People who have received solid organ transplants and take immunosuppressant medications to prevent rejection are among those most susceptible to the damaging effects of COVID-19, including breakthrough infections, severe ...
Jul 2, 2024
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Summer: A hallowed time for barbecues, parties, vacations, and visits, and, for many over the past three years, a time of anxiety about how to engage in those vaunted activities without spreading disease.
Jul 11, 2022
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The EU's drug watchdog on Wednesday approved an updated version of Pfizer and BioNTech's anti-Covid jab to counter an infectious subvariant of the virus as winter approaches.
Aug 30, 2023
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Boston University is refuting a series of misleading claims about research at the University's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL). The reports, which first appeared on Monday in the United Kingdom's ...
Oct 19, 2022
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By now more than 70% of the UK population have received a third COVID vaccination, or a booster. Many people who are older or at higher risk from COVID have had a fourth or even a fifth dose. But for how long and how often ...
Oct 24, 2022
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What is the new variant, how is it different, and how concerned should we be?
Nov 29, 2021
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Headlines are again warning of a new COVID variant in Australia. This time it's LB.1, or as some experts have dubbed it, "D-FLiRT."
Jul 23, 2024
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new recommendations for COVID-19 booster vaccinations. The shots, called bivalent vaccines, are designed to protect people from the original coronavirus ...
Sep 19, 2022
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If the omicron variant of the coronavirus is different enough from the original variant, it's possible that existing vaccines won't be as effective as they have been. If so, it's likely that companies will need to update ...
Dec 3, 2021
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Immunology and Infectious Disease Researcher and Senior Lecturer Dr. Hillary Vanderven is working against the clock with World Health Organization (WHO) experts reporting the next flu pandemic is a matter of when, not if.
May 31, 2024
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