Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why whooping cough now? Resurgence of pertussis is relative, says expert
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is on the rise as we head into the new school year.
Aug 28, 2024
0
15
News tagged with booster vaccine
Vaccination
New Covid vaccines out in US 'in the coming days'
US health authorities on Thursday approved updated versions of Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines, with the companies saying the jabs will be available "in the coming days."
Aug 23, 2024
0
0
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Malaria vaccine candidate provides lasting protection in trials
Two trials of an experimental malaria vaccine in healthy Malian adults found that all three tested regimens were safe. The findings are published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.
Aug 15, 2024
0
26
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Multiple sclerosis study finds COVID-19 vaccine not tied to relapse
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) have an increased risk of severe coronavirus infection, but there has been concern regarding potential relapse after vaccination. A new study finds that people with MS may not have a higher ...
Aug 14, 2024
0
52
Gerontology & Geriatrics
Prioritizing the elderly for COVID boosters reduces overall deaths in range of socio-economic settings, study finds
When COVID-19 booster vaccines are in short supply, prioritizing the elderly over other age groups for booster vaccination results in the lowest loss of life, reports Robin Thompson at the University of Oxford and colleagues, ...
Aug 8, 2024
0
2
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New tuberculosis vaccine candidate shows promise with post-translational modifications
Tuberculosis is still one of the deadliest infectious diseases, causing over one million deaths each year worldwide. Additionally, about one-fourth of the world's population carries Mycobacterium tuberculosis without showing ...
Jun 19, 2024
0
10
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows effectiveness of updated COVID-19 vaccines wanes moderately over time, is lower against current variants
Boosters that target the omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 are still providing reasonably durable protection against infection, hospitalization and death from COVID-19, according to new data from a study led by researchers ...
May 30, 2024
0
0
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A third COVID vaccine dose improves defense for some clinically extremely vulnerable patients
A major clinical trial has found that an additional COVID-19 vaccine dose led to the majority of clinically extremely vulnerable people mounting defensive antibodies against COVID-19.
May 8, 2024
0
89
Health
Text nudges can increase uptake of COVID-19 boosters—if they play up a sense of ownership of the vaccine
New research published in Nature Human Behavior suggests that text nudges encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, which had proven effective in prior real-world field tests, are also effective at prompting people ...
Mar 18, 2024
0
1
Vaccination
Investing in a universal COVID-19 vaccine would be worth it
Four years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease is still responsible for more than 3,000 U.S. deaths a month, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Mar 6, 2024
0
0
