Credit: Karolina Kaboompics from Pexels A new paper in the Journal of Public Health finds that highlighting the harms of not getting vaccinated is a more effective message than emphasizing…
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Gut bacteria composition influences rotavirus vaccine efficacy
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Certain types of gut bacteria can hinder the efficacy of the rotavirus vaccine, according to researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.…
This year’s new COVID shot has been approved by FDA
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain This year’s newly formulated COVID vaccines are expected to start shipping in the next few days after the FDA on August 22 officially approved and authorized…
CDC and local experts anticipate new fall COVID vaccines in September
Credit: Maksim Goncharenok from Pexels As COVID-19 settles into a permanent presence in our lives, annual vaccinations are becoming the norm. Earlier this month, an official from the Centers for…
Confirmation from the first global meta-analysis
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Dengue vaccine has an efficacy rate of over 50% in reducing disease cases, with lasting effects and a very good safety profile. This is confirmed…
Research shows spike gene mutations do not correlate with increased SARS-CoV-2 variant severity
A visual representation of the novel in silico methodology used in the study: prediction of protein structure, molecular docking simulations, and statistical analysis of computational metrics. Credit: UNC Charlotte New…
More African nations focus on HPV vaccination against cervical cancer, but hesitancy remains
A health worker administers a cervical cancer vaccine HPV Gardasil to a girl on the street in Ibadan, Nigeria, on May 27, 2024. African countries have some of the world’s…
Study suggests staying current with COVID-19 vaccinations helps combat emerging variants
A COVID-19 vaccine is prepped at an OHSU clinic. New research from OHSU reveals a strong immune response to an updated vaccine in the fall of 2023, suggesting a clear…
Oral vaccine for UTI is potential alternative to antibiotics, finds 9-year study
Credit: Sora Shimazaki from Pexels Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) can be prevented for up to nine years in more than half of people given an oral spray-based vaccine and…
Swedish study indicates decline of neutralizing antibodies to mpox virus during the first month after vaccination
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024) in Barcelona, Spain (27–30 April) shows that even…
