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Meningococcal vaccination rates low among patients with complement component deficiencies

Meningococcal vaccination rates are low among eligible patients with complement component deficiencies, according to a study of U.S. data. Researchers used a nationwide database to assess uptake of vaccines against...

15 November, 2021

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Sex of the fetus influences the mother’s response to Covid-19 infection, new research shows

In April 2020, as SARS-CoV-2 was first beginning to spread through New England, researchers at two hospitals in Boston — Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s — began attending deliveries in the Covid units to...

20 October, 2021

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‘Critical mass’ of scientists launches Institute to tackle infectious diseases

Imperial College London launched a pioneering new Institute to tackle some of the biggest challenges in infectious disease. The new Institute of Infection brings together one of the largest critical masses of...

11 October, 2021

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‘It’s only a matter of time’: bat-human virus spillovers may be very common, study finds

Covid-19 has been called a “once in a century” pandemic, but new research suggests that the kind of event thought to have sparked its outbreak – the spillover of a bat virus to people – is more common than previously...

20 September, 2021

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Princeton researchers expose consequences of vaccine nationalism

A Princeton University and McGill University study published Aug. 17 in Science journal revealed that vaccine nationalism may lead to increases in the transmission of COVID-19. The authors define vaccine nationalism as...

14 September, 2021

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Co-inventor of mRNA shots sets sights on pan-coronavirus vaccine

Drew Weissman’s decades of research helped pave the way for mRNA Covid-19 vaccines, but the scientist isn’t resting on his laurels. The University of Pennsylvania immunologist, who on Thursday shared the $3...

13 September, 2021

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Virus trap made from DNA material could render coronaviruses harmless

The corona pandemic and the SARS-CoV-2 virus are just two examples of the fact that in most cases there is no antidote to viral infections. And even vaccinations do not always provide complete protection. Unlike...

21 July, 2021

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Mixing COVID-19 vaccines appears to boost immune responses

Faced with short supplies of COVID-19 vaccines and unforeseen side effects, some countries have adopted an unproven strategy: switching shots midstream. Most authorized vaccines require two doses administered weeks or...

10 June, 2021

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HIV vaccine candidate’s mechanism revealed 20 years later

About two decades after first devising a new kind of vaccine, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) researchers are unlocking why it stops and ultimately clears the monkey form of HIV, called SIV, in about half...

26 April, 2021

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Adenovirus type 4 infections tripled among civilians in last decade

Adenovirus type 4 infections among civilians have tripled in the last decade worldwide, according to study results published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Kristen K. Coleman, PhD, senior research fellow at Duke-NUS...

20 April, 2021

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