Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Moderna has developed a new and improved version of its COVID-19 vaccine. The unique formulation (mRNA-1283) reduces the vaccine’s content from the full-length SARS-CoV-2 spike protein…
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Protect yourself and loved ones with the new RSV vaccines
Transmission electron micrograph of RSV. Credit: CDC/ Dr. Erskine Palmer / Public Domain National medicine regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), recently approved the world’s first vaccines to prevent…
Here’s what to know this fall and winter
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As colder weather sets in, COVID rates are once more rising across the Northern Hemisphere, with several new variants on the scene. Here’s what you need…
Updated COVID shots are coming. They’re part of a trio of vaccines to block fall viruses
Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, receives a flu vaccine from Nurse Practitioner Whitney Goggans at the Atlanta Press Club, where Cohen spoke about…
Making sure you don’t get RSV this winter: An expert offers tips
by Todd A. Mahr, MD, Executive Medical Director, American College Of Allergy, Asthma And Immunology Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common viral infection that affects people of all ages,…
UN committee urges rich world to lift COVID jab patents
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A UN anti-racism committee on Thursday urged rich countries—particularly Britain, Germany, Switzerland and the United States—to waive coronavirus vaccine patents and said they violated a guarantee…
Athletes have no reason to be concerned by their COVID-19 vaccine this winter but timing matters
Credit: CC0 Public Domain It is now almost a rule of thumb: As soon as an athlete falls to the ground with a sudden cardiac arrest, social media is awash…
Tainted love: Misinformation drives ‘vaccine-free’ dating
A slew of dating websites, apps and social media groups are seeking to unite singles opposed to vaccines. In a private dating group on Facebook, Renee flaunts herself to like-minded…
Study proposes new bioinformatic approach to design better vaccines
Credit: National Cancer Institute A new paper in Biology Methods & Protocols, published by Oxford University Press, shows it may be possible to design vaccines that will induce a stronger…
How a combination of COVID lawsuits and media coverage keeps misinformation churning
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Public health has had its day in court lately. And another day. And another day. Over the course of the pandemic, lawsuits came from every direction,…
