Vaccines
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COVID bivalent booster better vs. recent Omicron subvariants: Pfizer
An ongoing phase 2 trail shows the vaccine offered the strongest protection in people older than 55 years.
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RSV vaccine given during pregnancy protects newborns: Pfizer
The company reported the vaccine prevented severe illness particularly well during the first 90 days of life, with measurable protection ......
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Shortage reported of antibiotic commonly used for children
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists issued an alert for the amoxicillin shortage last week via its real time drug shortage database...
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25 years of chickenpox vaccine: 91 million cases prevented
“The declines in deaths, let alone hospitalizations, were jaw-dropping. I hadn’t really seen a synthesis of the impact of one and two doses.”
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Vaccine adherence hinges on improving science communication
Regardless of novel scientific solutions to COVID, poor communication led to a resistance to accept the tested scientific solution, which...
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You and the skeptical patient: Who’s the doctor here?
“I spoke to him on many occasions about the dangers of COVID, but he just didn’t believe me.”
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA: Newborns protected by whooping cough vaccine
“This is the first vaccine approved specifically for use during pregnancy to prevent a disease in young infants whose mothers are vaccinated...
Livin' on the MDedge
Malaria vaccine gets special delivery by tiny health personnel
Plus: Sleeping and sweating the years away and dragon-sized embezzling from a cancer charity.
From the Journals
Can we eliminate measles and rubella worldwide?
“It’s essential to be hitting kids who haven’t already had a routine vaccine.”
ID Consult
Polio in 2022: Some concerns but vaccine still works
Regardless of the era in which one got polio vaccine, vaccine protection appears to persist indefinitely after three doses.
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N.Y. governor declares state disaster emergency to boost polio vaccination
“Do not wait to vaccinate.”