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Congo finally begins mpox vaccinations with donations from Europe and U.S.

Mon, 2024-10-07 11:15 — mike kraft

Congo finally begins mpox vaccinations in a drive to slow outbreaks Congolese authorities have started vaccinations against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several other African countries and beyond was declared a global emergency. AP News

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Getting a Covid Shot During Pregnancy Is Important --new data

Mon, 2024-10-07 10:36 — mike kraft

Here’s Why Getting a Covid Shot During Pregnancy Is Important - KFF Health News New data from the CDC shows covid vaccination during pregnancy is key to protecting vulnerable newborns from the virus. paulavirna KFF Health News

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RSV: Can be deadly for older adults. Information about symptoms and the new vaccine

Mon, 2024-10-07 10:30 — mike kraft

RSV can be deadly—especially for older adults. Why aren’t more of them getting the new vaccine? About 6,000 to 10,000 people 65 and older die from RSV in the U.S. annually, the CDC says. Lindsey Leake Fortune

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Flu vaccine lowered risk of hospitalization in Southern Hemisphere by 35% , lower than in past -- CDC

Mon, 2024-10-07 10:08 — mike kraft

Flu vaccine lowered risk of hospitalization in Southern Hemisphere by 35%: CDC This year's flu vaccine reduced the risk of hospitalization in the Southern Hemisphere but wasn't as effective as the one used in the prior season, a new CDC study found. ABC News ABC News

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WHO recommends pregnant women to get vaccinations and antibody therapy to prevent RSV in infants

Tue, 2024-10-01 09:21 — mike kraft

WHO recommends maternal shot and antibody therapy to prevent RSV in infants The recommendations, to administer both the shot and the antibody or either, come after the WHO's strategic advisory group on immunization met last week. For countries that decide to use a maternal vaccine, WHO said it recommends a single shot in the third trimester of pregnancy. Drugmaker Pfizer's shot is approved in the United States for use in women during the middle of the third trimester of pregnancy to protect their babies. Yahoo News

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COVID vaccinations during pregnancy protects newborns from hospitalization --data

Tue, 2024-10-01 09:08 — mike kraft

Getting the COVID vaccine during pregnancy protects newborns from hospitalization Babies under six months can't be vaccinated directly against COVID. A new study found that most infants hospitalized for COVID had mothers who didn’t get the vaccine while they were pregnant. KFF Health News

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WHO’s Africa mRNA Vaccine Hub Faces Uncertainty and Shortfalls --report

Mon, 2024-09-30 13:15 — mike kraft

WHO’s MRNA Vaccine Hub Faces Uncertainty And Shortfalls - Health Policy Watch The establishment of an “mRNA hub” in South Africa to build the capacity of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to develop vaccines during the COVID-19 Health Policy Watch

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The XEC Covid variant: assessment of contagion and vaccines

Fri, 2024-09-27 17:41 — mike kraft

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XEC, like countless others before it, is a part of the omicron family. The variant is closely related to KP.2, the strain targeted by the updated vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. And both XEC and KP.1 are descendants of the JN.1 strain, targeted by the updated Novavax vaccine.

“I think we have good reason to think that there will be substantial protection from the boosters that are available,” Hanage said.

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RSV: New vaccine 86% effective in protecting older people against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)--study

Fri, 2024-09-27 12:57 — mike kraft

Older people should take a new vaccine to protect them against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Older people should take a new vaccine to protect them against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), according to new research from the University of Aberdeen and the MRC-University of Glasgow Center for ... University of Glasgow Medical Xpress

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The challenges for physicians dealing with vaccine-hesitant patients --study

Fri, 2024-09-27 10:14 — mike kraft

Researchers share challenges, potential hope for discussing COVID-19 vaccines with hesitant patients As the updated COVID-19 vaccine becomes available this fall, a study published by UMass Chan Medical School researchers on primary care physicians' experience with vaccine-hesitant patients may shed light ... Susan E.W. Spencer Medical Xpress

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