Vaccination
Why do some vaccines work better than others?
If someone is vaccinated against the measles virus, they likely won't get measles.
Mar 11, 2024
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News tagged with intramuscular injection
Vaccination
An mRNA COVID vaccine (and potentially more) with nanoparticles, no shot needed
A team of researchers has developed an inhalable vaccine that successfully protects against the COVID virus. It also opens the door to delivering other messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics for gene replacement therapy and other ...
Aug 20, 2023
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Medications
Lifesaving drug for severe bleeding after childbirth could be made accessible for all, study suggests
Intramuscular administration of tranexamic acid (TXA), a drug used to target severe bleeding after childbirth, is safe and quickly reaches therapeutic concentrations in pregnant women, according to a study involving researchers ...
Apr 5, 2023
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Cardiology
Delivery route for gender affirmation treatment may affect heart health
A comprehensive review of research into the delivery method of estrogen treatment (e.g., oral, intramuscular injection, transdermal patch, etc.) and cardiovascular risk in transgender women and gender-diverse people found ...
Nov 17, 2022
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HIV & AIDS
Three-dose hepatitis B vaccine regimen protects people with HIV
A three-dose course of the hepatitis B vaccine HEPLISAV-B has fully protected adults living with HIV who had never been vaccinated against or infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV), according to study findings presented ...
Oct 20, 2022
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Medical research
Messenger RNA technology shows promise for developing infectious disease therapeutics
Army scientists and industry partners were among the first to demonstrate that messenger RNA (mRNA)—the technology recently used in COVID-19 vaccines and others—could also be used to develop treatments for infectious ...
Jul 6, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Potential strategy to reduce fatigue after COVID-19 vaccination
Despite their strong effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are associated with adverse post-vaccination effects, such as fatigue; how can this be avoided? In a new study publishing May 31st in the ...
May 31, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 antibody 'cocktail' protects chronically ill: study
A monoclonal antibody cocktail against the COVID-19 virus discovered at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and developed by AstraZeneca reduced the risk of symptoms in a study of immunocompromised and chronically ill adults ...
Aug 20, 2021
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Cardiology
New way of giving life-saving drug will help frontline responders save the lives of trauma victims
TXA, a drug that prevents severe bleeding after injury by inhibiting blood clot breakdown, is most effective when given soon after injury. Every 15 minutes treatment delay reduces its lifesaving potential by 10%. However, ...
Oct 1, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dry powder inhalation could be a potent tool in COVID-19 antiviral treatment
The only antiviral drug currently used to treat SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, is remdesivir, but administering it is invasive and challenging. Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin are hoping ...
Jul 29, 2020
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