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Aadia Rana, M.D.
HIV/AIDS infection control • HIV/AIDS research • Health disparities • COVID-19
Paul Goepfert, M.D.
Infectious Diseases • Vaccines and vaccine research • COVID-19
The Delta variant poses a new threat to pregnant women. UAB women’s health and infectious disease experts discuss the effects of COVID-19 and the vaccines on pregnancy.
To schedule an appointment, visit UABMedicineVaccine.org, or call 205-975-1881 for assistance.
As the Delta variant continues to rip through the United States, Alabama’s low vaccination rates combined with the variant’s high transmissibility rates make for a deadly combination that can be stopped, experts say — if we all do the right thing.
Responsibility for the safety, integrity and scientific validity of the trials fell to 12 experts of the COVID-19 Vaccine Data and Safety Monitoring Board, who now have taken the unusual step of publishing details of their review process.
Preclinical tests at UAB last year showed potent systemic and mucosal immune responses in mice after a single intranasal dose. The vaccine candidate was developed by Maryland-based Altimmune Inc.
