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Virus and Booster Apathy Could Be Fueling Long COVID
Less than 20% of Americans have received the latest COVID booster, according to research.
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HPV Vaccine Shown to Be Highly Effective in Girls Years Later
Researchers correlated the rate of cervical cancer per 100,000 person-years with data on women regarding vaccination status, age when vaccinated,...
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Shingles Vaccine Offers 4 Years of Protection
People who received two doses of the vaccine, regardless of when they received their second dose, experienced 79% vaccine effectiveness during the...
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The 2024 Adult Vaccine Schedule Changes Are Here
The newest vaccine additions to the 2024 schedule include RSV vaccines, the mpox vaccine, a new MenACWY-MenB combo vaccine, and the new 2023-2024...
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Some reasons to get off the fence about COVID booster
“The body of evidence from all these different studies converge on one single reality — that vaccines reduce the risk of long COVID.”
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Study: Unexpected vaginal bleeding rises after COVID vaccination
Researchers suggested it could have been connected to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the vaccines.
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Olfactory Hallucinations Following COVID-19 Vaccination
The rapid development of multiple vaccines for COVID-19 significantly contributed to reducing the morbidity and...
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New COVID vaccines force bivalents out
The updated mRNA vaccines for 2023-2024 are being revised to include a single component that corresponds to the Omicron variant XBB.1.5.
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New COVID strain may evade vaccines, alarming health officials
The strain is called BA.2.86 and is of particular concern because of its more than 30 mutations, which means it may behave very differently than...
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Getting COVID shots in same arm may be more effective, study says
There’s greater immunological response if the immune cells in the lymph nodes are restimulated in the same place, according to one expert.