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A CDC advisory panel will vote Wednesday afternoon on whether to recommend Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for kids ages 12 to 15.

By STEPHANIE DUTCHEN Are children really spared the worst effects of COVID-19? What’s the likelihood that an expectant or new mother will pass SARS-CoV-2-or antibodies that protect against it-to her fetus through the placenta or to her infant through breastfeeding? Are COVID-19 vaccines as safe and effective for children as they are for adults? What about vaccination during pregnancy or breastfeeding? Now that vaccines, along with mask wearing, physical distancing, and other precautions, are slashing the number of older adults in the U.S. who are hospitalized with or die...

UH professor working on anti-opioid vaccine A $25 million grant has been awarded to a UH psychology professor to create an adjuvant opioid use disorder vaccine.  The development of the vaccine is a joint effort between Kosten, associate professor in UH College of Pharmacy, Greg Cuny and associate professor of psychology, Colin Haile. The three also partnered with vaccine scientists at the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. “The focus of this grant is to test various adjuvants, agents that boost the immune response, along with the anti-fentanyl vaccine that we devel...

 E-Mail BOSTON - At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, very little was known about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Over the past year, more evidence has become available on how the virus is transmitted, who is at the greatest risk and best practices to prevent exposure. Yet questions still remain about how the virus impacts the health of pregnant women and newborns. In a new study published in JAMA Network Open, physician-researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital re...

First-of-its-Kind Study Found Infants of Socially Vulnerable Mothers were at Highest Risk of COVID-19 Infection BOSTON – At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, very little was known about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Over the past year, more evidence has become available on how the virus is transmitted, who is at the greatest risk and best practices to prevent exposure. Yet questions still remain about how the virus impacts the health of pregnant women and newborns. In a new study published in JAMA Network Open, physician-researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ...