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Flu Vaccine Immune Response Varies by Type and Age
12 Nov 2025 16:41 GMT
… vaccines: Fluzone High-Dose, Fluzone Standard-Dose, Flucelvax, and Fluad.
Fluzone High-Dose vaccine generated the strongest and most coordinated B- and T-cell immune responses in older adults (ages 65-85). This included early activation of types of immune …
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Age and flu vaccine type influence immune activation
12 Nov 2025 18:22 GMT
… are keen to develop a universal flu vaccine that provides broad, long-lasting immunity to all or most influenza strains, as it could reduce the need for annual flu vaccines.
Patients were recruited for the study between September 2023 and March 2024. Blood …
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Recommended Vaccines for Pregnant Women
12 Nov 2025 15:53 GMT
… has shown that certain vaccinations, such as the COVID-19 vaccine, can protect the mother from severe illness from a virus and may help prevent premature birth.
[Early Signs of Pregnancy: Symptoms to Watch For]
The Vaccines Every Pregnant Woman Should Have …
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Autoimmune disease breakthrough as virus is found to cause lupus as well as MS
12 Nov 2025 16:57 GMT
… vaccine turned out to also prevent MS, lupus, and several types of cancer, it would be a great bonus, said Dr Carol Leung, an immuno-oncologist at the University of Oxford, who is one of those working on a vaccine.
It could arrive within a decade if one of …
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about FDA naming Pazdur as top drug regulator, a cancer drug gold rush, and more
12 Nov 2025 15:19 GMT
… vaccine and biologics center director Vinay Prasad. Pazdur has worked at the FDA for 26 years, and founded the agency’s Oncology Center of Excellence. His appointment signals an effort to bring stability to a crucial part of the FDA that’s been wracked by …
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STAT+: How two top FDA officials are quietly upending vaccine regulations
12 Nov 2025 15:20 GMT
… , laid out her plan: She wanted to change the label of all Covid-19 vaccines to say the risks outweighed the benefits for men ages 12 to 24 — a move that would make it prohibitively difficult for men in this age group to receive the vaccine.
Her concerns …
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Opinion: CDC’s MMRV vaccine reversal exposes a long-ignored divide
12 Nov 2025 18:32 GMT
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In late September, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) withdrew its endorsement of a combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine …
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Epstein-Barr virus appears to be trigger of lupus disease, say scientists
12 Nov 2025 19:03 GMT
… at the Sorbonne University said the work was “impressive”.
“It’s not the final paper about lupus, but they’ve done a lot and developed an interesting concept,” he said.
If confirmed, the findings would add impetus to clinical trials for an EBV vaccine …
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Pneumonia surge in Bengaluru kids! Doctors urge parents 'only vaccine can save your child';
12 Nov 2025 15:42 GMT
… World Pneumonia Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) listed some of the necessary steps that should be taken to combat pneumonia.
Scale up prevention: Ensure all children have access to essential vaccines such as those for Haemophilus influenzae type b …
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Letter: Three times, the federal government has blocked this senior from getting vaccines
12 Nov 2025 15:26 GMT
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My past interactions with Social Security services and Medicare were excellent. But in early September, after scheduling my annual flu shot and updated Covid vaccine, I was denied the vaccines because my Medicare address did not match my …