SummaryBackgroundThis is the first randomised controlled trial for assessment of the immunogenicity and safety of a candidate non-replicating adenovirus type-5 (Ad5)-vectored COVID-19 vaccine, aiming to determine an appropriate dose of the candidate vaccine for an efficacy study.MethodsThis randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial of the Ad5-vectored COVID-19 vaccine was done in a single centre in…

NEW AT NOON, THE POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS RE-ENACTING VISITOR RESTRICTIONS AT HOSPITALS IN POLK AND DALLAS COUNTIES DUE TO A RISE I CORONAVIRUS CASES. STARTING TOMORROW, VISITORS WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED. HOWEVER THERE ARE A FEW EXCEPTIONS, ONE OR TWO CAREGIVERS WILL BE ALLOWED ONLY IN THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS. A PATIENT IS…

1918 Flu Inspired Donoghue's 'Pull Of The Stars' — A Disquieting Pandemic Novel Readers are awaiting novels of the pandemic, and Emma Donoghue just may have stumbled into writing one of the first. As Donoghue explains in the author's note to her new novel, The Pull of the Stars, she began writing the story in…

Two Covid-19 vaccine candidates have proven safe for humans and produced strong immune reactions among patients involved in two separate clinical trials, doctors said on Monday. The first trial among more than a thousand adults in Britain found that the vaccine induced 'strong antibody and T cell immune responses' against the novel coronavirus. A separate…

Bibb Medical Center receptionist Shontel James wears a protective mask at her desk. There is also a bottle of hand sanitizer on the counter for visitors to use. (Joe Songer | [email protected]).Joe Songer | [email protected] added 1,846 new coronavirus cases since yesterday as hospitalization due to the virus reached another high.The Alabama Department of Public…