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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mike kraft

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CDC Recommends Second Dose of 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine for Older People And Those Who are Moderately or Severely Immunocompromised

Thu, 2024-10-24 09:57 — mike kraft

CDC Recommends Second Dose of 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine for People 65 Years and Older and for People Who are Moderately or Severely Immunocompromised Today, CDC Director Mandy Cohen endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (AC CDC CDC Newsroom

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Repeated COVID vaccinations found to enhance mucosal immunity in the nose against the virus

Wed, 2024-10-23 19:27 — mike kraft

Repeated COVID vaccinations found to enhance mucosal immunity against the virus During the COVID pandemic, many of us received multiple mRNA vaccines. New work by researchers at the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, and University Hospital Ghent, among ... VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) Medical Xpress

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RSV: US FDA approves Pfizer's RSV vaccine for older adults at increased risk

Wed, 2024-10-23 09:48 — mike kraft

US FDA approves Pfizer's RSV vaccine for adults at increased risk of the disease The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Pfizer's RSV vaccine for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV in adults aged 18 to 59 at increased risk of the disease. Reuters Reuters

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Analysis: Is the world prepared for another pandemic?

Mon, 2024-10-21 10:29 — mike kraft

COVID, mpox, cholera: Is the world prepared for another pandemic? About 4.5 billion people are currently without adequate access to essential healthcare. Faras Ghani Al Jazeera

Some 4.5 billion people worldwide are currently without adequate access to essential healthcare services, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Disinformation issue: Canadian PM testifies that Russia helped fund anti-Vax promoters

Mon, 2024-10-21 10:12 — mike kraft

Justin Trudeau Testifies That Russia Funded Tucker Carlson and Jordan Peterson in Support of Their Anti-Vax Covid Claims | Video The Canadian prime minister made the allegations under oath at the nation’s Foreign Interference Commission The post Justin Trudeau Testifies That Russia Funded Tucker Carlson and Jordan Peterson in Support of Their Anti-Vax Covid Claims | Video appeared first on TheWrap. Yahoo News

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Evaluating this year’s COVID booster as a good match for new variants

Mon, 2024-10-21 09:51 — mike kraft

Is this year’s COVID booster a good match for new variants? Depending on when you last got vaccinated, that COVID-19 shot may no longer be a good match for the variants expected to dominate this fall and winter. amartichoux The Hill

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While they may not be a perfect match, the latest variants have enough in common with the KP.2 and JN.1 that the boosters should still offer effective cross-protection.

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Explainer: Vaccination side effects and what they indicate

Fri, 2024-10-18 17:40 — mike kraft

What Vaccine Side Effects Really Mean And is it bad not to have side effects after a shot? Jamie Ducharme TIME

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Only a quarter of US adults concerned about RSV, down from 35% in 2023 --survey

Fri, 2024-10-18 17:06 — mike kraft

Survey: Only a quarter of US adults concerned about RSV, down from 35% in 2023 The disease continues to spread in the Americas, with Ecuador and Guyana recently reporting their first cases. CIDRAP

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Mpox vaccine rollout in Congo is reported going slower than expected

Fri, 2024-10-18 10:03 — mike kraft

Mpox vaccine rollout in Congo slower than expected, health official says

KIBATI, Democratic Republic of Congo, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Congo needs to do more to raise awareness about mpox and the availability of vaccines, an official with the response team said on Thursday, warning the campaign to distribute the shots would take longer than anticipated

Congo's mpox vaccination campaign launched this month in the hard-hit east.

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