National Institutes of Health officials have urged scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications, two researchers said, in a move that signaled the agency might abandon a promising field […]
Knowing which vaccines older adults should get and hearing a clear recommendation from their health care provider about why a particular vaccine is important strongly motivated them to get vaccinated. That’s a key finding in […]
Christina Hermos, MD’03, MMSc, hasn’t seen a case of measles since she was doing a fellowship two decades ago. And that was a rare case, involving a child who had arrived from overseas.This article was […]
Measles vaccination rates among kindergarten students in the Philadelphia region have been declining since the COVID-19 pandemic, and are now below the so-called herd or community immunity rate needed to keep the highly contagious virus […]
The pandemic stretched us—our communication, our science, our distribution networks, even what it means to be a good citizen amid rapidly developing knowledge.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Virginia Tech infectious disease epidemiologist Lisa M. Lee explains why new measles cases are being reported around the country, not just in Texas, despite the illness being declared eliminated in the U.S. in the early […]
COVID-19 vaccination in early pregnancy (≤20 weeks of gestation) is not associated with increased prevalence of major structural birth defects, according to a study published online March 14 in Pediatrics.This article was originally published on […]
The best and the worst thing about vaccination, pediatrician Dr. Adam Ratner says, is that it “makes nothing happen.”This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
A study led by researchers at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University has uncovered the unique reasons behind the high vaccination rates among Israeli Arabs, a phenomenon rarely observed among minority groups globally. […]
Scientists at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) have uncovered key insights into how T cells—the body’s frontline immune soldiers—respond to infections like COVID-19. Their research suggests that the disease fighting functions of T cells […]
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