People previously infected with coronavirus may only need one dose of the vaccine, a new study suggests. Researchers found that participants who had contracted COVID-19 in the past and received one shot had antibody levels similar to – and even higher than – those who had never been infected and were given two doses. Additionally, … Read more
FDA gives emergency approval a new test that can measure a patient’s levels of antibodies thought to ‘neutralize’ coronavirus in the hopes of discovering how much is enough to prevent reinfection The FDA has authorized one of the first tests that measure the level of coronavirus neutralizing antibodies produced by the immune system Unlike binding … Read more
A rapid Covid-19 antibody test bought by the Government may wrongly tell one in five people they have had the coronavirus. Number 10 placed an order for one million AbC-19 tests made by UK-based company Abingdon Health in October to be used for research purposes, in order to paint a better picture of how far … Read more
An advert for a coronavirus ‘passport’ app featuring Zara Tindall having an antibody test has been referred to the medical regulator. The V-Health Passport system developed by VST Enterprises sees people take a test with the results then uploaded by a health administrator onto the user’s app. But an advert promoting it shows the Queen’s … Read more
UK buys a million DIY coronavirus antibody tests that produce results in just 20 MINUTES – six months after they were first promised by officials At-home fingerprick tests described as ‘game changers’ by officials in March Public Health England has rejected all of those commercially available until now Tests will be used by people at … Read more
Most accurate coronavirus antibody testing kits revealed: Three finger-prick tests ‘are as accurate as sophisticated lab analysis’ with 98% accuracy Finger prick antibody tests can be used to tell if someone has already had Covid Researchers compared the top commercial testing kits available to hospitals They found all of them had a 95 per cent … Read more
Doctors in the UK will trial an experimental ‘antibody cocktail’ medicine on patients in hospital with Covid-19. The Oxford University team behind the pioneering RECOVERY trial in Britain, which discovered that the steroid dexamethasone can save patients’ lives, have announced the newest addition to their study. It is a therapy called REGN-COV2 made by the … Read more
Britain may be closer to herd immunity against Covid-19 than previously thought because surveillance studies are inherently flawed, top scientists said today. According to research looking at antibody test results, just seven per cent of Britons and 17 per cent of Londoners have been infected and recovered from the disease. Experts made these estimates by testing … Read more
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is now injecting volunteers with its new antibody treatment for Covid-19 in a bid to see if it will protect people and also help patients who are already ill. The company, which is also manufacturing a vaccine hopeful made by scientists at Oxford University, hope the treatment will be a coronavirus breakthrough. … Read more
New experimental coronavirus vaccine prevented severe disease in mice after two doses of the jab boosted their antibody levels 90-fold Researchers genetically modified vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), which causes a mild illness in livestock, to become a vaccine The team took out a gene from VSV and inserted the spike protein from the coronavirus, which … Read more