Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that the gut microbiome can influence how well people respond to mRNA COVID vaccines. The study, published in the journal npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, suggests ...
Jan 4, 2024
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One year after mass vaccination against COVID-19 was launched, inactivated virus vaccines accounted for half of the doses administered worldwide. Now, a large observational study performed in Brazil and co-led by Fiocruz ...
Oct 6, 2022
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Pox viruses are able to get a head start on infecting a host by delivering a package of proteins that directly interferes with the body's innate immune system.
Jul 14, 2022
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Peptides encoded by unexplored regions of the SARS-CoV-2 genome provoke strong immune responses compared to other known peptides.
Jun 2, 2021
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Narratives are a powerful tool that can help explain complex issues, but they can also serve as sources of misinformation, which presents a challenge as public health agencies work to educate people about COVID-19 vaccine.
Apr 13, 2021
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Neuroscientists at UCL have found no significant association between COVID-19 and the potentially paralysing and sometimes fatal neurological condition Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Dec 14, 2020
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Malaria infects hundreds of millions of people every year, and kills more than half a million, most of them under the age of 5 years. There is no vaccine.
May 9, 2016
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In February 2024 the World Health Organization announced southern Africa was suffering the deadliest regional outbreak of cholera in at least a decade. At the epicenter of the disaster were Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Two years after Brazil began emerging from its pandemic horror show thanks to a massive immunization campaign, officials face a paradoxical predicament: vaccination rates have plunged, and not just for COVID-19.
Jul 10, 2023
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A study conducted in Serrana, a small town in São Paulo state used as a model for COVID-19 vaccination in Brazil, shows that mass vaccination reduced the severe case and death rates even while the gamma and delta variants ...
Dec 21, 2022
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