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Dengue spike in South America prompts vaccination drive as bug spray runs out

Thu, 2024-01-25 17:09 — mike kraft

South America dengue spike prompts vaccination drive as bug spray runs out | Reuters

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Emergency listing for Corbevax COVID vaccine approved by WHO

Wed, 2024-01-24 00:52 — mike kraft
WHO grants emergency listing for Corbevax COVID vaccine Non-exclusive licensing of the yeast strain by developers will allow others to develop effective, low-cost vaccines. CIDRAP

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved another COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use listing (EUL): Corbevax, a recombinant protein–based vaccine developed by scientists at Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.

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Analysis: Why demand for Covid shots is lower than for flu vaccinations

Mon, 2024-01-22 15:47 — mike kraft
Why many more people are lining up for a flu shot than a Covid vaccine Americans who regularly get a flu shot are just the type of people you’d expect would routinely get vaccinated against Covid. And yet many are not. Helen Branswell STAT
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First malaria vaccine program for children starts in Cameroon

Mon, 2024-01-22 15:10 — mike kraft
Cameroon starts world's first malaria vaccine program for children Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa. AP News

 

Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa.

The campaign due to start Monday was described by officials as a milestone in the decades-long effort to curb the mosquito-spread disease on the continent, which accounts for 95% of the world’s malaria deaths.

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Advice on staying health during cold, flu and COVID season

Fri, 2024-01-19 23:16 — mike kraft
How to stay healthy during cold, flu and COVID-19 season Getting through winter healthy means trying to protect yourself from respiratory viruses. January can be the worst month for these illnesses and vaccination rates are low. AP News

January can be the worst month for these illnesses. With vaccination rates low, what can you do to protect yourself from respiratory viruses, including influenza, COVID-19 and RSV?

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An estimated 14 million lives saved in Europe by COVID vaccines--study

Fri, 2024-01-19 15:00 — mike kraft
Experts estimate 1.4 million lives saved by COVID vaccines in Europe through March 2023 Most lives (67%) were saved during the Omicron period. CIDRAP

 

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Misinformation issue: Doctors worry about continued COVID misinformation in political season

Thu, 2024-01-18 22:32 — mike kraft
As COVID cases rise, doctors worry about the consequences of misinformation Misinformation is still shaping how people perceive the virus and tools designed to protect individuals and communities against COVID’s worst outcomes, public health experts and doctors say. PBS NewsHour

Seeing COVID rates hit another high, and vaccine uptake remain low, doctors don’t have an antidote for something they see as an ongoing risk factor: the spread of misinformation, including on the presidential campaign trail.

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UK study says thousands of Covid deaths could have been avoided if people were fully vaccinated

Tue, 2024-01-16 22:54 — mike kraft
Older people urged to get Covid jab as UK study shows avoidable deaths More than 7,000 hospital admissions and deaths could have been avoided if people had been fully vaccinated The Guardian
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Covid, flu vaccination rates are "incredibly low"--WHO

Fri, 2024-01-12 17:12 — mike kraft
WHO sees 'incredibly low' COVID, flu vaccination rates as cases surge Death rates have also ticked up among older adults in some regions, but remain far below the COVID pandemic peak. Jennifer Rigby,Julie Steenhuysen Reuters
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Sickle-cell patients at increased risk for severe COVID but have low vaccine rate -study

Thu, 2024-01-11 15:01 — mike kraft
Sickle-cell patients at increased risk for severe COVID but have low vaccine uptake Seventeen percent of children ages 5 to 11 with sickle-cell disease had been vaccinated, compared with 25% of their counterparts. CIDRAP
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