The CDC also reported a "very high" prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus ( RSV ) particularly in young children. Pfizer ( PFE ) and GSK ( GSK ) offer Abrysvo and Arexvy vaccines for RSV, respectively, Moderna ( NASDAQ:MRNA ) recently joined the market with its mRESVIA vaccine. Mean...
By now, nearly all Americans have had a COVID infection, gotten a COVID vaccine or both, but the updated vaccines offer a timely boost as immunity wanes and the virus continues to evolve, the CDC said. "Professionals and the public in general do not understand how much this virus has mu...
As breakthrough cases (infections after vaccination) are reported among the sporadic COVID-19 infections in China, concerns about the effect of vaccines are growing. Do these cases mean that vaccines are useless? Wu Chenggang, chief expert in the field of Immunization Program of Guangdong CDC, s...
The CDC recommends immunizing health-care workers and nursing homes first, but states can distribute the vaccine as they see fit. Hahn told reporters that states should give shots to groups that "make sense," such as the elderly, people with preexisting conditions, police, fir...
The data doesn't show a similar pattern with's or's vaccines, the U.S. agency said. By comparison, there has been roughly one case of Guillain-Barre per million doses for people who received either of the two-dose mRNA vaccines, according to the agency. ...
Development of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine has been key to countering the pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Despite the current endemic status of COVID-19, ... Nov 14, 2024 ...
“This is not a way we usually givevaccines,” he said. But, “we have to move into this new way of providing vaccine protection.” More information The CDC has more on COVID-19. SOURCE: U.S. Centers for Disease Control andPrevention, news release, Oct. 25, 2024;New York Times...
A senior citizen receives COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Haizhu district of Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 7, 2022. Photo:Xinhua A well-timed second booster dose is necessary for a safe, long-term exit from the pandemic, the Chinese Center for Disease Control...
Even if you have had COVID-19 previously or have been vaccinated, it is important to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine because the immunity from previous vaccines and infections decreases over time. Another benefit has to do with immune innovation—when the virus changes, it can escape the an...
Annual HIV infections in the United States have dropped by more than two-thirds since the height of the AIDS epidemic in the mid-1980s, but the number of new infections has leveled off in recent years, according to the CDC. An estimated 1.2 million people in the U.S. have HIV, but...