As for the concerns about whether the acute hepatitis could be linked to COVID-19 or COVID-19 vaccines, the WHO and some countries have a preliminary conclusion, and the answer is no. "Based on current information, most of the reported children did not receive the COVID-19 vaccine, rulin...
" said Sania Nishtar, chief executive officer of Gavi. "With vaccines now available to over 50 percent of eligible girls in African countries, we have much work to be done, but today we can see we have a clear
"The priority really needs to be getting vaccine to all countries in the world for the highest priority groups before we start advancing to groups that have much lower risk of disease," said Dr. Kate O'Brien, director of the WHO's vaccines and immunization department. Canada on Wednesday ap...
In December 2020, the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for the first two COVID-19 vaccines—one from Pfizer and BioNTech, the other from Moderna and the National Institutes of Health. Most people can safely receive the vaccines. Although many people experienced side...
Early on in the pandemic doctors observed that some children and teens infected with COVID-19 went on to develop a relatively rare, but potentially life-threatening, complication known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).
[01:43.52]would be better spent on other malaria vaccines and treatments. [01:47.76]Some of the resources that might have gone [01:50.92]into providing the vaccine to countries [01:53.56]have been redirected to buy new m...
"What's happening is that the vaccine actually reduces the transmission between persons. If we immunize the children, it reduces the transmission between children and other children and adults," Dr Kim toldMedscape Medical News. She presented the study results here at IDWeek 2014. ...
COVID-19 InfoVaccines: A WHO-supported educational project to promote COVID-19 vaccination information among professionals and the general populationNarmeen MallahJacobo Pardo-SecoIrene Rivero-CalleOuhao Zhu-HuangMaría Fernández PradaCatharina Reynen-de Kat...
Health officials are wrestling with who should be first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Is it time to redefine what’s fair?
为了更准确地回答这个问题，WHO也在主持两项临床试验评估有关证据。但是，在没有证据的前提下，WHO不建议接种BCG卡介苗预防COVID-19疾病/SARS-CoV2病毒感染。 WHO的观点是建议在结核病高发的国家或地区进行新生儿BCG疫苗接种，但这与预防性保护新冠病毒感染无关。 已知动物模型和人体临床试验数据表明，卡介苗对免疫系统...