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Controlled human infection study paves the way to improving vaccines and therapeutics development
A first-of-its-kind study led by the University of Oxford has successfully investigated human immunity against COVID-19 in people who already have antibodies against it. The results suggest that previous infection, together ...
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Experimental vaccine targets portions of the flu virus that don't change
Duke researchers have opened a new avenue in the attack against influenza viruses by creating a vaccine that encourages the immune system to target a portion of the virus surface that is less variable.
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Q&A: AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and blood clots—what you need to know
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca admitted in court this week that its COVID-19 vaccine can cause a rare but deadly blood-clotting condition that has become the central focus of a class-action lawsuit worth potentially $125 ...
May 1, 2024
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Study identifies immunity threshold for protection against COVID-19 in children
As COVID-19 becomes endemic, an important group of people who continue to require vaccination is future birth cohorts of children. Yet, in the face of everchanging variants, as well as the waning of antibodies with time after ...
Apr 30, 2024
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EU drug watchdog urges COVID-19 vaccine update
The EU's drug watchdog urged Tuesday that anti-COVID jabs be updated before another round of vaccinations to counter a new variant of the virus, which is still claiming thousands of lives.
Apr 30, 2024
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SARS-CoV-2 vaccine does not increase new-onset seizure risk
There is no risk for new-onset seizure incidence for individuals receiving a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine versus placebo, according to a review published online April 29 in JAMA Neurology.
Apr 30, 2024
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Microarray patches safe and effective for vaccinating children, trial shows
A Phase I/II randomized trial compared results from the measles and rubella vaccine delivered by a microarray patch, a small sticking plaster-like device with an array of microscopic projections that painlessly penetrate ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Pandemic fatigue and vaccine hesitancy continue to affect global public health, new 23-country study finds
While it found that global uptake of at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose was robust, a new survey published in Nature Medicine revealed mixed signals about the current acceptance of vaccines generally, especially COVID-19 ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Study finds school entry requirements linked to increased HPV vaccination rates
A new study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that school entry requirements are linked to an increase in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations.
Apr 29, 2024
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The path to a better tuberculosis vaccine runs through Montana
A team of Montana researchers is playing a key role in the development of a more effective vaccine against tuberculosis, an infectious disease that has killed more people than any other.
Apr 29, 2024
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Cervical cancer vaccine roll-out shows efficacy in reducing cervical cancer and other HPV-related disease
With the creation of safe and efficacious vaccines to target human papillomavirus in the first decade of this century, WHO has an ambitious target to lower cervical cancer incidence (mostly caused by HPV) and mortality by ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Research finds negativity about vaccines surged on Twitter after COVID-19 shots became available
There was a marked increase in negativity about vaccines on Twitter after COVID-19 vaccines became available, according to a presentation at the ESCMID Global Congress (formerly ECCMID) in Barcelona, Spain (27–30 April).
Apr 29, 2024
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Global measles cases almost double in a year, say researchers
Measles outbreaks are still occurring and in some cases increasing, among a wide variety of countries, raising concerns of an acceleration similar to just before the COVID pandemic. Dr. Patrick O'Connor, of WHO Headquarters, ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Trial shows lower dose of mpox vaccine is safe, generates six-week antibody response equivalent to standard regimen
A dose-sparing intradermal mpox vaccination regimen was safe and generated an antibody response equivalent to that induced by the standard regimen at six weeks (two weeks after the second dose), according to findings presented ...
Apr 29, 2024
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The continuous dangers that polio and the other enteroviruses pose
Consistently high vaccination rates and global health surveillance programs have helped eliminate poliomyelitis (polio) in almost all countries of the world, except Afghanistan and Pakistan. Yet non-polio enteroviruses can ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Undocumented Latinx patients got COVID-19 vaccine at same rate as US citizens, study finds
For undocumented Latinx patients who sought care in the emergency room during the pandemic, the reported rate of having received the COVID-19 vaccine was found to be the same as U.S. citizens, a new UCLA Health study found.
Apr 26, 2024
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Experimental malaria monoclonal antibody protective in Malian children
One injected dose of an experimental malaria monoclonal antibody was 77% effective against malaria disease in children in Mali during the country's six-month malaria season, according to the results of a mid-stage clinical ...
Apr 26, 2024
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Vaccines have a crucial role in tackling antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. In 2019, it caused over 1 million deaths globally and was linked to almost 5 million.
Apr 26, 2024
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Long flu season winds down in US
The U.S. flu season appears to be over. It was long, but it wasn't unusually severe.
Apr 26, 2024
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Study confirms effectiveness of bivalent COVID-19 vaccine
A major bivalent COVID-19 vaccine induces production of neutralizing antibodies against the coronavirus that circulated at the start of the pandemic as well as subvariants of omicron, albeit less abundantly, according to ...
Apr 25, 2024
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