world, it s still not clear what level of immune protection is enough. I haven t seen people tossing around a number, and I m a little surprised by that. I would have thought we were further along by now, said John Grabenstein, editor for the Immunization Action Coalition and former senior scientist and director for the U.S. Department of Defense military immunization program.
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To prove their COVID-19 vaccines worked, companies had to enroll more than 100,000 participants in monthslong clinical trials. Next time, Peter Gilbert wants such tests to require only a few hundred people and eight weeks time.
To get there, Gilbert and others have to figure out how much protection people need to avoid hospitalization and death from COVID-19, or even to prevent getting infected at all.
But 15 months after COVID-19 shut down most of the world, it s still not clear what level of immune protection is enough.
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Parents hesitant to get their children vaccinated as FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for ages 12-15
Parents hesitant to get their children vaccinated as FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for ages 12-15 By Sara Goldenberg | May 10, 2021 at 7:13 PM EDT - Updated May 10 at 7:13 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Children ages 12 to 15 are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine as of May 10, but not all parents plan to vaccinate their children.
And getting them on board may be a challenge.
Less than a third of parents with children in that age group said they’ll get them vaccinated right away.
New Kaiser Family Foundation research shows three in ten parents of children ages 12-15 said they’ll get their child vaccinated as soon as possible, one quarter said they’ll wait and see, 18% plan to get their child vaccinated if schools require it.
May 25, 2021
The University Medal was established in 1871, and this year celebrates its 150th anniversary. Candidates must have achieved a GPA of 3.96 or higher while overcoming significant challenges and making a positive impact on the lives of other people.
This year’s finalists:
Mira Cheng
Major: Molecular and cell biology, minor in global poverty and practice
Extracurricular: UC Berkeley Symphonic Orchestra (viola), Cal Triathlon club, Epsilon Eta environmental service fraternity
What’s next? Stanford University School of Medicine
Wildfires, the pandemic, economic stress, political turmoil what lasting impact will these historic events have on you and your class? “The events of the past four years have affected everyone differently, but I think, as a class, we are graduating with a particularly mature worldview and an intense determination to be agents of change. My own biggest takeaway from these events has been that, in times of crisis, the only thing that