Disease Prevention

Many younger people from NYC high income neighborhoods jumped the eligibility queue for COVID-19 vaccines --study

Mon, 2024-04-08 10:37 — mike kraft

Study finds many younger people from high income neighborhoods jumped the eligibility queue for COVID-19 vaccines in NYC

Despite vaccine shortages, many younger people in New York City accessed vaccines ahead of schedule, particularly in high-income areas, according to new research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Low-income areas with high proportions of older people demonstrated lower coverage rates than wealthier areas in the first three months of vaccine rollout, and higher mortality over the year. The findings are published in the Journal of Urban Health.

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Analysis: How climate change is increasing immune health problems and how to counter it

Fri, 2024-04-05 10:36 — mike kraft

How climate change is driving a global epidemic of immune health problems, and how to stop it Every $1 spent on mitigating climate change would save at least $3 in health care costs, largely through a reduction of diseases such as asthma and allergies. Patrick Skerrett STAT

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Analysis: Covid boosters are a gamechanger – if they are free for everyone

Wed, 2024-04-03 18:31 — mike kraft

Covid boosters are a gamechanger – if they are free for everyone Only private jabs are available to most, but annual shots could reduce healthcare costs and prevent deaths The Guardian

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Supreme Court rejects fired AstraZeneca employee’s appeal over refusal to take COVID-19 shot

Wed, 2024-04-03 13:13 — mike kraft

Supreme Court rejects fired AstraZeneca employee’s appeal over r The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a former AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals employee fired in 2022 for not taking the COVID-19 shot, which she declined on religious grounds. Alex Swoyer The Washington Times

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Bird flu: U.S. officials prepare for additional cases, testing components for potential vaccine

Wed, 2024-04-03 13:00 — mike kraft

How prepared the U.S. is for a bird flu pandemic Federal officials are preparing for the possibility of additional human cases of bird flu, testing components to create an H5N1 vaccine after a Texas dairy worker was infected with the highly virulent virus. The Washington Post

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CDC, Virginia warn of invasive meningococcal bacterial outbreak --rare but severe.

Tue, 2024-04-02 10:07 — mike kraft

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Mpox vaccine boosters necessary to restore faded protection -- Swedish study

Mon, 2024-04-01 17:38 — mike kraft

Mpox vaccine boosters necessary to restore faded protection, study shows - UPI.com Vaccine protection against mpox fades quickly in the human immune system, even in people who've received the full two-dose regimen, a new real-world study shows. UPI

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Antibody levels fell to low or near zero within the first few months of getting the vaccine, unless the person had previously received a smallpox vaccine, scientists reported Saturday at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Barcelona.

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Moderna reports higher immune response for next-generation COVID vaccine

Fri, 2024-03-29 17:55 — mike kraft

Moderna reports promising findings for next-generation COVID vaccine The new version offers longer shelf-life advantages and paves the way for a flu-COVID combo vaccine. CIDRAP

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The mRNA-1283 vaccine showed a higher immune response—including in seniors—than its currently licensed vaccine, called mRNA-1273.222. Response was higher against Omicron BA.4/BA.5 as well as the original SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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