Vaccines
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How to have a safer and more joyful holiday season
Unfortunately, the risks associated with gathering are not over.
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COVID booster shot poll: People ‘don’t think they need one’
A new poll shows why so few people are willing to get the latest COVID booster.
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Vaccination cuts long COVID risk for rheumatic disease patients
Although it’s possible the higher proportion of Omicron cases in vaccinated patients accounted for lower rates of long COVID, differences in...
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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...
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Covid vax prevents death in children regardless of variant
But the vaccine’s effectiveness decreased over time.
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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.
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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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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...
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COVID bivalent booster better vs. recent Omicron subvariants: Pfizer
An ongoing phase 2 trail shows the vaccine offered the strongest protection in people older than 55 years.
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Original COVID-19 vaccines fall short against Omicron subvariants for the immunocompromised
Findings from a CDC-supported study suggest that updated, bivalent boosters targeting recently circulating Omicron subvariants may benefit adults...