Influenza Vaccination and Risk of Stroke in Older Adults
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Researchers addressed the association between older individuals who received an influenza vaccine and their risk of stroke following vaccination.
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Vaccination Key to Preventing COVID-19 Hospitalizations Among Children
Drug Topics
OCTOBER 23, 2024
A study found that children aged 6 months or younger who are not eligible for vaccination were at the highest risk for hospitalization due to SARS-CoV-2.
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Community Pharmacists Crucial in RSV Vaccine Education Efforts
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
After shared decision making with their community pharmacist, patients were more likely to receive an RSV vaccine.
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Community Pharmacist Education to Combat Vaccine Hesitancy
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Researchers explored an alternative pharmacist education intervention as a way of improving pharmacist-patient conversations and decreasing vaccine hesitancy among patients.
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GSK Announces Positive Topline Data for Co-Administration of RSV, Shingles Vaccines
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
A co-administration option for both vaccinations can increase the likelihood of older adults completing the vaccination series and improve health outcomes for the patient population.
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COVID-19 Infection Raises Heart Failure Risks, Underlines Vaccination Importance
Drug Topics
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Research presented at CHEST 2024 outlined the heart failure risks associated with COVID-19 infection and emphasized the importance of vaccination to prevent adverse outcomes.
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Q&A: The Importance of Vaccine Literacy, Uptake During Flu Season
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Ruth Carrico PhD, DNP, APRN, discussed the importance of annual vaccination and overall health awareness and literacy during the winter flu season.
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Pharmacists Can Play Vital Role in Boosting Vaccine Uptake
Drug Topics
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Researchers analyzed the potential role of nonphysician health care providers to provide vaccine services outside of traditional health care settings.
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Study Shows Adult HPV Vaccination Is Less Cost-Effective Than Adolescent Vaccination
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Investigators also found that vaccination for those aged 27 to 45 produces a higher number needed to vaccinate.
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Influenza Vaccine Least Effective for Children Facing Secondary Infection
Drug Topics
DECEMBER 2, 2024
Researchers addressed vaccine effectiveness for individuals with direct household contacts that reported influenza.
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Moderna Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine More Effective at Preventing Hospitalization in High-Risk Patients Compared With Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Though both vaccines remain effective at preventing severe illness, Moderna’s mRNA-1273.222 vaccine was found to be significantly more effective among adults with underlying medical conditions.
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Varying Messaging Strategies Increases Likelihood of Vaccination Against HPV
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
There were differences in the variables that influenced vaccination decision making for adults aged 18 to 26 years and for parents making the decision to vaccinate their child
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Trusting COVID-19 Vaccine Science Crucial in Vaccine Acceptance Among US Adults
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
A recent study found that losing a family member or a friend to COVID-19 within the past year led to higher levels of vaccine acceptance.
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Examining Pharmacists Role in the Current Vaccine Landscape
Drug Topics
MARCH 26, 2024
Posters presented at the APhA 2024 Annual Meeting and Exposition discussed pharmacist barriers in pediatric immunizations, a novel meningococcal vaccine, and the need for inpatient reviews of vaccination history.
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Q&A: Health Care Experts on H5 Bird Flu Vaccine Developments
Drug Topics
OCTOBER 25, 2024
As the H5 bird flu outbreak gradually impacts human health in the US, health care experts weighed in on possibilities of a future vaccine.
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Childhood Pneumococcal Vaccination Programs Indirectly Protect Adults From Pneumococcal Disease
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Pneumococcal disease incidence decreased in adults after pneumococcal vaccines began to be used in children due to indirect protection, with fewer adults found to carry the bacterium that causes disease.
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Researchers Assess Shingles Vaccination Trends Among Older Adults With COPD
Pharmacy Times
DECEMBER 5, 2024
During a 15-year period, 1 in 5 older adults living with COPD received a shingles vaccine.
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Providers Prefer Increased Pneumonia, IPD Coverage and Lower Age Recommendation For Pneumococcal Vaccines
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 9, 2024
Reasons for supporting the lowering of the age-based pneumococcal vaccine recommendation included the likelihood it would increase vaccination rates in multiple age groups and demographics.
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STAT+: Sales of GSK’s RSV vaccine down dramatically from last year
STAT
OCTOBER 30, 2024
LONDON — GSK’s once booming vaccines business met new challenges in the third quarter, as the company lowered sales forecasts for vaccines for the year. It was clear that GSK’s vaccine division would see lower sales this quarter. recommendations for who should get the shot.
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Single Dose Typhoid Vaccine Effective in Children
Drug Topics
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
The vaccine showed an overall efficacy of 80% in the per-protocol analysis, with a risk reduction of 6.1 typhoid infections per 1000 vaccinated children.
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High-Dose, Adjuvanted Flu Vaccines Prove More Effective for Older Adults
Drug Topics
AUGUST 26, 2024
“While seasonal variation exists, it is expected that seniors will continue to benefit from flu vaccines that are stronger than the traditional standard-dose vaccines,” wrote investigators.
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Novavax coughs up $123.8M to settle COVID vaccine supply dispute with UK
Fierce Pharma
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Novavax has inked another settlement for a past COVID-19 vaccine supply deal. Novavax has inked another settlement for a past COVID-19 vaccine supply deal. million to end a COVID vaccine supply pact with the U.K. The Maryland biotech has agreed to pay $123.8
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Q&A: Educating Patients on Importance of Flu Vaccination
Drug Topics
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Lauren Angelo, PharmD, MBA, discusses effective ways pharmacists can educate and encourage their communities on the importance of flu vaccination.
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NCPA 2024: Latest Updates on Respiratory Vaccines
Pharmacy Times
OCTOBER 26, 2024
With COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and other viruses now circulating, the time for pharmacists to get up to date on the latest vaccine recommendations is now.
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GSK cuts Shingrix deliveries in revised Zhifei China pact, moves closer to RSV vaccine deal
Fierce Pharma
DECEMBER 5, 2024
As the Chinese vaccines market undergoes a seismic shift marked by disappointing sales, GSK has extended—but with reduced volumes—an ongoing shingles vaccine partnership with local powerhouse Chong | As the Chinese vaccines market undergoes a seismic shift marked by disappointing sales, GSK has extended—but with reduced volumes—an ongoing shingles (..)
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Rwanda to receive experimental vaccines, therapeutics to combat Marburg outbreak
STAT
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Experimental vaccines and therapeutics to combat the deadly Marburg virus will begin arriving this weekend in Rwanda, where they will be used in clinical trials expected to begin soon, a U.S. government official confirmed on Friday.
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Shingles Vaccine Could Protect Cardiovascular Health
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Pharmacists can continue to spread awareness of the importance of receiving a shingles vaccine.
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Vaccines to Watch in 2024
Drug Topics
MARCH 19, 2024
Moderna, Merck, and Pfizer-BioNTech are leading the charge with new vaccines for respiratory viruses in development.
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Opinion: Empathy should guide responses to reported vaccine injuries
STAT
JUNE 11, 2024
As a co-leader of the team at the National Institutes of Health that developed technologies powering a number of Covid-19 vaccines, I often speak publicly about vaccine science, even though I no longer work for the government. There is no denying the millions of lives that Covid-19 vaccines saved.
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How Can Pharmacies Close the Gap on Vaccine Uptake?
Pharmacy Times
OCTOBER 14, 2024
Pharmacists and the pharmacies they support are in a strong position to increase vaccination rates and address any questions related to vaccine hesitancy.
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Pharmacists Lead the Fight Against Declining Flu Vaccination Rates
Drug Topics
JUNE 17, 2024
In an attempt to promote flu vaccination, Kristen Thorson, PharmD, encourages pharmacists to “know the power of their recommendation.”
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Report: 82.3% of Reported Vaccine Errors Reached the Patient
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The most commonly reported errors included administering the wrong vaccine or administering an expired vaccine.
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STAT+: Dreams of cancer vaccines are becoming more real. Here are 9 scientists making it happen
STAT
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Vaccines are the original immunotherapy, in the view of Ryan Sullivan, a cancer immunotherapy researcher and oncologist at Mass General Cancer Center. Shadowed by the successes of other therapies, the field of cancer vaccines was “seemingly dying,” Sullivan said. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…
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The many legal fronts of RFK Jr.’s fight against vaccines
STAT
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
took leave as chairman of Children’s Health Defense, a nonprofit known for spreading doubt about vaccines, to run for president last year. Kennedy Jr. But he is still fighting in court alongside the group, putting him in an unusual position for someone nominated as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Moderna receives $176 million from BARDA for mRNA influenza vaccines
STAT
JULY 2, 2024
Moderna has been awarded $176 million by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to accelerate development of messenger RNA-based pandemic influenza vaccines, the company announced in a statement Tuesday. Read the rest…
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RFK Jr. could 'cost lives in this country' if he pursues changes to US vaccine policy, Gottlieb says
Fierce Pharma
DECEMBER 2, 2024
The former FDA Commissioner pointed to the threat of measles if vaccination rates were to decline by 5%. Department of Health and Human Services immediately sent waves of speculation swirling throughout the biopharma industry. |
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STAT+: RFK Jr. was paid six figures by his vaccine-challenging group before presidential run
STAT
DECEMBER 3, 2024
” It is widely known for seeding vaccine skepticism, with Kennedy as its most visible advocate. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…
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Pharmacists Combat Flu Misinformation and Expand Vaccine Access
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Kristi Veis discusses the importance of flu vaccinations and the role of pharmacists in administering them.
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FDA Approves Updated Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The protein-based vaccine includes a monovalent component corresponding to the Omicron variant JN.1 1 strain.
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Advancing Vaccine Development for RSV and hMPV: Overcoming Challenges With Pre-Fusion F Protein Stability
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
Researchers developed a method to stabilize respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) fusion (F) proteins, advancing potential vaccines for both viruses.
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Sanofi opens $590M modular vaccine, biologics plant in Singapore
Fierce Pharma
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Two months after Sanofi completed construction in France of its innovative Modulus vaccine and biologics plant—which can be reconfigured within days during a pandemic—the drugmaker said it has
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Slideshow: 2023 Vaccine Approvals
Drug Topics
DECEMBER 24, 2023
Vaccine approvals included two immunizations for RSV and a new pentavalent meningococcal shot.
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Pharmacists Play Key Role in Flu Vaccination Efforts
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Kristi Veis discusses the importance of flu vaccinations and the role of pharmacists in administering them.
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HPV vaccine study finds zero cases of cervical cancer among women vaccinated before age 14
STAT
JANUARY 25, 2024
A historic new study out of Scotland shows the real-world impact of vaccines against the human papillomavirus: The country has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13.
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