Category: Vaccine Headlines
Flu Vaccine Uptake Tripled With Simple Promotion
MedPageToday Just asking ED patients whether they wanted a flu shot doubled uptake. A few simple interventions boosted flu vaccine uptake for patients waiting at the emergency department [ED], according to the cluster-randomized, controlled PROFLUVAXED trial. People in ED waiting areas who consented to view a 3-minute video with a scripted message, read a one-page […]
Apr 2, 2024
Moderna’s next-gen COVID vax surpasses approved version in phase 3
Fierce Biotech Moderna’s next-gen COVID vaccine notched a higher immune response than its licensed counterpart, passing a phase 3 test. No data accompanied the company’s announcement Tuesday, with Moderna saying more would be revealed at its vaccine day on Wednesday. But the company said mRNA-1283 elicited a higher immune response against both the omicron BA.4/BA.5 and original […]
Mar 27, 2024
How Often Should Immunocompromised People Get a COVID Booster?
MedPageToday Preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection in immunocompromised people hasn’t gotten any easier as the pandemic trundles on into its fifth year. The monoclonal antibody tixagevimab-cilgavimab (Evusheld) has long gone by the wayside for pre-exposure prophylaxis and no replacements are on the horizon. Other prevention strategies among the general population, such as mask-wearing, have all but disappeared. […]
Mar 19, 2024
Early Stroke Scare With Bivalent COVID Vaccines Unsupported by Large Study
Medical News Today Investigation of an early signal for stroke associated with COVID-19 bivalent vaccines turned into suspicion of high-dose or adjuvanted flu shots instead, based on a large U.S. population-based study. When researchers inspected a large Medicare database, they found no evidence of a significantly elevated risk for stroke at 1-21 days or 22-42 […]
Mar 19, 2024
COVID vaccines can cut post-infection heart failure, blood clot risk
The Hill The COVID-19 vaccine can cut the risk of heart failure and blood clots after a COVID-19 infection, a new study in the British Medical Journal found. Previous studies found that a SARS-CoV-2 infection can trigger cardiac and thromboembolic complications, and the risk for a person infected remains high for a year after becoming […]
Mar 19, 2024
Latest COVID Shots Protect Against Serious Outcomes
MedPageToday The recently updated COVID vaccines showed protection against serious virus-related outcomes in immunocompetent adults, data from the CDC’s IVY and VISION networks showed. From September 2023 to January 2024, vaccine effectiveness (VE) against COVID-related emergency department or urgent care encounters landed at 47% (95% CI 44-50), while protection against hospitalizations associated with the coronavirus […]
Mar 5, 2024
FDA advisory panel recommends a streamlined flu vaccine for next fall
STAT When Americans line up for flu vaccines next fall, they will almost certainly be getting vaccines that no longer contain protection against a family of flu viruses that appears to be extinct. Experts who advise the Food and Drug Administration on vaccine-related issues voted unanimously on Tuesday to recommend that the FDA approve trivalent flu […]
Mar 5, 2024
Man Receives Hundreds Of Covid-19 Vaccines
Forbes Scientists have studied the immune system of a man in Germany who claims to have received 217 Covid-19 vaccines. The researchers were concerned that the man’s immune system might have become exhausted with such frequent and numerous challenges with vaccines against the same virus, but actually found the opposite. Their analysis published in the […]
Mar 5, 2024
CDC may recommend a spring Covid booster for some groups
NBC People who are most vulnerable to Covid complications, such as older people and those with weak immune systems, may be able to get another dose for protection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering whether to recommend yet another Covid booster shot this spring, especially for people most at risk for severe […]
Feb 20, 2024
Ebola Vaccine Given Post-Infection Protects Against Death
MedPageToday Study reinforces importance of vaccinating at-risk groups as early as possible, authors say, Vaccination with the Ebola Zaire vaccine (rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP; Ervebo) was associated with a significantly lower risk of death in patients with confirmed Ebola disease, even for those vaccinated shortly after exposure to the virus, a retrospective analysis found. Among patients admitted to […]
Feb 13, 2024