vaccine-efficacy | ABS-CBN News

Too early to say some vaccines less effective vs. omicron: expert

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 01:27 PM

It is still too early to say whether or not some COVID-19 vaccine brands are more effective than others against the omicron variant, an expert said Thursday. Read more »

'Knowing Omicron's impact on vaxxed individuals could take weeks'

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 30 12:23 PM

Experts are still studying the effect of the COVID-19 omicron variant on vaccinated populations, a Department of Health official said Tuesday. Read more »

Pfizer jab antibodies gone by 7 months for many: study

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 11:22 AM

The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review. Read more »

Pfizer study shows vaccine efficacy wanes over 6 months

Eduardo Baptista, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Aug 20 03:02 AM

They didn’t recommend booster shots but noted clinical trials are underway on safety and effectiveness of a third jab. Read more »

COVID-19 vaccine efficacy wanes under Delta: study

Ludwig Burger, Reuters
Posted at Aug 19 07:41 AM

A British public health study has found that protection from either of the two most commonly used COVID-19 vaccines against the now prevalent Delta variant of the coronavirus weakens within three months. Read more »

Galvez reiterates Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine 'at par' with Western-made jabs

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 05:23 PM

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. on Wednesday said Sinovac's performance against COVID-19 is "at par with Western-made vaccine brands" after several officials urged the government to procure jabs with higher efficacy rates against the virus. Read more »

Sinovac, epektibo pa rin kontra sa severe COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 07:30 PM

Pinawi ng Department of Health ang pangamba ng publiko tungkol sa efficacy ng bakunang Sinovac.  Read more »

Delaying second COVID-19 vaccine doses can help reduce deaths: study

Reuters
Posted at May 13 07:32 AM

LONDON - Giving a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine but delaying a second dose among people younger than 65 could lead to fewer people dying of the disease, but only if certain conditions are met, a predictive modelling study showed. Read more »

Moderna COVID vaccine efficacy falls slightly to 90 percent in US trial

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 14 07:44 AM

WASHINGTON - US biotech company Moderna announced Covid vaccine is 90 percent effective against all forms of the disease and 95 percent effective against severe disease. Read more »

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 76 pct effective in new analysis of US trial

Rocky Swift, Reuters
Posted at Mar 25 12:51 PM

AstraZeneca said its COVID-19 vaccine was 76 percent effective at preventing symptomatic illness in a new analysis of its major US trial - a tad lower than the level announced earlier this week in a report that was criticized for using outdated information. Read more »

Novavax vaccine 96 pct effective against original coronavirus, 86 pct vs British variant in UK trial

Dania Nadeem and Carl O'Donnell, Reuters
Posted at Mar 12 07:07 AM

Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine was 96 percent effective in preventing cases caused by the original version of the coronavirus in a late-stage trial conducted in the United Kingdom, the company said on Thursday, moving it a step closer to regulatory approval. Read more »

Russian scientists say Sputnik V performs well against COVID mutations

Reuters
Posted at Feb 28 12:00 AM

Last month Putin ordered a review by March 15 of Russian-produced vaccines for their effectiveness against new variants spreading in different parts of the world. Read more »

Pfizer jab 95.8 pct effective vs COVID: Israel health ministry

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 21 10:59 AM

Israel's health ministry said Saturday recent data from its aggressive coronavirus vaccination campaign showed two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab were nearly 96 percent effective against infection.   Read more »

Vaccine candidates Pfizer, AstraZeneca lead DOST ranking on efficacy, safety

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 08:31 PM

Novavax and Sinovac ranked third and fourth, respectively, according to DOST’s vaccine panel.    Read more »

German vaccine institute praises efficacy of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine

Ludwig Burger, Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 01:49 PM

The head of Germany's vaccine regulator on Thursday described the success rate of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine as excellent, after some Australian scientists voiced skepticism about its efficacy. Read more »

What do vaccine efficacy rates mean?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 11:32 PM

Developers of COVID-19 vaccines have been reporting different efficacy rates for their anti-coronavirus formulas.  Read more »