mRNA vaccines saved lives during the COVID-19 pandemic, but older people had less of an immune response to the vaccines than did younger adults. Why? Boston Children’s researchers, led by Byron Brook, Ph.D., and Ofer […]
The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine—known as PCV—prevents around 30 percent of pneumonia, the most common cause of childhood deaths worldwide.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
A paper shows how partnering with the community can lead to more inclusive health care, especially for individuals with autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities. The article, published in Pediatrics, details the success of a unique […]
Researchers at the University of Alberta looked at conversations between pharmacists and patients before and after an educational intervention to find out why some people refuse recommended pneumococcal vaccines and how pharmacists can help with […]
Vaccines that prevent smallpox and mpox come in two varieties. One uses a single shot of a live virus but carries the risk of serious side effects; the other, which is newer and made with […]
Hope is on the horizon for needle-phobic patients as Griffith University researchers have created a new influenza vaccine composition designed to be administered via the nose. Griffith University Principal Research Leader, Professor Bernd Rehm said […]
Current guidelines recommend that pregnant people receive a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)—which typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms in most adults but can be deadly for infants—during weeks 32–36 of pregnancy. New research led […]
A Northeastern University professor says public health experts are concerned that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is setting the stage for confusion about childhood vaccination schedules—even among parents who wish to have their children […]
Dr. Robert Jacobson, medical director for Mayo Clinic’s Primary Care Immunization Program, clears up some misconceptions about COVID-19 and the flu.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
The number of cases of meningitis and blood poisoning is decreasing, and this is clearly due to the inclusion, since 2006, of pneumococcal disease into the child immunization program.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
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