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Merck Ebola vaccine Ervebo shown to offer substantial protection

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Merck’s Ebola vaccine offered substantial protection to people vaccinated during the 2018-2020 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with an effectiveness of 84% in those who had been vaccinated at least 10 days before being exposed to the virus, a new study reports. Read the rest…

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Routine vaccinations drop among U.S. kindergartners for the third year in a row

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kindergartners who’ve received standard childhood vaccines took a small but notable dip into the 2021-2022 school year, health officials said Thursday, amid disruptions related to Covid-19 and fears that anti-vaccine sentiment stirred up by the pandemic could be spreading to other shots. The percentage of U.S.

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New CDC Data Show Decrease in Vaccine Coverage Among Kindergarteners For 2023-2024 School Year

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Significant polarization surrounding COVID-19 vaccinations in late 2020 and early 2021 looked to have had an impact in increasing vaccine hesitancy.

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Rollout of Covid vaccines is bumpy, but not unexpected, experts say

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The latest rollout of Covid-19 vaccines has been messy, with people facing more challenges getting one of the updated shots than they may have experienced since the frantic start of the very first vaccination campaign in late 2020 and the first half of 2021.

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WHO recommends dropping component of many flu vaccines

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The World Health Organization has recommended dropping a component of many flu vaccines because the viruses it protects against appear to have been driven into extinction in the Covid-19 pandemic.

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People in Republican-voting states more likely to report Covid-19 vaccine side effects, study says

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People in Republican-voting states were more likely to report adverse events after receiving a Covid-19 vaccination than people living in Democratic-leaning states, a new analysis finds, suggesting that how people view their post-vaccine side effects or decide whether to report them may be shaped by their political views.

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Survey Identifies Factors in Herpes Zoster Vaccine Hesitancy Among Older Adults

Pharmacy Times

An effective shingles vaccine has been available in China since 2020, but vaccine hesitancy persists in at-risk populations.

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