RAC Vaccines and Vaccination Group

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Wed, 2021-01-13 11:16 — mdmcdonald

RAC Workgroup Efforts Focused on Vaccines and Vaccination

The Resilient American Communities (RAC) Vaccines and Vaccination Group is examining and acting on the issues surrounding vaccines development, distribution, vaccination logistics and execution, as well as vaccination strategy, safety, efficacy, trust, and hesitancy. Special attention is currently focused on COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination.

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Hank Rappaport

Jan Booher

John Girard

Kathleen H

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Reference Site: Global Compendium of Knowledge on COVID-19

Fri, 2023-04-21 11:15 — mike kraft

Global Compendium of Knowledge on COVID-19 The Compendium stores over 140 documents and has recorded over 300 visits to the most popular ones. The Compendium is maintained and expanded to reflect the most relevant experiences and learnings from COVID-19 vaccination.

The Global Compendium of Country Knowledge on COVID-19 vaccination is now available on TechNet21. ...

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Measles, polio and rubella could become endemic in the U.S. if vaccine rates continue to fall--studies

Mon, 2025-04-28 09:42 — mike kraft

Measles may be making a comeback in the U.S., Stanford Medicine-led research finds Diseases such as measles, rubella and polio could become endemic to the U.S. again if vaccine rates decline, according to modeling run by researchers at Stanford Medicine and their colleagues. Katia Savchuk News Center

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Analysis: What causes breakthrough measles infections among a very small percentage of people.a

Mon, 2025-04-21 10:57 — mike kraft

What causes breakthrough measles infections? A small number of people who are fully vaccinated may get sick during a large outbreak, doctors say. NBC News

...Infectious diseases doctors are at pains to emphasize that the MMR vaccine is one of the most effective vaccines on the market, but as Rodney Rohde, a professor at Texas State University explains, a small number of people who are fully vaccinated may get sick during a large outbreak.

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Disruption of measles vaccinations during COVID pandemic took its toll--study

Thu, 2025-04-17 12:08 — mike kraft

Survey of global measles activity shows COVID pandemic's effect Overall, the study paints a picture of steady global declines in measles activity since 1990, but suggests the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, with its disruptions to childhood immunization schedules, may mark the beginning of the end of measles progress for some nations. CIDRAP

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U.S. CDC advisory committee recommends lowering age for receiving RSV vaccinatons

Thu, 2025-04-17 10:12 — mike kraft

Vaccine advisory panel recommends expanded RSV use, and two new vaccines The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted Wednesday to recommend lowering the age at which adults can get a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus. Helen Branswell STAT

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U.S. CDC considers narowing recomendations for COVID-19 vaccinations

Thu, 2025-04-17 09:41 — mike kraft

CDC considers narrowing its Covid-19 vaccine recommendations | CNN The US Centers and Disease Control and Prevention is considering recommending annual Covid-19 shots to those who are older or who have compromised immune function, rather than the current blanket recommendation for everyone 6 months of age and older. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Misinformation issue -- The struggle in the Texas measles infections

Wed, 2025-04-16 10:04 — mike kraft

In the West Texas measles outbreak, a new battle emerges — misinforma… Vaccine critics have downplayed the role of measles in two Texas girls’ deaths, peddled unproven measles treatments and exaggerated the dangers of the vaccine. By Yuriko Schumacher, Pooja Salhotra and Terri Langford The Texas Tribune

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WHO members agree on text for a legally binding pandemic agreement

Wed, 2025-04-16 09:55 — mike kraft

World Health Organization agrees legally binding pandemic treaty The agreement is designed to ensure more cooperation between nations in the event of another pandemic. BBC News

Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed the text of a legally binding treaty designed to better tackle future pandemics.

The pact is meant to avoid the disorganisation and competition for resources seen during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Key elements include the rapid sharing of data about new diseases, to ensure scientists and pharmaceutical companies can work more quickly to develop treatments and vaccines.

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