The viruses in the shot are inactivated, or dead, which means that they can't actually give you the flu. The nasal-spray flu vaccine is often referred to as LAIV (Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine). Unlike the flu shot, it uses a live but weakened version of the virus. Like the shot...
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While the unvaccinated children represent a threat to herd immunity just by walking around, the refusal of some people to get vaccinated obviously affects the system of supply and demand. Certain vaccines may not be manufactured if there's a decline in demand for them, meaning that those that ...
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Sanofi had grown into one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical firms through acquisitions. But it traces its history back to the days of Louis Pasteur, the renowned French scientist who, among other things, invented the rabies and anthrax vaccines. He founded the Pasteur Institute, the respecte...
You get only one shot at a 50th-anniversary tour ... unless a global pandemic forces you to postpone and reschedule multiple times. But George Thorogood is ready to mark the occasion of his first performances with the Destroyers, which took place in 1973. The Bad All Over the World – 50...
Presumably, the best time to give this course would be during the summertime when most medical schools are less active with their didactic responsibilities as part of the regular pre-clinical curriculum, and where most of the first- and second-year medical students are not on campus due to ...
Why are those who have been vaccinated against Streptococcus pneumoniae more resistant to infection by this agent? Describe how the cytotoxic T-cells destroy foreign pathogens. How does a shot of dead viruses result in immunity? What is the name for a virus that infects a bacterial cell? Poli...
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