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Vaccines: Why these young Africans are hesitant about them and what might change their minds

Vaccines have proven to be one of the most effective tools in fighting infectious diseases, but convincing people to get vaccinated can be tough. Especially young people.

Cardiology

FDA warns of heart risk with Pfizer, Moderna COVID vaccines

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered Pfizer and Moderna to expand their warning labels on COVID-19 vaccines.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

FDA requires trials of COVID shots for healthy kids and adults

U.S. regulators will no longer approve COVID booster shots for healthy adults and children without new studies, adding a costly requirement for drugmakers, though they will still be available for millions of high-risk Americans.

Vaccination

US limits COVID boosters to over-65s or those at high risk

The United States will limit COVID-19 boosters to people over 65 or those at risk of serious illness, while requiring vaccine makers to run fresh clinical trials before offering shots to younger and healthier individuals, ...

Immunology

New B meningococcus vaccine shows promise in early-stage trial

The outcome of a trial published in Science Translational Medicine, shows encouraging results for a new vaccine targeting group B meningococcus (MenB), a significant cause of meningococcal disease worldwide, and establishes ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Polio outbreak declared in Papua New Guinea

A polio outbreak has been declared in Papua New Guinea, sparking concern about the disease's spread in a country with low vaccination rates, health officials said.

Gerontology & Geriatrics

Increasing differences in older people's COVID-19 protection

Among older people in Sweden, vaccination against COVID-19 has shifted from a high and uniform level when the first vaccinations were provided to more uneven levels today. A national study shows both regional and socioeconomic ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Measles case at Dulles stresses the importance of vaccination

It's a nightmare scenario for public health officials: a traveler infected with a highly contagious virus passes through an airport while asymptomatic, unknowingly transmitting the disease to others and sparking a widespread ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Morocco fights measles outbreak amid vaccine misinformation

Authorities in Morocco have been scrambling to contain an outbreak of measles, a contagious and potentially fatal disease that had nearly been eradicated in the kingdom but has rebounded as vaccination rates have fallen.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A more affordable, lower-risk polio vaccine may be on the horizon

University of Leeds researchers have taken a major step towards producing a more affordable and lower-risk polio vaccine using virus-like particles (VLPs). These particles mimic the outer protein shell of poliovirus, but ...