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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.