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Q&A: RSV vaccination lowers risk for hospitalization in older patients
During their first season in use, respiratory syncytial virus vaccines reduced the risk for RSV-associated hospitalization by 75% among adults aged 60 years or older, according to a study.
Q&A: What physicians should know about the COVID-19 summer surge and updated vaccines
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Considering the current surge of COVID-19 cases, primary care providers should counsel patients to prepare for this winter’s inevitable spike, according to an expert.
COVID-19 vaccine pipeline could bring more changes to ‘menu of options’
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Given the nuances of COVID-19 vaccine protection, Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire, PhD, an assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard's School of Public Health, said the U.S. “should remain diligent in reviewing efficacy and safety data of each COVID-19 vaccine update to make progressional recommendations.”
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Top in ID: 'Elevated risk' for eastern equine encephalitis; FDA OKs updated COVID vaccine
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Last week a patient in New Hampshire who tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis virus died after being hospitalized with severe central nervous system diseases, according to a press release.
Should US consider risk-based recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines?
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CDC advisors this year introduced the idea of transitioning the United States from a universal recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination to a recommendation based on individual risk factors.
Oregon measles outbreak hits 30 cases, all in unvaccinated people
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A measles outbreak in Oregon has grown to include 30 cases, all of them in unvaccinated people, according to state health officials, who warned about further spread as the school year begins.
Lupus risk higher after mRNA vaccination against COVID-19
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Patients who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated a 1.16-fold higher long-term risk for systemic lupus erythematosus, while a booster was linked to higher risk for psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis, according to data.
Q&A: Overlooked health issues that ‘need to be addressed’ in Asian communities
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, or AA and NH/PI, communities continue to face significant racial disparities in health care access and outcomes across the United States, according to an expert.
Top in ID: Pemivibart suggested for COVID prophylaxis; improper sinusitis prescriptions
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The Infectious Disease Society of America suggests that immunocompromised patients take the COVID-19 prevention drug pemivibart as pre-exposure prophylaxis to help prevent severe COVID-19, according to new guidelines.
US to offer free COVID-19 tests again beginning in September
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The federal government will once again be distributing free at-home COVID-19 tests to households across the country starting next month, health officials announced Friday.
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