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The drug was approved eight months ago as the best safeguard for immunocompromised patients. But the word does not seem to have spread far.

Evusheld, authorized for people with weakened immune systems like transplant patients, is in some Ontario hospitals. Patients call it "life-changing."

It’s not contagious. It’s quite safe to use those organs: Ontario transplant medical expert

Immunocompromised patients remain frightened and frustrated that vaccines aren’t offering enough protection as everyone else moves on. Scientists are racing to figure out what will work.

Immunocompromised individuals in Ontario say they are anxious as the province gets ready to lift more COVID-19 restrictions.

Plus, CDC will direct pharmacies to give 4th doses to immunocompromised people, hospital removes anti-vaccine man from transplant list, and more.

Doctors say the vaccine is a must for transplant patients, who are immunosuppressed and at risk of severe COVID-19. Yet a very small but vocal contingent of transplant patients and donors are fighting such requirements, arguing care should not hinge on vaccination status.

Scientists with the Ajmera Transplant Centre at UHN have conducted a first-in-the-world randomized placebo-controlled trial of third dose COVID-19 booster vaccine for transplant patients that shows substantially improved protection. “We knew from previous studies, that two doses were not enough to produce a good immune response against COVID-19 in transplant patients,” says Dr. Deepali Kumar, […]

COLORADO SPRINGS — When a Colorado woman found out her hospital wouldn’t approve her kidney transplant surgery until she got the COVID-19 vaccine, she was left with a difficult decision pitting her health needs against…

A Colorado woman has been denied a kidney transplant because she won't be vaccinated against COVID-19 due to her religious views.