To avoid being caught pants down again, accelerate integration of Covid-19 into routine immunization
Through massive, but swift inventions marred with trial and error, several vaccines were born
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Through massive, but swift inventions marred with trial and error, several vaccines were born
Study compares the effectiveness of bivalent and monovalent booster vaccines against COVID-19 mortality in individuals aged 65 and older. It finds that bivalent boosters show higher vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 mortality, particularly for the Omicron variant, compared to monovalent vaccines.
Background: Parental refusal of routine childhood vaccination remains an ethically contested area. This systematic review sought to explore and characterise the normative arguments made about parental refusal of routine vaccination, with the aim of providing researchers, practitioners, and policymakers with a synthesis of current normative literature. Methods: Nine databases covering health and ethics research were searched, and 121 publications identified for the period Jan 1998 to Mar 2022. For articles, source journals were categorised according to Australian Standard Field of Research code...
World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) highlight the deficiencies in disease surveillance efforts.
DHEC and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that everyone 6 months and older get the updated COVID vaccine and the annual flu vaccine, if they have