by Usha Govindarajulu | Nov 10, 2021 | Biostatistics, Blog, Healtcare, Usha Govindarajulu
Pfizer anti-viral November 10, 2021 Pfizer, similar to Merck, has announced the efficacy of their anti-viral drug called PAXLOVID against SARS-CoV-2. The reported 89% efficacy against serious disease and 100% efficacy against death and they are making headlines....
by Usha Govindarajulu | Oct 14, 2021 | Biostatistics, Blog, Healtcare, Usha Govindarajulu
Antivirals EUA October 13, 2021 In recent news, Merck and Ridgeback has been hailing an oral anti-viral drug against Sars-CoV-2 that can cut the hospitalization and death rates in half according to their news posted on Oct 1, 2021 on their website. Apparently, the...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Sep 30, 2021 | Biostatistics, Blog, Healtcare, New York, Professor, Usha Govindarajulu
Booster shots for all vaccines September 30, 2021 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been promoting booster shots most recently for all vaccines for COVID-19: Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson. However, the Food & Druge...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Sep 15, 2021 | Biostatistics, Blog, Healtcare, Usha Govindarajulu
J&J Booster shots A more recent controversy has come up with the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine perhaps needing a booster shot sooner than the mRNA based vaccines for COVID-19. A current problem is there is no verifiable data or rather limited...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Sep 1, 2021 | Biostatistics, Blog, Epidemiology, Healtcare, Usha Govindarajulu
Waning of efficacy and interpretation A lot of controversy has come up with the boosters for the COVID-19 vaccines and efficacy. The Israeli study on efficacy comparing people vaccinated last year to people vaccinated this year seemed to indicate the efficacy...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Aug 18, 2021 | Blog, Epidemiology, Healtcare, Usha Govindarajulu
Understanding percentages and efficacy August 18, 2021 Recently, there has been a lot of news about COVID-19 research tied to the studies conducted in Israel since they have such a high rate of vaccination and since they themselves have conducted several analyses...
