Multidose BCG Protects Against COVID-19 in At-Risk Individuals
TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The multidose Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine offers protection against COVID-19 infection among COVID-19-unvaccinated individuals with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published online Aug. 15 …
Learn MoreCOVID-19 Risk for Dialysis Patients Tied to Antibody Response to Vaccine
TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — During the omicron-predominant period, three doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine were associated with improved protection against infection for patients receiving dialysis, but patients with low circulating sev…
Learn MoreU.K. Is First Country to Approve Moderna Omicron-Targeted Vaccine
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A COVID-19 booster that is targeted to the omicron variant will be available soon — and it has already been approved in Britain.
The U.K. Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency was the first to give t…
Learn MoreHow Worried Should You Be About New Reports on Polio?
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Poliovirus detected in New York City wastewater last week put public health officials on high alert, as it indicates the potentially paralyzing virus is circulating widely in the area.But infectious disease ex…
Learn MoreText Message Reminders Promote Receipt of Second Flu Shot
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Text message reminders effectively promote receipt of a second dose of influenza vaccine among children, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in Pediatrics.
Melissa S. Stockwell, M.D., M.P.H., fro…
Learn MoreU.K. Is First Country to Approve Moderna’s Omicron-Targeted COVID Vaccine
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A COVID-19 booster that’s targeted to the Omicron variant will be available soon — and it’s already been approved in Britain.The U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency was the first to give t…
Learn MoreCOVID Vaccine Safe for Pregnant Women: Study
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The most popular COVID-19 vaccines are safe to use in pregnancy, a large, new Canadian study has concluded.About 4% of pregnant women given an mRNA vaccine had a significant health event within a week of their…
Learn MoreCOVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Are Safe in Pregnancy
FRIDAY, Aug. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 mRNA vaccines have a good safety profile in pregnancy, according to a study published online Aug. 11 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Manish Sadarangani, D.Phil., from the BC Children’s Hospital…
Learn MoreCOVID-19 Vaccination Rates Lower Among Adults With Vision, Hearing Disability
FRIDAY, Aug. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 vaccine initiation is lower among adults with vision or hearing disabilities compared with adults without disabilities, according to a study published online Aug. 11 in JAMA Ophthalmology.Kea Turner, …
Learn MoreLa FDA estira el suministro de vacuna contra la viruela del simio al autorizar dosis más bajas
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay) — Mientras los estadounidenses en riesgo hacen largas colas en todo el país, para intentar obtener la vacuna Jynneos contra la viruela del simio, el martes las autoridades de EE. UU. anunciaron que modifica…
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