Vaccination
India and China clear needle-free COVID-19 vaccines
India and China have cleared a new approach in COVID-19 vaccination—two needle-free options, one a squirt in the nose and the other inhaled through the mouth.
Sep 6, 2022
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Cardiology
Data from Israel: Myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccines remain rare, highest risk in young males
A new study from Israel found that the risk of developing myocarditis among males ages 16 to 19 years was about 1 in 15,000 after a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, and the cases were rare and mild, according ...
Sep 5, 2022
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Immunology
What you need to know about bivalent boosters for COVID-19
The SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant has frustrated citizens and experts alike with its ability to evade immunity from vaccines and prior infections.
Sep 1, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Three COVID-19 vaccines may provide greater protection from COVID-19 infections than two
Two vaccine doses provide only limited and short-lived protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection with the omicron variant. A study publishing September 1 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Mie Agermose Gram at Statens ...
Sep 1, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monkeypox: The next global vaccine equity failure?
Inequitable access to COVID-19 vaccines has turned out to be the catastrophic moral failure the World Health Organization's director-general warned about at the beginning of 2021.
Aug 30, 2022
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Cardiology
Innovative randomized trial hints at mortality benefits with high-dose influenza vaccines
In an innovative, pragmatic randomized trial, high-dose influenza vaccination in older adults was associated with a reduction in the risk of death by 49% and in the incidence of hospitalization for influenza or pneumonia ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Expect a different flu season: Why you'll want to be vaccinated for flu
COVID-19 may be the most prominent virus of concern in the U.S. now, but public health officials also are preparing for seasonal influenza. And indications are it could be a different season than what the U.S. experienced ...
Aug 25, 2022
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Vaccination
Swiss to buy monkeypox vaccines after criticism over delay
Switzerland, which until now has had no access to monkeypox vaccines, will buy a total of 100,000 doses, including 40,000 jabs aimed to rein in the current outbreak, Bern said Wednesday.
Aug 24, 2022
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Vaccination
Pfizer COVID shots appear 73% effective in children under 5
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine was 73% effective in protecting children younger than 5 as omicron spread in the spring, the company announced Tuesday.
Aug 23, 2022
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Ophthalmology
Caffeine metabolite may slow progression of short-sight (myopia) in children
A metabolite of caffeine, known as 7-MX, may slow the progression of short-sightedness, also known as myopia, in children, suggests observational research published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
Aug 22, 2022
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