Recently, recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination were updated accordingly to the 2023鈥 2024 Omicron-XBB.1.5-adapted monovalent COVID-19 vaccine to provide heightened protection against currently circulating SARS-CoV-2 XBB-sublineage variants. COVID-19 vaccines have proven to be safe, efficacious,...
China has expanded emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccines in children aged between 3 and 17, an official of the vaccine research and development team of the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism told CGTN on Sunday. Zeng Yixin, also vice minister of the Nati...
Last week, the company also began a trial of the vaccine in children aged 6 months to 11 years old. In the UK, the team behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has started a smaller, phase II trial in 6 to 17-year-olds. It involves 300 participants, and up to 240 of these will ...
2022年6月13日,美国《自然新闻》网站(NaturalNews.com)发表文章“Study: COVID vaccination causes vaccine-associated enhanced disease in children”,中文为《研究报告:COVID疫苗接种导致儿童罹患疫苗相关增强性疾病》,简称《疫苗接种导致儿童患病》,作者Kevin Hughes(克文·修斯),详见参考文献[1]。 文章《疫苗接种导...
A study shows that US children who received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have some protection against developing long-lasting symptoms of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. By Shannon Hall Twitter Facebook Email Vaccinated children are less likely than unvaccinated children to develop long COVID, the myriad ...
Between November 2021 and March 2022, 2 studies evaluated the efficacy of 2 doses of Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine in children aged 5 to 11 years.3,4 The numbers of children studied ranged from 1000 to 9000, and confidence intervals were large. Researchers found that protective efficacy against asym...
COVID-19 vaccination provided durable protection among children during two particularly difficult waves of the virus.Image: Adobe Stock. Christopher B. Forrest “What we didn't know was whether the vaccine was effective in real-world settings, like primary care physicians’ offices or hospitals,”...
Though COVID can still spread even with a vaccine, Dr. Saperstone is still urging that children vaccinated to prevent severe infection and limit those pesky exposures: "Not only can they go back to school but ...
The study found that vaccine inequity resulted in a disproportionately higher number of deaths prevented by vaccination in high-income nations than in lower-income nations. Several low-income nations failed to meet the World Health Organization (WHO) target of vaccinating 40% of their populations and...
Because the number of children with antibodies and immunity against SARS-CoV-2 has grown, vaccine effectiveness rates in the study may no longer be as relevant. Children with preexisting chronic conditions may be more likely to be vaccinated and receive medical attention. The low rates of vaccina...