Vaccination
Venezuela to buy 10 million doses of Russian COVID-19 vaccine
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Sunday that his government has agreed to buy 10 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19.
Nov 16, 2020
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Vaccination
New study examines long term effectiveness of live shingles vaccine
The effectiveness of the live zoster (shingles) vaccine is highest in the first year after vaccination and then wanes substantially. But it continues to provide some protection against shingles and its complications ten years ...
Nov 8, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID vaccination earlier in pregnancy leads to better antibody transfer to baby
Women who were vaccinated for COVID-19 earlier in their third trimester had a higher likelihood of passing protective antibodies to their newborn babies than women who received their vaccination closer to delivery, a new ...
Apr 2, 2021
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Vaccination
Moderna shares Covid-19 vaccine trial blueprints, Pfizer follows (Update)
US biotech firm Moderna, one of nine companies in the late stages of clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine, became the first to publish the complete blueprints of its study following calls for greater transparency.
Sep 17, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
India starts huge vaccine drive as global virus deaths top 2 million
India kicked off one of the world's largest coronavirus vaccination drives Saturday as the pandemic spread at a record pace and global COVID-19 deaths surged past two million.
Jan 16, 2021
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Immunology
Researchers discover mechanisms of mugwort pollen allergy, first step toward vaccine
A research team at MedUni Vienna has discovered key mechanisms of allergy to pollen from the common weed mugwort, thereby also laying the foundation for the development of the world's first vaccine. Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) ...
Jun 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How common are severe side effects from COVID vaccines? And how are they detected?
Former federal MP Dr. Kerryn Phelps has talked this week about the medical problems she and her wife had after their COVID-19 vaccinations around 18 months ago.
Dec 22, 2022
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Medications
How is the pharmaceutical industry responding to COVID-19?
As pharmaceutical companies work to develop potential vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, they are operating under extreme pressure—as well as the restrictions on movement and interaction that are affecting all of us. ...
Apr 6, 2020
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Vaccination
The world of vaccines, before and after COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed the world's relationship to vaccines, spurring unprecedented production and innovation even while poorer nations were left behind.
Apr 25, 2022
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Pediatrics
Babies in Tigray dying at 4 times pre-war levels, study says
Babies in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region are dying in their first month of life at four times the rate before the war cut off access to most medical care for over 5 million people, according to the most sweeping study ...
Oct 6, 2022
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