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Medical societies recommend RSV vaccines for older or immune-compromised adults
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (920+ words) The American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends adults age 75 and older receive one dose of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, according to a statement yesterday. In its guidelines, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, the ACP said that adults age…...
Estimated effectiveness of this season’s flu vaccine against medically attended illness in low to mid range
3+ week, 3+ day ago (804+ words) Argonne National Laboratory / Flickr cc The effectiveness of this season's flu vaccine in Canada is 40% against medically attended infection with influenza A(H3N2) viruses, 37% against newly emerged and predominant subclade K of the H3N2 strain, and 31% against the H1N1 influenza A strain, an'interim…...
WHO’s assessment shows improved flu vaccines could save up to 6 million lives
3+ week, 6+ day ago (892+ words) A new report from World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that broad use of improved seasonal influenza vaccines could prevent 6.6 to 18billion additional influenza cases, 2.3 to 6.2million deaths, and 21 to 57million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) globally between 2025 and 2050. The Full Value of Improved Influenza…...
Current flu vaccine provides moderate protection against severe disease, interim analyses suggest
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (542+ words) Strelciuc Dumitru / iStock Two new analyses, one from France and one from China, suggest that seasonal influenza vaccination provided moderate protection during the early months of the 202526 flu season, despite the rapid spread of influenza A(H3N2) subclade K viruses, which…...
Adults largely don't need tetanus, diphtheria vaccine boosters, researchers say
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (782+ words) Blake Patterson / Flickr cc With certain exceptions, US adults could safely forego tetanus and diphtheria booster vaccination'if uptake of childhood vaccines stays high, an Oregon Health & Science University'led research team wrote yesterday in'Clinical Microbiology Reviews. Discontinuing the 10-year doses could…...
Combo flu-COVID vaccine shows good immune response, safety in older adults
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (374+ words) The combined vaccine elicited higher immune response against SARS-CoV-2. Yesterday in JAMA, authors published promising results from a phase 3 trial on the safety and immunogenicity of a combined seasonal flu and COVID vaccine, Moderna's mRNA-1083, in adults 50 and older. Overall,…...