Keeping children home from school if they have COVID-19 protects family and school community members at high risk of serious illness.
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From COVID-19 vaccines to Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, using mRNA as medicine has shown promise. But before mRNA drugs can go beyond vaccines, researchers need to identify the right diseases to treat.
By letting people make choices and experience the outcomes of those choices, gaming provides a much more hands-on way of learning about health.
The current COVID-19 vaccine does not match the strain that’s now becoming dominant in the US, which could lead to a rise in COVID-19 cases.
The agency’s plan to change the well-established process for safety testing vaccines is not realistic.
A cascade of changes to eligibility guidelines for the updated COVID-19 vaccines left Americans unsure whether they could still get the shot. That’s where off-label use comes in.
Most states require childhood vaccinations for measles, mumps, tetanus, rubella, chickenpox and whooping cough.
Removing vaccine mandates in Florida will worsen health disparities among populations that already have lower vaccination rates.
The change was spurred by a new vaccine specifically designed to protect against bacterial strains that infect adults and the growing recognition that pneumonia rates in adults over 50 are high.
Anti-vaccine activists are using the side effect reporting system to spread fear and misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. But the database could also be used as a gauge for public concerns.
Healthy children may now only receive a COVID-19 vaccine ‘off-label’ – but in many states, pharmacists and other non-physicians may not be able to administer them that way.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, evidence continues to support the COVID-19 vaccine’s use in young and higher-risk children and adolescents.
Public health experts and professional health care associations have expressed concern that the guidance goes against research on the vaccine’s benefits in pregnancy.
The US withdrew from treaty negotiations on President Trump’s first day in office.
The FDA’s new framework for COVID-19 vaccines breaks from established procedure for how the government establishes vaccine guidelines.
Research teams across Canada are now building on homegrown innovation to expand the potential of RNA vaccines beyond infectious diseases.
The US economy has always been a mix of government regulation and market forces. The balance between those has shifted over time, but never has one side or the other been substantively removed.
Being presented with facts doesn’t do much good if you don’t feel like your core values are respected. That’s especially true when it comes to health care decisions.
The summer 2024 COVID-19 wave is a good reminder that it’s important to get vaccinated with the updated shot.
New research confirms that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective at reducing the cardiovascular complications that are a hallmark of COVID-19 infection.
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Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW
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Professor, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School and Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney
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Early Career Research Leader, Emerging Viruses, Inflammation and Therapeutics Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University
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Professor of Paediatrics and vaccinologist, Royal Childrens Hospital, University of Melbourne and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI); Associate Dean International, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Associate professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto; York University, Canada; University of Sydney
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Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
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Research associate, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Brown University
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Distinguished Professor, Professor of Immunology, RMIT University
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Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University
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Instructor of Human Immunology, Emory University