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Why is the 100-year-old BCG vaccine so broadly protective in newborns?

The century-old Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis is one of the world’s oldest and most widely used vaccines, used to immunize 100 million newborns every year. Given in countries with endemic...

9 May, 2022

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Climate change will force new animal encounters — and boost viral outbreaks

Over the next 50 years, climate change could drive over 15,000 new cases of mammals transmitting viruses to other mammals, according to a study published in Nature. It’s one of the first to predict how global warming...

29 April, 2022

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Omicron less severe than Delta but more easily evades boosters

Three new observational studies from Scotland, Denmark, and the United States detail reduced hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits for Omicron COVID-19 infections relative to those caused by the Delta...

26 April, 2022

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Population-wide study of COVID-19 vaccination shows that mix-and-match approach to booster vaccination offers the best protection

A new study on Chile’s national COVID-19 vaccination program, to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2022, Lisbon 23-26), and published in The Lancet...

25 April, 2022

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Effect of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on hospitalization in older adults

Invasive pneumococcal disease rates have decreased substantially in children and adults since 2010, when use of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children became the standard of care. Adults 65 years of age...

22 April, 2022

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Smartwatches and fitness bands reveal individual physiological responses to COVID-19 vaccine

A new digital health study by researchers at Scripps Research shows how data from wearable sensors, such as smartwatches and fitness bands, can track a person’s physiological response to the COVID-19 vaccination. The...

20 April, 2022

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Ebola virus hides out in brain

Monkeys treated with monoclonal antibodies fully recovered, but infection recurred The Ebola virus can hide in the brains of monkeys that have recovered after medical treatment without causing symptoms and lead to...

18 April, 2022

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New findings show effectiveness of meningococcal B vaccine against gonorrhoea

Researchers at The University of Adelaide have found that the meningococcal B vaccine could improve protection against gonorrhoea in addition to protection against meningococcal B meningitis. This significant finding...

14 April, 2022

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Case of probable transmission of tick-borne encephalitis virus from an unvaccinated mother to an infant through breast-feeding

A recent study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases discusses a case report of the probable vertical transmission of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) from an unvaccinated mother to her newborn via breast milk...

14 April, 2022

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New study from UCI reveals how to rejuvenate the immune system of elderly people and reduce their risk of infectious disease

A new study, led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine, identifies a reason for why older adults are significantly more susceptible to infectious diseases than younger people, a critical societal...

12 April, 2022

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