Summary This study evaluates the effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccination in California by analyzing data from mandatory statewide public health reporting systems for influenza laboratory results and administered...
Reference Pérez Marc G, Vizzotti C, Fell DB, et al. Real-world effectiveness of RSVpreF vaccination during pregnancy against RSV-associated lower respiratory tract disease leading to hospitalisation in infants during...
The below review of recent pertussis research articles reiterates well-characterized pertussis dynamics but leave critical questions unanswered: Can mucosal vaccines outperform natural infection in blocking transmission...
A groundbreaking study led by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania reveals that unvaccinated children and adolescents were up to 20 times more likely to develop long COVID than their...
The effectiveness of vaccines plays a crucial role in public health, determining their ability to prevent infection, reduce disease severity, and limit transmission within communities. A recent study examined how well...
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...
Background During the last 30 years, the number of reported TBE cases in Europe has increased by more than 193%, despite two effective TBE vaccines (FSME Immune and Encepur) being available. The raison for this increase...
High coverage rates of vaccination against COVID-19 are envisaged to end the pandemic. However, waning of vaccine-induced protection is a growing concern that has been fostered by data on vaccine effectiveness against...
As the highly infectious Delta variant challenges pandemic control efforts around the world, a great unknown looms large: what might the virus behind Covid-19 do next? Scientists widely agree that new mutations of Sars...