The World Health Organization is in the process of deciding how to prioritize vaccines for kids in low- and middle-income countries. In the middle of the 20th century, an estimated 4.5 million children under the age of five per year perished from diarrhoea. Although oral rehydration therapy saved lives, it does not stop infection. Millions […]
Type 1 diabetics can be protected from COVID-19 by multiple doses of the BCG vaccine
BCG has been the most extensively administered vaccine in medical history since its debut in 1921. The BCG vaccination is an avirulent TB strain Mycobacterium bovis that was previously used to protect against tuberculosis. BCG is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines and is administered to around 100 million children worldwide each […]
HIV vaccine shows promising outcomes in a clinical trial
A large team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across the U.S., working with two colleagues from Sweden, reports promising results in phase I clinical trial aimed at testing the efficacy and safety of an HIV vaccine. Medical researchers have been working for decades on developing an HIV vaccine, but unfortunately, they have […]
The effects of veterinary vaccines on human health
Veterinary vaccines are being used significantly more often to safeguard both the health of animals and the general public. The livestock and poultry sectors have had significant success with first-generation veterinary vaccinations, such as inactivated and live-attenuated vaccines. Animals on farms (livestock), in the wild, and as pets are all protected against deadly diseases by […]
After a thorough look into the potential link between vaccines and asthma by researchers, it’s reported to be safe
Dr. Monica Gandhi, a professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco, who was not involved in the new research, said it is important to reassure parents about the safety of vaccines. Asthma is a condition in which your airways narrow and swell and may produce extra mucus. This can make breathing difficult […]
65 years plus older adults need a stronger dose of flu shots
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), research has demonstrated Flublok Quadrivalent the following vaccines are potentially more effective than standard-dose vaccines for people ages 65 and older. Like standard-dose flu vaccines, these new flu shots are designed to protect against four of the more likely flu strains to spread this season. […]
Enterovirus may increase the risk of type 1 diabetes, according to an Australian study
Study adds to the growing body of evidence linking diabetes and enterovirus Enterovirus is a family of viruses that causes many of the upper respiratory symptoms that children face throughout the year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that each year enteroviruses cause approximately 10 to 15 million infections each year. Enteroviruses circulate throughout communities […]
The universal flu vaccine can protect against variants of both influenza A and B viruses
The findings, published in the journal PLOS Pathogens. Viral variants occur when flu pathogens change their major surface hemagglutinin protein that binds to host receptor molecules. Continuous mutational changes in the flu hemagglutinin proteins cause the emergence of variants that have escaped the host immune system, leading to severe flu disease. Current influenza vaccines are based […]
Children with primary immunodeficiency are at greater risk of significant COVID-19 problems
Due to COVID-19, children with various immunodeficiency illnesses have a higher death risk. These children have mutations in genes that control the body’s immunological response to viral infections. Immunodeficiency disorders are malfunction of the immune system, resulting in infections that develop and recur more frequently, are more severe, and last longer than usual. According to […]
New Tuberculosis vaccine passes an initial clinical trial
At least 20 million people worldwide suffer from tuberculosis, according to World Health Organization (WHO), with 10 million new cases every year and about 1.5 million deaths annually. No other infectious disease has killed more people than tuberculosis. Currently, only one vaccine is available to prevent severe courses: Bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG). However, it is […]
