ALLMedicine™ Vaccines & Immunization Center

Mar 28th, 2023 - Although there has been an effective seasonal influenza vaccine available for more than 60 years, influenza continues to circulate and cause illness. The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) is very diverse in health systems capacities, capabilities...

Mar 28th, 2023 - This study investigated whether children with HLA-DQ-conferred risk for type 1 diabetes have an altered immune response to the widely-used enterovirus vaccine, namely poliovirus vaccine, and whether initiation of autoimmunity to pancreatic islets ...

Mar 28th, 2023 - Vaccinations against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have had a transformative impact on morbidity and mortality. However, the long-term impact of vaccination on patients with genitourinary cancers is currently unknown...

Mar 28th, 2023 - Metabolic reprogramming of immune cells modulates their function and reduces the severity of autoimmune diseases. However, the long-term effects of the metabolically reprogrammed cells, specifically in the case of immune flare-ups, need to be exam...

Mar 28th, 2023 - This study carried out a systematic literature review of economic evaluations of varicella vaccination programmes from the earliest publication to the present day, including programmes in the workplace and in special risk groups as well as univers...

Mar 27th, 2023 - There is growing concern that Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine fatigue will be a major obstacle in maintaining immunity in the general population. In this study, we assessed vaccine acceptance in future scenarios in two conjoint experim...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Experts have long understood that a new polio vaccine developed to try to minimize the risks associated with the oral polio vaccine made by Albert Sabin might also cause the problem it was created to sidestep. It’s now clear that theoretical risk ...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Through ongoing surveillance, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has received notification of the detection of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) linked with...

Mar 15th, 2023 - Recent studies have shown that people who are immunocompromised may inadvertently play a role in spurring the mutations of the virus that create new variants. This is because some immunocompromised individuals remain at risk of getting COVID-19 de...

Mar 13th, 2023 - Vaccination is a major strategy to control a viral pandemic. Simple behavioral interventions that might boost vaccine responses have yet to be identified. We conducted meta-analyses to summarize the evidence linking the amount of sleep obtained in...

Mar 27th, 2023 - There is growing concern that Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine fatigue will be a major obstacle in maintaining immunity in the general population. In this study, we assessed vaccine acceptance in future scenarios in two conjoint experim...

Mar 24th, 2023 - This phase 2 clinical trial will evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of additional doses of prototype and variant (alone or in combination) vaccine candidates in previously vaccinated participants with or without prior severe acute respiratory ...

Mar 24th, 2023 - AIMS The specific research objectives of this study are: To investigate the overall and type-specific prevalence, incidence and persistence of cervical HPV infection in OTRs compared to immunocompetent controls. To investigate the overall and type...

Mar 23rd, 2023 - RSV is the most common viral cause of serious acute lower respiratory illness (LRI) in infants and children under 5 years of age around the world. RSV illness can range from mild upper respiratory tract illness (URI) to severe LRI, including bronc...

Mar 23rd, 2023 - Background: PD-1/PD-L1 signaling appears to be a major inhibitor of activated T cell anti-tumor immune responses. The rapid, deep and durable responses seen in various malignancies with PD-1/PD-L1 targeted agents demonstrate that blockade of this ...

I joined CDC in 2010, after working for the Connecticut Department of Public Health, because I wanted to protect people’s health in the whole country, not just in one state. Currently, I work for the National Center for Immunization and Respirator...

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Mar 29th, 2023 - Cardiovascular events were not more likely for recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA bivalent booster compared with the original monovalent booster, according to French researchers. Their population-based study found no evidence of an in...

Mar 29th, 2023 - Note that some links may require subscriptions. A Florida woman wanted to talk to the hospital about her 4-year-old son's bill, but hospital officials said they couldn't speak with her because the bill was in her son's name. (NPR) The FDA approved...

Mar 28th, 2023 - Two groups of long COVID patients -- those hospitalized for acute COVID, and those with mild SARS-CoV-2 infection who weren't hospitalized -- had different neurologic manifestations, prospective data showed. Long COVID patients who were hospitaliz...