Experts at Cincinnati Children’s and Children’s Hospital Colorado say findings could enable more at-risk children to be protected from measles, mumps, and chicken pox Live vaccinations provided to children who...
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Health Literacy AsiaSouth Korean study shows COVID-19 vaccination safe and effective in early pregnancy
COVID-19 vaccination is safe and effective before and during early pregnancy, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Korean Medical Science. Although clinical data has indicated reduced morbidity...
COVID vaccination in female, male partners does not increase risk of miscarriage
Multiple studies have shown that the COVID-19 vaccines do not lead to infertility or pregnancy complications such as miscarriage, but many people are still wary of adverse effects from the vaccine on pregnancy. A new...
Preterm infants protected by maternal COVID-19 vaccination, NIH-funded study suggest
Preterm infants born to people who have been vaccinated for COVID-19 had roughly the same levels of antibodies to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 as term infants born to vaccinated people, according to a study funded by...
The promise and challenges of dual vaccination
Four years out from the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic, a new study explores the extent to which COVID-19 and influenza vaccines are being distributed and employed simultaneously, particularly among high-risk...
Global childhood vaccination hits plateau, with 35 million not fully protected from measles
Global childhood immunization progress leveled off in 2023, with 2.7 million more children with no or insufficient protection against serious diseases than in 2019, highlighting the need for an immunization push and to...
New findings indicate COVID vaccination in pregnancy is safe: No increase in birth defects observed
A new study adds to the growing body of literature demonstrating the safety of COVID-19 vaccine use in pregnant women. The study, published in BMJ, showed no connection between COVID-19 vaccination or infection in the...
Incidence of heart attacks and strokes was lower after COVID-19 vaccination, finds study of 46 million adults
A new study, published today in Nature Communications and involving nearly the whole adult population of England, has found that the incidence of heart attacks and strokes was lower after COVID-19 vaccination...
Preventive vaccination could be a key strategy against Lassa fever and the next pandemic
Researchers at the University of Liverpool and the University of Oxford have for the first time been able to estimate the current burden of Lassa fever, project the impacts of a Lassa fever vaccination programme and...
Artificial lymphoid organs could help predict efficacy of booster vaccines
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur in France have developed artificial “lymphoid organ-chips” that recreate much of the human immune system’s response to booster vaccines. The technology, described in an article to be...