Vaccines
Feature
Have long COVID? Newest booster vaccines may help you
‘A bivalent booster might actually [help with] your long COVID,’ epidemiologist said.
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Infant BCG vaccine protects only those under age 5 years
Although infant BCG vaccination is important to young children who are at high risk for tuberculosis, it does not prevent adult-type cavitary...
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Pfizer applies for FDA authorization for Omicron-retooled vaccine booster in kids under 5
If authorized, children would receive the primary series consisting of two doses of the original Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine and one shot of the...
Feature
Covid vax prevents death in children regardless of variant
But the vaccine’s effectiveness decreased over time.
Conference Coverage
People living with HIV are a model population for vaccination
The PLWH community can still offer valuable insights into effective ways to reach out to people.
Feature
More vaccinated people dying of COVID as fewer get booster shots
But the case for the effectiveness of vaccines and boosters versus skipping the shots remains strong.
Feature
AAP issues guidelines to combat rise in respiratory illness
The group outlines measures to optimize resources to manage a surge of patients.
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EHR reminders boost well-child visits, vax rates
More children in a mostly low-income cohort completed the visits and got COVID vaccines when they got an automated reminder through a patient...
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Birth method affects microbiome and vaccination response
Babies born vaginally have a different microbiome to those born by Caesarean section and have heightened responses to childhood vaccinations.
From the Journals
Flu vaccination associated with reduced stroke risk
“What we were most surprised by was the sheer magnitude of the effect and that it existed across different adult age groups, for both sexes, and...
Opinion
More children should be getting flu vaccines
As of the week ending Oct. 15, only about 22.1% of eligible children had been immunized.