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STAT

FDA plans ‘sprint’ to accelerate formal review of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine - 1 day

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Lawmakers and prominent health experts have urged the FDA to expedite full approval of Pfizer’s vaccine, citing various potential...

Eric Topol

The @US_FDA *finally* gets the message that its review for full approval of covid vaccines has to be THE priority (not among them) https://t.co/XTr0YKBzCD @statnews @NicholasFlork I now expect it'll be done in next 4-6 weeks but should have been by June, before Delta dominance - view on twitter

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Washington Post

FDA vows ‘all hands on deck’ effort to get Pfizer coronavirus vaccine full approval as quickly as possible - 16 hours

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Some agency officials have suggested it could be a matter of weeks, not months, when a coronavirus vaccine receives full...

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Now that the Delta variant accounts for 94% of our infections and is ravaging unvaccinated people in many parts of the US, the @US_FDA decides to put "all hands on deck" to expedite full vaccine approval https://t.co/fKq85CECTp by @lauriemcginley2 https://t.co/fKq85CECTp - view on twitter

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Immunity

Affinity maturation of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies confers potency, breadth, and resilience to viral escape mutations - 13 hours

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SARS-CoV-2 RBD-binding antibodies accumulate mutations over months of convalescence, but how maturation affects antibody properties is unclear. Muecksch et al. analyze 6 groups of clonally...

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After a covid infection, antibodies evolve, exposed to viral proteins that can persist in the gut for months, and some are more potent, better equipped to take on major variants and even neutralize other sarbecoviruses New @ImmunityCP https://t.co/xjC3N3Ks0X https://t.co/xjC3N3Ks0X - view on twitter

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New York Times

As Covid Cases Rise All Over U.S., Lower Vaccination Rates Point to Worse Outcomes - 11 hours

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Counties with low vaccination rates continue to bear the brunt of the highly contagious Delta variant, and some are seeing their highest case rates...

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Delta in the United States High vaccination counties: deaths are decreasing, some case growth to 15/100K Low vaccination counties: deaths are increasing, cases approaching 40/100K residents https://t.co/Iq75HKWA54 by @LaurenLeatherby https://t.co/Iq75HKWA54 - view on twitter

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Financial Times

Global Covid surge creates fertile grounds for more dangerous variants - 17 hours

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Scientists are warning that the world has entered a dangerous new phase of the pandemic, as the coronavirus third wave creates fertile breeding grounds...

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How #SARSCoV2 mutates and what's in store for future variants "We’ve been humbled by this virus before and no one can predict confidently what will happen in the future.” —@pathogenomenick https://t.co/VN113vgUnl by @clivecookson and @ian_bott_artist https://t.co/VN113vgUnl - view on twitter

More coverage: #sarscov2

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Financial Times

Mathematician Hannah Fry: ‘I’m sure there’s lots of tutting – but not to my face’ - 13 hours

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In a blur of flame-red hair, fizzy enthusiasm and effusive apologies, Hannah Fry arrives a little late at Little Social, a modish restaurant just...

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One of my favorite mathematicians, @FryRsquared, is profiled @FT. It's rich, but one essential point is the importance of log-plots to understand the pandemic and exponential growth https://t.co/uvOrWpA9Sf by @johnthornhillft https://t.co/uvOrWpA9Sf - view on twitter

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Science | AAAS

The overlooked superpower of mRNA vaccines - 1 day

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Growing literature shows the vaccines are shutting down even asymptomatic viral...

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While all covid vaccines offer some protection vs hospitalizations and deaths, they differ substantially vs symptomatic infections. This effect correlates w/ neutralizing antibodies, and is present w/ Delta @meredithwadman explores this @ScienceMagazine https://t.co/kWikPzUq48 https://t.co/kWikPzUq48 - view on twitter

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Financial Times

Mask U-turn dashes Americans’ euphoria at nascent Covid recovery - 1 day

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Rochelle Walensky exuded euphoria in mid-May when she declared that fully vaccinated adults in the US could shed their masks in “indoor and outdoor...