What to Know About the New Covid Variants
“Whenever a new variant dominates, then by definition it has an advantage,” said Dr. Dan Barouch, the head of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess […]
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With new COVID variant on horizon, low vaccination rates and stark disparities could make for a ‘miserable winter’
Vaccination rates have bottomed out just as some experts predict a COVID surge over the holidays. The JN.1 variant, which has triggered steep increases in waste water levels across Europe and is […]
Inhaled COVID vaccines stop infection in its tracks in monkey trials
Dozens of mucosal COVID-19 vaccines are in development (see ‘High hopes’) and several have been approved in countries including China and India. But according to an 8 December report by […]
Wanted: A Covid Booster That Actually Works
At this point, it’s clear from all the infections that the vaccine isn’t living up to early hopes. “The initial impression that these vaccines were 95% effective against symptomatic infection […]
Future COVID vaccines should be inhaled, suggests new study by Boston scientists
“When we gave the vaccine directly to the lung, we saw a dramatic improvement in … immunity and protection in the lung itself and in the nose, leading to near complete […]
Congratulations to Dr. Barouch for Receiving the 2023 Paragon Award for Research Excellence from the Doris Duke Foundation
Dan Barouch, MD, PhD, Chief of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Paragon Award for Research Excellence from the Doris […]
What to Know About the New Covid Variants
HV.1 is descended from EG.5 and is highly similar to it. There isn’t data yet on how well the new vaccines perform against HV.1, but Dr. Dan Barouch, the head […]
A new Covid variant has become dominant amid slow uptake of the updated shots
“The logistic complications certainly were not helpful, but I think that the low uptake is more than that. The low uptake reflects that most of the public is no longer […]
Getting flu and COVID shot together still reasonable amid safety review of potential stroke risk: Experts
“These data should be considered by patients and their physicians, but there is no reason for alarm. The increased risk of stroke appears to be small and must be balanced […]
Highly Mutated COVID Strain Can’t Evade Immunity as Feared
“If there wasn’t so much hype about BA.2.86, that would actually be the focus of the paper,” Dan Barouch, MD, PhD, told the news outlet, referring to the FL.1.5.1 strain. Barouch is […]
