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FDA authorizes COVID boosters for all U.S. adults
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet on Nov. 19 to review the science supporting a more widespread need for booster...
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ACIP simplifies adult vaccinations for HepB and pneumonia
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recently updated its recommendations on adult vaccinations for hepatitis B and...
Conference Coverage
mRNA COVID vaccine response found mostly robust in RA, SLE patients
A trial found that immunosuppressed adults with autoimmune disease had a robust antibody response to the mRNA vaccine with no excess adverse...
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Pfizer seeks EUA expansion for COVID-19 booster
Pfizer is submitting a study of booster effects on 10,000 people to make its case.
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COVID vaccines’ protection dropped sharply over 6 months: Study
“Although vaccination remains protective against SARS-CoV-2 infection, protection waned as the Delta variant emerged in the U.S.”
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ACIP recommends HBV vaccination for all adults under 60
“The past decade has illustrated that risk-based screening has got us as far as it can take us.”
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Success of HPV vaccination: ‘Dramatic’ reduction in cervical cancer
Among young women who received the HPV vaccine when they were 12-13 years old, cervical cancer rates are 87% lower than among previous...
Commentary
Q&A: Meeting the challenge of giving COVID vaccines to younger kids
Pediatric experts share best practices for meeting the challenges of immunizing children aged 5-11 years.
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CDC endorses Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for young kids
No cases of myocarditis were seen in the studies, but myocarditis is a very rare side effect, and the studies were too small to pick up these...
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FDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids
As soon as the CDC’s director signs off on those recommendations, children can get the shots, perhaps as early as Nov. 3.
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CDC: Urgency remains to vaccinate children
"There's urgency because we're seeing disease in children, we've seen deaths in children, we've seen long COVID," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky,...