Detailing the importance of immunization and clarifying the concept of herd immunity to patients is a worthwhile conversation at any time but especially relevant in the COVID-19 era, rife with an abundance of information and misinformation. A good way to approach the subject is to change the terminology. “Herd immunity originally applied to farm animals,”…
Review of the Advisory Committee Immunization Practices updates to the pediatric immunization schedule and significant revisions to the adult immunization schedule.
Moderna is charging $37 a dose for its experimental vaccine, which is far more than what other companies say they plan to charge for their vaccines.
When a COVID-19 vaccine is approved, there should be plenty of it available.
Interim results from the phase 1/2 COV001 trial evaluating the vaccine candidate ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) showed that vaccination led to strong immune responses against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in all evaluated participants.
A global COVID-19 vaccine initiative has been formed with the objective of ensuring fair distribution of vaccines worldwide, but it may benefit rich countries more than poor nations.
Participants demonstrated high levels of neutralizing antibody activity that exceeded those seen in convalescent sera obtained from persons with confirmed COVID-19.
A mathematical model shows that SARS-CoV-2 disease-induced herd immunity level may be lower than the classical model assuming homogenous immunization.
Pfizer and BioNTech SE announced positive preliminary results from the phase 1/2 study evaluating the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of escalating doses of the vaccine candidate BNT162b1 against COVID-19.
Young children experiencing an initial vaccine-proximate (VP) febrile seizure (FS) do not have increased risk of developmental or behavioral problems.
