On 13.10.23 VPU hosted Wellcome Trust consortium conference on COVID immuno-pathogenesis research. Attended by delegates and stakeholders from Imperial College London, MHRA-NIBSC, the University of Hong Kong and the Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust. Conference dinner Fish at 55.
SoGATs (Standardisation of Genome Amplification Techniques and serology) - Come and join the discussion from Wednesday 4 - Friday 6 October 2023 in London.
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Please RT. Junior Postdoc position available in my lab to develop recombinant RNA virus vaccines. Experience required in vaccinology and RNA viruses and molecular cloning.
Imagine if every country's National Public Health Agency had the expertise to produce similar excellent tecnical briefings on #monkeypox as this one by @UKHSA.
This is just one of area the #WHOPandemicHub will focus on supporting countries to develope.
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COVID-19 is dangerous for pregnant women and their babies. The medical advice is clear: it is much safer to be vaccinated against COVID than get COVID if you are pregnant or may become pregnant. Please get vaccinated and support people you know who are pregnant to be vaccinated.
The Covid-19 pandemic is set to become the deadliest disease event in American history, its death toll on the cusp of surpassing that of the 1918 Spanish flu. https://t.co/yX6xuhQcu6
People who were previously infected with the virus that causes SARS generate a powerful antibody response after being vaccinated against COVID-19. Their immune systems can fight off multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants and related coronaviruses. https://t.co/RLa1SdrB0g
NEW research finds that vaccination with either one dose of BNT162b2 or ChAdOx1-S was associated with a significant reduction in symptomatic covid-19 in older adults, and with further protection against severe disease #BMJResearch https://t.co/eZfMDPuI9b
Recent Ebola cases in Guinea linked to transmission following latent infection of between 5-7 years since original 2014-2016 Makona strain outbreak, rather than new virus spillover. Nice to see coordinated reports from separate groups on Virological https://t.co/9PVylLqdQJ
Here I describe a brief overview of how the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna mRNA vaccines work. Taking a vaccine is one’s personal choice, and I hope this video can help someone make that decision rooted in science.