Immunization

Despite how it is sometimes portrayed in pop culture, chickenpox is far from funny and is, in fact, preventable.

Administered 6 months after the 2-dose regimen of BNT162b2, boosting with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine shows a substantial increase in antibody and T-cell responses.

IcyHot contains salicylate, an aspirin-like product.

Approximately half of people with HCV don't know they're infected, mainly because they have no symptoms.

Officials with the FDA have approved the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus assay for use on DiaSorin’s automated LIAISON XS platform.

Tips to help community-based pharmacists use the data at their fingertips to better market and provide the enhanced pharmacy services that drive practice transformation.

Investigators have developed an antibody-based treatment for Alzheimer disease, as well as a protein-based vaccine.

Chronic HBV increases the risk of developing liver failure, liver cancer, and cirrhosis.

The investigators said that this analysis is the most comprehensive assessment of vaccination rates among US hospital personnel to date, using data from 3.3 million HCP.

Hepatitis A is most likely to be contracted from contaminated food, water, or close contact with a person or object that's infected.

The model could help researchers and public health officials interpret the significance of existing variants and design tailored public health responses for various scenarios based on a variant’s characteristic.

Investigators have developed an encapsulated and immobilized individual bacterium cell in crystalline polymeric matric that not only kills the bacterium but preserves and stabilizes the dead cell against high temperature, moisture, and organic solvents. The method utilizes metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

The analysis found that vaccination rates increased from 36% to 60% between January 2021 and April 2021 but then slowed, reaching just 70% as of September 2021.

A survey of caregivers and parents of children with cancer shows that nearly one-third expressed hesitancy to vaccinate their youngsters against COVID-19.

Their statement also calls upon the business community to support the new federal requirement that individuals working for companies with more than 100 employees be vaccinated.

After 6 to 7 months, just 8 individuals contracted proven symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection with rapid favorable evolution, study results show.

Several states lead charge to update immunization protocols, allowing vaccine administration.

Melissa Pein, a pharmacy technician supervisor at Children’s Mercy Kansas City Hospital, discusses the role pharmacy technicians play in vaccinations.

Study results show that the type of vaccine patients received was a major factor in inducing an immune response, with those receiving mRNA shots faring better.

Study results show that those with lymphoproliferative disorders are the most likely to develop the virus after vaccination.

The company plans to submit data to the European Medicines Agency, FDA, and other global regulators.

Michael Hogue joins Ed Cohen and John Beckner to dig deeper into vaccine hesitancy, boosters, and other topics in the immunization space.

The difference between individuals who were vaccinated and had the infection were higher at different intervals than for those who were unvaccinated.

A new poll shows that this year 64% of individuals between aged 50 and 64 years say they already got or are likely to get their influenza shots up from 54% last year.