COVID19 Vaccine Archives - Hematology Advisor

The approval is based on evidence that the vaccine can prevent anogenital infections, with an ongoing trial looking at throat infection prevention in men likely to be critical for continued approval.

General Medicine

J&J to Ask FDA to Approve Its COVID-19 Booster Shot

October 15, 2021

Company has said that a second dose, given two months after the first, increases the vaccine’s effectiveness.

Woman preparing COVID-19 vaccine injection.

Lymphoma

Patients With B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Treated With Anti-CD20 Antibodies Have Impaired Response to COVID-19 Vaccine

By

Patricia Chaney

October 7, 2021

Researchers sought to determine whether patients with B-NHL who had treatment with anti-CD20 antibodies had an impaired serological response to an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.

Assisting a patient while barged to prevent infection.

General Medicine

SARS-CoV-2 Shot Continues to Prevent Infection, Hospitalization With Delta Variant

October 5, 2021

SARS-CoV-2 infection rate and hospitalization rate 4.9 and 29.2 times higher for unvaccinated versus fully vaccinated persons.

General Medicine

New ‘Mu’ Coronavirus Variant Being Watched Closely: Fauci

October 4, 2021

Variant has not taken extensive hold in the United States at this point, but NIAID is taking it ‘very seriously’.

Doctors Adjusting Oxygen Mask of Patient During COVID-19

General Medicine

COVID-19 Outcomes in Critically Ill No Better With Full-Dose Heparin

September 27, 2021

For patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who are not critically ill, therapeutic-dose anticoagulation is beneficial.

Elderly male patient getting vaccinated.

Thrombotic Disorders

SARS-CoV-2 Adenoviral Vector Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia: A Brief Case Report

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

September 23, 2021

Researchers sought to describe the first 3 patients in Canada who developed vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia after receiving the adenoviral vector vaccine against COVID-19.

Patients with pregnancy-onset ITP were more likely to deliver babies with neonatal thrombocytopenia

General Medicine

COVID-19 Vaccine Safe, Recommended for Pregnant Women, CDC Says

September 23, 2021

Latest recommendation comes after new data showed no raised risk for miscarriage in mothers-to-be during first 20 weeks.

ESMO 2021

Immune Response Dynamics in Patients with Cancer Following COVID-19 Vaccination

By

Lauren Dembeck, PhD

September 22, 2021

The anti-S antibody response after the first vaccine dose was greatly enhanced in individuals who had recovered from prior SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with those who were SARS-CoV-2 naive.

General Medicine

Study Finds No Link Between BNT162b2 COVID-19 Vaccine and Facial Nerve Palsy

By

Brandon May

September 16, 2021

Study investigators assessed whether the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) COVID-19 vaccine is associated with greater risk of peripheral facial nerve palsy.

Thrombotic Disorders

Prothrombic Immune Thrombocytopenia in Patients Following ChAdOx1 Vaccine

By

Vicki Moore, PhD

September 14, 2021

Researchers sought to identify the experiences of patients who developed prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia after receiving the ChAdOx1 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2.