Immunization - Adult Immunization News

• COVID Vax Prevents Death in Children Regardless of Variant Despite waning effectiveness over time, COVID-19 vaccines prevented death in children regardless of the dominant variant at the time.
  MDedge News, December 02, 2022
• High Neuro Drug Costs Exclude Most From Cutting-Edge Tx High Neuro Drug Costs Exclude Most From Cutting-Edge Tx
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2022
• Canada Contributes $15 Million to PAHO Vaccine Initiative The funding will strengthen vaccine production capacities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2022
• China Launches Elderly Vaccination Drive but Health Fears Linger As China works to raise COVID-19 vaccination rates among its elderly, essential if the country is to open up again and live with COVID, many older people remain fearful that the treatment will make them sick.
  Reuters Health Information, December 01, 2022
• CDC Expands Wastewater Testing for Polioviruses The first case of polio in the US in nearly a decade was announced in July.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2022
• New Model Aims to Aid Monkeypox Vaccine Distribution A new model has been developed to guide public health policy makers on the most efficient way to distribute a limited supply of monkeypox vaccines to those who need it the most.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2022
• Researchers Take Aim at One Vax Targeting COVID, Flu, Even RSV Companies are testing combo shots for flu and COVID, maybe even RSV in the near future, while researchers seek new vulnerable spots in viral structures to keep ahead of mutations.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2022
• A New Use for Dating Apps: Chasing STIs For contact tracers of sexually transmitted infections, telephones and text messages have become ineffective. Dating apps increasingly are their best bet for informing people of their exposure risks.
  Kaiser Health News, November 30, 2022
• Elderly Now Account for Almost 90% of COVID-19 Deaths, Data Show The CDC says more than 300 people die each day from COVID-19. But it's still two to three times more than the death rate from the flu, "renewing debate about what is an 'acceptable loss.' "
  WebMD Health News, November 30, 2022
• China to Ramp Up COVID Vaccinations for Its Elderly China will speed up COVID-19 vaccinations for elderly people, health officials said on Tuesday, aiming to overcome a key stumbling block in efforts to ease unpopular "zero-COVID" curbs.
  Reuters Health Information, November 29, 2022
• Diphtheria Infections Rise in Britain, Says UK Health Agency, Citing Migrant Cases The number of diphtheria cases in England has risen this year, health officials said on Monday, citing dozens of cases found among asylum seekers arriving into the country, but adding that the risk of infection to the wider public remained very low.
  Reuters Health Information, November 28, 2022
• Mortality Rates, GDP, Healthcare Spending Appear Interrelated In debates on the optimal allocation of resources, consideration should be given to the strong, two-way relationships between these factors, according to the investigators.
  Medscape Medical News, November 29, 2022
• Germany Working to Ensure Continued Cooperation Between BioNTech, Chinese Partner Germany is working to ensure cooperation between BioNTech and its Chinese partner on the COVID-19 vaccine moves forward, a German government spokesperson said on Monday.
  Reuters Health Information, November 28, 2022
• Uganda Recording Downward Trend in Ebola Cases: Official Uganda has recorded a drop in the number of new Ebola cases, with some districts going for at least 2 weeks without registering new infections, health ministry officials said.
  Reuters Health Information, November 24, 2022
• Measles Now an Imminent Global Threat Due to Pandemic, Say WHO and CDC There is now an imminent threat of measles spreading in various regions globally, as COVID-19 led to a steady decline in vaccination coverage and weakened surveillance of the disease, WHO and the CDC have said.
  Reuters Health Information, November 23, 2022
• EU Regulator Warns of 'Disappointing' Vaccine Booster Uptake Recent uptake of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in the European Union has been 'rather disappointing,' an official said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, November 24, 2022
• COVID No Longer 'Pandemic of the Unvaccinated' For the first time, the majority of people dying from COVID-19 in America have been vaccinated.
  WebMD Health News, November 28, 2022
• Shionogi Seeks Japan Approval for COVID-19 Vaccine Shionogi said on Thursday it had filed for approval in Japan of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine.
  Reuters Health Information, November 24, 2022
• World Cup Gatherings May Fuel Brazil's Latest COVID Wave, Experts Warn Brazil faces a new wave of COVID cases just as the soccer-crazed nation is gathering en masse to follow the World Cup, with new coronavirus sub-variants and delayed vaccine boosters raising alarms among public health specialists.
  Reuters Health Information, November 23, 2022
• Updated COVID Boosters Offer Better Protection Than Original: US Study Updated COVID-19 boosters offer increased protection against new coronavirus subvariants in people who have previously received up to four doses of the older vaccine, US officials said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, November 22, 2022