by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 19, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The two currently-approved COVID-19 vaccines use a technique called messenger RNA (mRNA) that could lead to cures for cancer and many other diseases. In 2005, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman at the University of Pennsylvania discovered that mRNA could be injected to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 23, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The Pfizer\BioNTech and Moderna messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines are already available for some people. They require two injections and look better all the time, with very few serious reactions so far and good antibody response for prevention of COVID-19. Two more...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 17, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
People with no symptoms transmit more than half of all cases of COVID-19, according to a model developed by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (JAMA Netw Open, Jan 7, 2021;4(1):e2035057). This reinforces the importance of following the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 16, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Results from clinical trials of the Pfizer-BioNTech and the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines showed about 95 percent effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 infections, and they were given Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 12, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Are you concerned about getting one of the new COVID-19 vaccines as soon as they are approved? We have no long-term safety information because no one has more than 10 months of experience with this disease. However, we do have decades of experience with other...
