Month: September 2021

Moderna’s vaccine produces twice as many antibodies as the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, new research has revealed. Antibody levels after the second dose of the two most popular vaccines in the US were higher in people who had the Moderna shot, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In the US, more than 94 million people have had both Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines compared to 65 million who have had both Moderna shots, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The researchers said the difference could simply be that the second Moderna vaccine is, on average, administered one week later than the Pfizer vaccine. The second vaccine of Moderna is typically given four weeks after the first shot, while th...

FORT MYERS Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke in Fort Myers Wednesday at the Florida Department of Health – Lee. His message: Early treatment saves lives. DeSantis continued his tour across the state touting the success of monoclonal antibody treatment. “Since we’ve been doing those treatments, we’ve seen a decline in the hospital census for COVID, we’ve seen a decline in the emergency visits for COVID” LINK: Find monoclonal antibody treatment sites However, at Lee Health, their census reached 100% hospital capacity on Monday. During the news conference, DeSantis invited three people who received the monoclonal antibody treatment at the state-run sites in Southwest Florida. All three feel like it saved them from bei...

With many now able to choose which COVID vaccine they receive, questions surrounding which offers better protection against the now-surging delta variant have spiked. Several studies have been conducted to determine vaccine effectiveness, but is one vaccine actually better than the others? According to medical experts, the three vaccines currently available in the U.S. each offer protection. Here's a breakdown of what we know so far about each vaccine: How effective are the COVID vaccines against the delta variant? Vaccine efficacy has been a main question as the delta variant continues to spread around the country. Health experts have said that a majority of hospitalizations and deaths associated with the variant in recent months are almost entirely...