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In October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that high-risk adults get a second updated Covid vaccine to bolster their protection against the virus. No other vaccines are given at such a high frequency, but experts say there’s no reason to believe that the vaccines — and in particular, the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna — aren’t effective. Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines were the first to use mRNA technology to induce immunity to a virus, an approach that proved critical in the early days of the pandemic because mRNA vaccines can be developed much faster than traditional vaccines. Despite the CDC recommending an additional shot, there’s no evidence that the mRNA vaccines aren’t working as expected, said Akiko Iwasaki, a professor of immunology at the Yale School of Medicine. In a perfect world, the Covid vaccines would be able to be updated much faster to match the strains in circulation.

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☆ Koalas are up power poles, on roads, in schools. Why the outlook for Australia’s listed icons remains ‘poor’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

In 2022, a 10-year national recovery plan was launched to stop the decline in numbers and improve the size, quality and connectivity of koala habitat in the listed areas. “I often think, ‘Am I sitting here, seeing the last of Queensland koalas filtering through, as I work with them?’”One of three subspecies, Queensland koalas are smaller and grayer than their southern cousins, and are the kind often seen in photos with celebrities and foreign dignitaries. “Aussies would be horrified to know that we are bulldozing koala habitat at the rate that we are,” she said. Koala habitat squeezed in citiesWith a human population of 2.5 million, Brisbane is one of Australia’s fastest-growing capital cities. Declining numbersMost of the ambition for vast tracts of new koala habitat in Queensland lies outside Brisbane’s established inner-city suburbs.

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This is an age group that may be particularly vulnerable if they haven’t received a whooping cough booster since childhood. The state has logged 111 whooping cough cases this year so far, compared with just 11 in 2023. Last weekend, Portland State University canceled a football game following a surge in whooping cough cases among players. The whooping cough can spread that bacteria through their coughs for a long time if not treated. “Those babies are coughing so much they can’t eat, they can’t drink, so they end up in the intensive care unit.”When to get whooping cough vaccines and boostersPregnant women are encouraged to get a whooping cough booster during their third trimester.

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☆ Whooping cough cases are soaring. Can infecting people help test a better vaccine?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Brenda Goodman | Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Whooping cough cases climbing for decadesAs with many infectious diseases, cases of whooping cough dropped to unusually low levels during the pandemic as people limited social interactions and took other precautions to defend against Covid-19. In 2020, the US had about 6,000 cases of pertussis, and that number dropped even further in 2021 to roughly 2,000 cases. Whooping cough starts with symptoms that look a lot like a regular cold: a runny nose, sneezing, a low-grade fever and a tickly cough. That’s led to a hunt for better, more durable immunizations against whooping cough that also don’t cause as many side effects. In some ways, whooping cough is an ideal infection to test in human challenge models.

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☆ The vaccines you need to know about before you travel
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Lisa Kjellsson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Norlys Perez/ReutersUntil recently, there wasn’t a widely available dengue vaccine for travelers. But according to Dr. Nicky Longley, consultant in infectious diseases and travel medicine at The Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD) at University College London Hospitals, dengue vaccination is not quite the silver bullet travelers had hoped for. One traveler who welcomes the arrival of the new Qdenga vaccine is UK-based travel writer Chris Dwyer. Which vaccines do you need? Adults are advised to keep a record of their immunizations and when they need to be boosted.

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☆ Shingles vaccines may reduce dementia risk, two large new studies suggest
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

In 2017, a stronger vaccine, Shingrix, became available. “While research into whether vaccines affect dementia risk continues, people should be aware that there are other factors that have definitively been linked to an increased dementia risk. This study also found that the new shingles vaccine was associated with a larger degree of benefit than the older one. Although the findings are intriguing, the association needs more study before researchers can know for sure that the shingles vaccine is definitively behind the benefit. So for the time being, the best reason to get a shingles vaccine is still to avoid the misery of shingles.

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☆ After ‘historic backslide’ during pandemic, global childhood immunization rates stall, new data shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Maya Davis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The pandemic signified a “historic backslide,” according to Dr. Katherine O’Brien, director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biological at WHO. WHO and UNICEF’s 2023 immunization coverage report, released Sunday, is the world’s largest dataset on immunization trends for vaccinations against 14 diseases. It analyzed estimates from 185 countries and used a third dose of the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP3) vaccine — which is recommended for 1-year-olds — as the global marker for immunization coverage. The 2023 report also found HPV vaccine coverage in girls increased 7%, returning to near pre-pandemic levels. Analyzing immunization coverage in other areas of conflict is “a mixed picture,” O’Brien said.

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☆ Bite-mark tattoos are having a moment. A dermatologist warns that they could be dangerous.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A quick peruse on social media and you'll quickly see that bite-mark tattoos are having a moment. However, a Betty Zoo Tattoo representative told Business Insider that the tattoo — which cost roughly 800 Danish kroner, or around $118 — was "harmless." You don't know where that person's mouth has been," the tattoo artist, who goes by Miss Vampira on Instagram, said. Mary Minahan is a tattoo artist with over a decade of experience in the industry. And while he's happy with his new ink, Thage said he plans to return to Betty Zoo Tattoo for a touch-up.

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☆ Opinion: Trust in science is declining. Here’s how we can regain it
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Opinion Megan L. Ranney | Katelyn Jetelina | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

And what if more Americans refuse to get their kids vaccinated or if our public health institutions are shut down? Trust in scientists, physicians and science itself — amongst all demographic groups — is still higher than Americans’ trust in, say, elected officials or journalists. The public health workforce has declined by half over the past two years, according to research from Harvard T.H. Data-sharing efforts like Connecticut’s DataHaven show how urban neighborhoods can be involved in gathering and analyzing health data. By combining facts with stories, we can share tangible examples of how science and public health protect us, thereby increasing trust.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Political Cartoons View All 1237 ImagesAll states allow exemptions for children with medical conditions that prevents them from receiving certain vaccines. But the percentage with nonmedical exemptions has inched up, lifting the overall exemption rate from 1.6% in the 2011-2012 school year to 3% last year. Hawaii saw the largest jump, with the exemption rate rising to 6.4%, nearly double the year before. One apparent paradox in the report: The national vaccination rate held steady even as exemptions increased.

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Most of the exemptions, which come at a time of heightened public vaccine skepticism in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, were listed as nonmedical. Ten states reported an exemption from at least one vaccine for more than 5% of kindergartners. The pair of developments raises concerns about potential disease outbreaks among undervaccinated children. Regular vaccinations took a hit during the pandemic when many were avoiding going to the doctor unless absolutely necessary. Globally, however, some improvements have been made, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization and UNICEF.

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☆ When working together at Zip2, Elon Musk had to go to the ER for stitches and a tetanus shot after his brother, Kimbal, once tore off a hunk of flesh from his hand
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Kimbal Musk bit Elon Musk and "tore off a hunk of flesh" off his hand during a fight in the 1990s. Elon Musk had to go to the emergency room for stitches and a tetanus jab. Kimbal Musk bit his brother because he thought Elon Musk was about to punch him in the face, the book said. "When we had intense stress, we just didn't notice anyone else," Kimbal Musk told Isaacson. Kimbal Musk, just over a year younger than Elon Musk, also moved in with Errol around four years later.

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☆ PrEPVacc: HIV vaccine trial that could be ‘the last roll of the dice’ this decade is underway
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Tom Page | Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +24 min

CNN —A novel trial that has been described as “the last roll of the dice” for a generation of HIV vaccines has entered its latter stages. Nearly 40 years since HIV was identified as the cause of AIDS, and 36 years since the first HIV vaccine trial, the medical community still does not have a working vaccine. But that is not necessarily why they were chosen to participate, said Eugene Ruzagira, PrEPVacc trial director. Evaluating the combination of a trial HIV vaccine and PrEP is a first, say organizers. “I did my very first HIV vaccine trial in 1991,” recalled Weber.

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☆ Fact Check-Tdap vaccine use in pregnancy proven safe in studies, not ‘an experiment’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

TDAP TRIALSThe Tdap vaccine can help prevent three diseases: tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis, which is also known as whooping cough (here). Whooping cough can be “extremely serious especially in babies and young children, causing pneumonia, convulsions, brain damage, or death,” according to the CDC (here). FDA-approved vaccine package-insert documentation for Adacel (here) and Boostrix (here) shows that neither manufacturer states the vaccine has not been tested in clinical trials. In 2017, about 49% of all pregnant women in the U.S. received a Tdap vaccine during their pregnancy (here). Clinical trials and population data have shown the Tdap vaccine to be safe and effective in pregnancy.

☆ Disease the new threat as Turkey faces post-quake water shortage
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Henriette Chacar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Debris are seen in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Hatay, Turkey February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh KilcoyneKAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey, Feb 15 (Reuters) - More than a week after his home was wrecked in a deadly earthquake that hit southern Turkey, Mohammad Emin's body is still covered in dust and grime. He also said he had not been able to take a shower nor, like several other camp residents who Reuters spoke to, change his clothes. Batyr Berdyklychev, the World Health Organization's representative in Turkey, said the water shortage "increases the risk of waterborne diseases and outbreaks of communicable diseases." The WHO was working with local authorities to step up monitoring of waterborne diseases, seasonal influenza and COVID-19 among those displaced, he added.

☆ Exclusive: Sanofi to let go of staff at vaccine plants in India as part of review
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Leroy Leo | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Sanofi logo at the company's headquarters during the annual results news conference in Paris, France, February 4, 2022. The drugmaker is offering voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) to all its employees at two sites near Hyderabad, a spokesperson for Sanofi's India unit told Reuters in an email. Sanofi India declined to comment on the number of employees who would be offered VRS. The French company has over 5,000 employees in India, according to its website. Sanofi owns the facilities through Sanofi Healthcare India Pvt Ltd, which was renamed from the erstwhile Shantha Biotechnics.

Childhood vaccinations across the U.S fallen for a second year in a row, leaving hundreds of thousands of kids vulnerable to otherwise preventable illnesses. But fears stoked by vaccine misinformation have also been a growing problem, O'Leary said. "We're still trying to understand the extent to which misinformation around Covid vaccines has spread to misinformation about other childhood vaccines," he said. In a December interview, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the CDC's director, told NBC News that vaccine misinformation is one of the biggest threats to public health. About a third of kids ages 5 through 11 have had two doses of a Covid vaccine.

☆ U.S. childhood vaccinations dip again in 2021-'22 school year -study
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Overall, those receiving state-required vaccinations declined to about 93% last year, down from 94% in the previous school year and 95% in the 2019-2020 school year, according to the CDC report. All U.S. states require the vaccine against measles and rubella and all but Iowa require a shots against mumps. All states also require the combined diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis shot and the vaccine against poliovirus, while 49 states require inoculations against varicella, or chickenpox. Exemptions for vaccinations, which may be granted by states in cases where parents request them for their children remained low at 2.6%. O'Leary said the data points to U.S. needs for a focus on addressing access and poverty in order to increase vaccination rates.

☆ Nearly 250,000 kindergarteners in U.S. are vulnerable to measles due to slide in vaccination rates, CDC says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"And we know that measles, mumps and rubella vaccination coverage for kindergarteners is the lowest it has been in over a decade," Peacock said. Nearly a quarter of a million kindergartners are potentially vulnerable to measles due to a dip in vaccination coverage during the pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kindergarteners are required to be vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella, chickenpox, polio, and diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis. The vaccination rates for measles, mumps and rubella was 93.5% during the 2021-2022 school year, below the target coverage of 95% to prevent outbreaks. The CDC report looked at whether the kindergarteners had received the second dose of their measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

☆ ‘I Was Happy to Never See That Cat Again.’ When Pets Have It Out for the Real-Estate Agent
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +2 min

Matt Vinci, real-estate agent, The Corcoran Group, New York CityAbout three years ago, I was representing the seller of a three-bedroom apartment in an older co-op building on the Upper West Side. Two kept to themselves, but the third was an older, grumpier cat. I yelled and stepped back, but the cat kept lunging at me and swatting at me with its paws. After about 20 minutes, the cat was still hissing and swatting at the sliding door, so I decided to try barking like a dog, which finally got the cat to back up. I gingerly opened the balcony door, grabbed my stuff and got out.

☆ How this millennial CEO steered the world's largest vaccine maker during the pandemic
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Olivia Choo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Adar Poonawalla became the CEO of the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, Serum Institute of India, when he was 30 years old. | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAdar Poonawalla became the CEO of the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, Serum Institute of India, when he was 30 years old. Today, it is the world's largest vaccine manufacturer — by number of doses produced and sold globally. In 1966, at the age of 25, the elder Poonawalla embarked on a journey to set up the Serum Institute of India. Vaccine production at the Serum Institute of India pharmaceutical plant in Pune, Maharashtra, India.

An advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday in favor of adding the Covid vaccine to the recommended immunization schedule for children and adults. The decision to officially add Covid vaccination to the schedule now goes to the CDC. The recommended immunization schedule is not a vaccine mandate. For example, the CDC added the HPV vaccine to the recommended schedule in 2006. The CDC's recommended vaccination schedule also provides guidance to insurance providers, which tend to cover vaccines on the list.

☆ Covid-19 Vaccines Should Be Among Regular Immunizations, CDC Advisers Say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Dominique Mosbergen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Vaccine experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention supported adding Covid-19 vaccines to the agency’s lists of recommended regular immunizations. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, voted unanimously on Thursday in support of including Covid-19 shots on the lists of measles, tetanus and other inoculations that adults and children 6 months and older should get in the U.S.

☆ Covid-19 vaccines will be on the 2023 vaccine schedule, but that doesn’t mean they’re required in schools
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Covid-19 vaccines will be part of recommended immunization schedules in 2023 for both children and adults, after a unanimous vote by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The board members addressed concerns from the public that adding Covid-19 vaccinations to the schedule would force schools to require the shots. This discussion does not change that.”In fact, Covid-19 vaccines are explicitly banned from being included in school mandates in at least 20 states. “Mandates may not do anything to those people who would pull their kids out of public school,” Hackell said. Schools are public spaces with a level of control, and 95% vaccination coverage is a goal with intent.

☆ Deadly childhood diseases rise in Ethiopia's Tigray as war hampers vaccinations
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The percentage of children in Tigray receiving routine vaccines has fallen below 10% this year, data from the Tigray Health Bureau shows, undoing years of government efforts to boost immunisation rates. read moreMEASLES OUTBREAKSHealth Minister Lia Tadesse said vaccines had been provided to Tigray this year and that more were ready to be delivered once conditions allowed. The rate across Ethiopia was 65% in 2021, according to data from the U.N. children's agency UNICEF. Ethiopia's health minister Lia said 860,000 doses of measles vaccines were delivered to Tigray last December and additional doses were delivered on April 2. WFP spokesperson Claire Nevill, however, said the agency was waiting on clearances from Ethiopia's government.

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