Tag: COVID-19 vaccine
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COVID-19 will increase the mortality of Finns in 2022
Deaths related to memory disorders and diseases of the cardiovascular system also increased. In contrast, cancer deaths, accidents and suicides decreased compared to 2021. Notably, no deaths from COVID-19 vaccines were counted last year, down from six vaccine-related deaths in 2021. Kati Taskinen from Statistics Finland emphasized that the number of COVID-19 deaths in 2022…
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University of Turku reveals: COVID-19 vaccines provide effective, long-lasting protection against severe cases
PhD thesis of a researcher at the University of Turku, Pinja Jalkanenfocused on investigating the immunity of both COVID-19 vaccines and natural infection against virus variants circulating in Finland in the years 2020 and 2021. The study used samples collected from COVID-19 patients and the staff of Turku and Helsinki University Hospitals. vaccinations start in…
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Helsinki will start influenza and COVID vaccinations for risk groups in November
Influenza vaccinations for the following groups: Persons over 65 years of age Pregnant individuals Children under 7 years old Those at risk due to illness or medical treatment Persons who start military service or voluntary military service Personnel of social and health services and the pharmaceutical industry Close contacts with persons who are significantly susceptible…
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3 scientists were awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier, the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm announced on Tuesday. The trio of researchers were awarded for using light pulses to study electron behavior, in work that could advance medical diagnostics and electronics, the awarding body said. The…
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Nobel prize awarded to mRNA COVID-19 vaccine researchers
london – Two scientists who worked together on the breakthrough technology behind some of the most effective covid-19 vaccines have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine, one of the most prestigious awards in the field. Hungarian American researcher Katalin Kariko and her American colleague, Drew Weissman, began working on so-called “mRNA” technology in…
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Covid-19 vaccine researchers win the Nobel Prize
MRNA technology provided a method to combat “one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times,” the committee said Two scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their groundbreaking research that led to the development of mRNA vaccines, which helped slow the spread of Covid-19, it was announced early Monday…
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UNICEF report: 67 million children have missed basic vaccinations in the past three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors
The report warns that vaccine hesitancy may be on the rise due to a number of factors, including uncertainties surrounding pandemic management, the spread of misinformation, mistrust of expert knowledge and political polarization. Despite this drop in vaccination rates, public support for vaccines remains relatively strong, with more than 80 percent of respondents in nearly…
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Science Night LIVE! Heureka celebrates the expertise of international researchers living and working in Finland
Funded by the Science Information and in cooperation with E2 Research, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences and Heureka, the goal Science Night LIVE! is to support the media, decision-makers, companies and third sector organizations in finding the expertise of foreign researchers working in Finland. The event offers researchers opportunities for social engagement with the public…
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Long covid linked to air pollution exposure in young adults – new study
Although covid-19 infections are usually less severe in young adults, this does not mean that they are not still at risk of complications from covid-19. For example around one in 25 adults over 16 have reported suffering from prolonged covid-19 symptoms after their first infection. For some, these symptoms lasted almost two years. While we…
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Sweden discards 8.5 million doses of covid-19 vaccine
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) — Sweden has discarded nearly 8.5 million doses of vaccine against covid-19, local media reported on Sunday. The discarded doses correspond to approximately 20 percent of the vaccine doses Sweden has procured, according to the Public Health Agency’s statistics, Sveriges Radio reported. Richard Bergström, Sweden’s former national vaccine coordinator, told Radio…
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952 people died from the coronavirus and six from a reaction caused by the covid vaccine in Finland in 2021
Most of those who died from the coronavirus were elderly people, and the highest number of deaths were between the ages of 85 and 89. Pajunen adds: “Although the majority of those who died from the coronavirus were elderly people, the dead were younger than the previous year.” According to the Statistics Finland report, six…
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Globally, one in eight people is a migrant today: WHO
The health workforce plays a key role in securing the health rights and needs of refugees and immigrants. WHO’s goal is to support countries and regions to develop professional competence and capacities to deal appropriately with the health issues of refugees and immigrants. WHO is holding its third annual Global School on Refugee and Migrant…
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COVID-19 vaccines available for under 50s from November 15
It will soon be possible for people outside the at-risk groups – which includes anyone over the age of 50 – to buy the latest COVID-19 booster, the fourth vaccination shot available to the public. The first jabs will be available from November 15. This option may particularly appeal to two groups of people: those…
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Sweden advises against covid-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid for under 30s
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) — Nuvaxovid, the covid-19 vaccine created by the American company Novavax, should not be given to people younger than 30, the Public Health Agency said here on Wednesday. The agency cited research conducted in Australia, which showed an increased risk of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of…
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More money goes down the drain as redundant COVID-19 vaccines are hoarded, but where were the shocks when people needed them?
CPH POST has learned from some of its readers that infection with COVID-19 has not been a piece of cake this fall – especially among a handful who had not previously had the virus and were last vaccinated at the end of last year. In their case, nine to 10 months passed between their third…
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WHO: Europe likely to experience another covid-19 wave
PARIS, France: The World Health Organization and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control have announced that Europe is likely to experience another wave of Covid-19 infections amid rising cases in the region. In a joint statement, Hans Kluge, WHO European Director, and Andrea Ammon, ECDC Director, said, “Although we are not where we…
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Danish COVID-19 vaccine delayed for years
Extraordinary times Stinus Lindgreen, Radikale’s spokesman for health and research issues and one of the politicians who gave the go-ahead to finance the vaccine, admitted that politicians might not be best equipped to choose which projects to finance. “It was an extraordinary situation and so we gave more money to this specific area,” he said…
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Nobel prize season arrives amidst war, nuclear fear, hunger
This year’s Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of near-unbroken peace in Europe and raised the risk of a nuclear disaster. The secretive Nobel committees never hint at who will win the prizes in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics or peace. It’s anyone’s guess who might win the awards…
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Policy collection: Pia Kjærsgaard criticizes ‘non-Danish’ decision to sell kebabs at the football stadium
When the Danish-Turkish football team Vatanspor played against AGF Aarhus in the DM yesterday, the stadium sold kebabs along with the traditional hot dog. The decision to sell kebabs during the match was warmly welcomed by most home fans. However, Pia Kjærsgaard was not too happy about the announcement. Declines invitation to watch the matchA…
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First-generation Covid vaccines are still effective against new variants, experts say
Finnish health experts are encouraging people to take the third and fourth doses of the Covid-19 vaccine as planned, rather than waiting for updated vaccines to be introduced. The vaccine and natural immunity-resistant coronavirus variant BA.5 is spreading in Europe, causing an increase in cases and sparking debate about a new generation of vaccines to…
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Salminen: Covid-19 vaccines may have saved around 10,000 lives in Finland in 2022
THL officials reminded that counting deaths is hardly simple, as almost 90 percent of the reported deaths related to the coronavirus have several causes of death. Markku PeltonenTHL’s research professor estimates that the coronavirus caused around 2,000–4,000 extra deaths in 2020–2021. He reminded that the number of deaths has been rising even before the pandemic…
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High blood pressure may double risk of severe COVID despite full vaccination: Study
According to the study’s lead author Joseph E. EbingerMD, MS, associate professor of cardiology and director of clinical analytics at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, “These findings are important because about half of US adults have high blood pressure. .” In the early stages of the pandemic, COVID-19 vaccinations…
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Increasing number of COVID infections in nursing homes
A new wave of COVID-19 infections has hit Denmark’s nursing homes. According to the Statens Serum Institut, last week there were 262 confirmed infections among the country’s nursing home residents – more than a doubling compared to the week before. In response, the Elderly Case, a non-profit organization working to improve conditions for the elderly,…
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COVID-19 booster vaccine useful for lupus patients: Study
Researchers say the discovery should offer comfort to the more than 200,000 Americans who suffer from SLE, a disease in which the body’s immune system involuntarily targets its own healthy tissues, particularly the joints and skin. They are more susceptible to infections such as SARS-CoV-2 when they take immunosuppressive drugs such as steroids, which are…
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Science Round-Up: DTU Space celebrates contribution to James Webb Telescope as the first images return to Earth
The James Webb Space Telescope, which was launched into space last December, has delivered its first images back to Earth, revealing “emerging star nurseries” and “cosmic rocks” in the Carina Nebula, according to NASA. DTU Space, the national space institute at the Technical University of Denmark, has been one participant in the James Webb Mission…
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Danish news Round-Up: The Danish government no longer recommends vaccines for children
Søren Brostrøm, head of the National Board of Health, explained at a press conference on Wednesday that the COVID-19 vaccine will no longer be recommended for children. Instead, only the particularly vulnerable and Danes over the age of 50 will be recommended a vaccine for the autumn. The Prime Minister defends the decisionAccording to Brostrøm,…
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Over the top? Denmark will secure 22 million COVID-19 vaccines by 2022
Waste of taxpayers’ money?So far in 2022, only about one million doses have been used in Denmark, far from the 22 million doses that are soon on the way. “The first thing that comes to my mind is that it is a bad business and a very unsatisfactory use of taxpayers’ funds,” says Jes Søgaard,…
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Few countries are interested in Covid vaccines donated by Finland
Many countries around the world have more doses of Covid-19 than they need and have donated them abroad. But at the moment, there are not many countries that are interested in free work. Finland has donated about three million doses of Covid to other countries through the international distribution system. However, finding countries to receive…
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Sweden could introduce new measures to combat a possible new covid-19 wave
STOCKHOLM, May 2 (Xinhua) – Just a month after Sweden announced that covid-19 is no longer considered dangerous, and abolished health measures to combat the disease, the country’s public health authority said on Monday that they are ready to introduce new restrictive measures should still be a wave hit the country. In one of three…
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Researchers outline the need for a new approach to COVID-19 vaccine testing
Comments on bioethics Nir Eyal and epidemiologists Tobias Gerhard and Brian Strom (the latter is Chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences) – published in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety – explores how this parallel approach in vaccine trials could lead to faster and more accurate vaccine evaluation and a more effective pandemic response. In traditional…
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Vaccines against Covidia and other diseases are offered to those arriving in Ukraine
Finland has reserved covid-19 vaccines for asylum seekers arriving from Ukraine, he says Mia KontioChief Expert of the Department of Health and Welfare (THL). Those who move to Finland also receive other vaccines included in the national vaccination program, he explains. "Of course. Under normal circumstances, asylum seekers are entitled to receive vaccines under the…
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Business Round-Up: Strongest Economic Growth in 15 Years
Denmark had an economic growth of 3.9 percent last year, the first projections from Statistics Denmark show. The level is on a par with 2006. According to Danish Industry, one had to go back to 1994 to find higher growth. The strong economic growth in 2021 followed a decline of 2.1 percent in 2020 due…