Disease Prevention

How a simulation is informing COVID-19 vaccine policy after our 'return to normal'

Tue, 2024-05-21 09:11 — mike kraft

How a simulation is informing COVID-19 vaccine policy after our 'return to normal' As the saying goes "There is no such thing as normal" and this has been especially true after the pandemic. Medical Xpress

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Now, there is a complex global situation where populations in different countries have unique hybrid immunity landscapes, born from a wide range of vaccination history and exposure history combinations.

In 2023, we needed to consider what hybrid immunity meant for booster vaccinations. And what different types of hybrid immunity meant for future vaccination strategies.

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Repeat COVID-19 vacinations may help strengthen immune systems against future variants--study

Tue, 2024-05-21 09:03 — mike kraft

Here's Yet Another Reason to Stay on Top of Your COVID Vaccine Boosters Great news. Tessa Koumoundouros ScienceAlert

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Pandemic Agreement talks resume with hopes of chartering process for the future.

Mon, 2024-05-20 19:23 — mike kraft

Little Chance Of Pandemic Agreement By World Health Assembly – But Charting Process For Future Is Likely - Health Policy Watch Members of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) face another sleep-deprived week as talks on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement Health Policy Watch

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Wearing Face Masks Did Not Significantly Reduce Risk of COVID Infection After First Omicron Wave ---Britsh study

Mon, 2024-05-20 17:53 — mike kraft

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U.S. CDC alerts doctors to look out for meningococcal disease tied to travel to Saudi Arabia

Mon, 2024-05-20 17:44 — mike kraft

Ahead of Hajj, CDC alerts doctors to look out for meningococcal disease tied to travel to Saudi Arabia | CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging doctors to be on the lookout for potentially deadly meningococcal disease linked to travel to Saudi Arabia. Jen Christensen CNN

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Since April, there have been 12 confirmed cases of meningococcal disease associated with travel for Umrah, an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad in Saudi Arabia....

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Vaccinations remain low among pregnant women for flu, whoppng cough and COVID-19

Mon, 2024-05-20 14:39 — mike kraft

Uptake of flu, whooping cough, and COVID-19 vaccines remains low among pregnant women A study conducted by researchers at the University of Warwick has unveiled crucial insights into the complex factors shaping vaccination decisions among pregnant women, particularly in the wake of the ... Kat Beauchamp Medical Xpress

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Warwick has unveiled crucial insights into the complex factors shaping vaccination decisions among pregnant women, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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CDC warns deadly mpox variant in the Congo could soon cross borders

Fri, 2024-05-17 10:16 — mike kraft

Warning over deadly mpox variant amid fears disease will cross borders An outbreak of mpox in Africa has health officials sounding the alarm for the public to get vaccinated before the disease spreads to North America.

US health authorities warned Thursday that a deadlier version of mpox (formerly monkeypox) spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could soon cross international borders, urging those at risk to get vaccinated.

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