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15-Sep-2021 8:55 AM EDT
Pregnant Women Who Receive COVID-19 Vaccination Pass Protection from the Virus to Their Newborns
NYU Langone Health

Women who receive COVID-19 mRNA vaccines during pregnancy pass high levels of antibodies to their babies, a new NYU Langone study finds.

Newswise: Researchers explain how nanomaterial aids antibody response, study it as antibody factory
Released: 22-Sep-2021 8:00 AM EDT
Researchers explain how nanomaterial aids antibody response, study it as antibody factory
Iowa State University

Iowa State researchers affiliated with the Nanovaccine Institute have explained how a nanomaterial initiates antibody production by the immune system's B cells. The technique could be used to turn B cells into factories that provide antibodies for diagnostic tests or treatments.

Newswise:Video Embedded amssm-supports-vaccine-requirements-for-high-school-and-youth-sports
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Released: 21-Sep-2021 4:35 PM EDT
AMSSM Supports Vaccine Requirements for High School and Youth Sports
American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine recently released a statement supporting COVID-19 vaccine requirements for high school and youth sports athletes for those who are eligible.

Released: 21-Sep-2021 3:05 PM EDT
Addressing the COVID Impact: Mammograms and Moving Forward
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Mammograms are the most effective breast cancer screening tool. Rutgers Cancer Institute's Dr. Deborah Toppmeyer addresses the importance of mammograms, impact of screening due to COVID-19 & how we are moving forward.

Released: 21-Sep-2021 11:50 AM EDT
Rutgers Pediatric Clinical Trial Experts, Parents Available to Discuss Pfizer's Vaccine for Children
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers researchers conducting the Pfizer COVID-19 pediatric vaccine clinical trial and parents whose children are participating are available to discuss the recent news of the vaccine prompting a strong immune response in young children.

Released: 21-Sep-2021 8:00 AM EDT
Immunocompromised More Likely to Have Breakthrough Cases, Hospitalization; Masking, COVID-19 Vaccination Critical to Protect Those at High Risk
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

Today, the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST), American Lung Association and American Thoracic Society released the following statement in response to the increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

Released: 20-Sep-2021 6:05 PM EDT
Long COVID symptoms in children rarely persist beyond 12 weeks
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Long COVID symptoms rarely persisted beyond 12 weeks in children and adolescents unlike adults. But more studies were required to investigate the risk and impact of long COVID in young people to help guide vaccine policy decisions in Australia, according to a review led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI).

Released: 17-Sep-2021 2:00 PM EDT
COVID-19, who to vaccinate first among workers?
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

The COVID-19 epidemic, and the lockdowns enforced in many countries, have imposed high costs on the population: a combined health and socio-economic crisis, with the world economy shrank by 4.3 percent in 2020 and 130 million people who will starve due to the global economic crisis.

   
Released: 16-Sep-2021 4:35 PM EDT
Link between menstrual changes after COVID-19 vaccination is plausible and should be investigated
BMJ

Some women say their periods change after getting a covid-19 vaccination.

Released: 16-Sep-2021 3:30 PM EDT
Grow and eat your own vaccines?
University of California, Riverside

The future of vaccines may look more like eating a salad than getting a shot in the arm.

Released: 16-Sep-2021 2:30 PM EDT
COVID-19 nasal vaccine candidate effective at preventing disease transmission
University of Houston

Breathe in, breathe out. That’s how easy it is for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to enter your nose.

Newswise: UTSW Scientists Reveal How Vitamin A Enters Immune Cells in The Gut
Released: 16-Sep-2021 2:05 PM EDT
UTSW Scientists Reveal How Vitamin A Enters Immune Cells in The Gut
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Immunologists and geneticists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how vitamin A enters immune cells in the intestines – findings that could offer insight to treat digestive diseases and perhaps help improve the efficacy of some vaccines.

Released: 16-Sep-2021 1:45 PM EDT
Why the Unvaccinated Are Unvaccinated
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Those who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 say their biggest concern is vaccine safety, according to a survey from a nationwide coalition of university-based researchers.

   
Released: 15-Sep-2021 12:40 PM EDT
COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing asymptomatic infection
Clemson University

While it is true that the vaccines are effective at prevention of serious illness, many studies show that they are also effective at preventing asymptomatic infection. That is, vaccines are effective at preventing you from catching COVID-19, and therefore reduce the risk that you transmit to others.

Newswise: Three State and Federal Grants Fund Campaign to Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination Among People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Released: 15-Sep-2021 12:05 PM EDT
Three State and Federal Grants Fund Campaign to Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination Among People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Faculty at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and clinicians at the Rose F. Kennedy Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC) at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore have received three state and federal grants to address health disparities by promoting COVID-19 vaccination among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), their families, and caretakers in New York State.

Released: 15-Sep-2021 12:00 PM EDT
COVID vaccines do not impact male fertility, nor do they cause swollen testicles, as suggested by Niki Minaj
Newswise

World-renown rap star Nicki Minaj tweeted about Covid-19 vaccination during the 2021 Met Gala (she did not attend since she is not vaccinated). She suggested that getting a COVID-19 vaccine will cause male impotence and swollen testicles.

Newswise: Older Age, Chronic Co-Morbidities Associated with More Severe COVID Disease in Children
Released: 15-Sep-2021 10:10 AM EDT
Older Age, Chronic Co-Morbidities Associated with More Severe COVID Disease in Children
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The study, “Factors Associated with COVID-19 Disease Severity in U.S. Children,” published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, determined the factors associated with severe disease and poor health outcomes among children presenting to the hospital with COVID. These included older age and chronic co-morbidities such as obesity, diabetes and neurologic conditions, among others.

14-Sep-2021 10:10 AM EDT
Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Show Robust T-Cell Responses to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

New research shows that Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients undergoing anti-CD20 (aCD20) treatment – which depletes the B cells that contribute to the MS attacks – are able to mount robust T-cell responses to the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, despite having a muted antibody response to the vaccines.

Released: 14-Sep-2021 2:25 PM EDT
More than 90% of U.S. Employers Surveyed Require or Encourage COVID-19 Vaccinations
Arizona State University (ASU)

On the heels of the Biden administration’s announcement advising workplaces to encourage employee vaccinations, a comprehensive business survey conducted by Arizona State University’s College of Health Solutions, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, found that 93% of the 1,143 U.S. employers surveyed in August currently require or encourage employee vaccinations.

   
Released: 14-Sep-2021 12:25 PM EDT
Looking at the Legal Ins and Outs of Vaccine Mandates
Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Associate Professor Stacey Lee, an expert in business law, health law, and negotiation, addresses some of questions raised by President Biden's recent plans for increasing COVID-19 vaccinations.

     
Released: 13-Sep-2021 5:30 PM EDT
The Lancet: Scientific evidence to date on COVID-19 vaccine efficacy does not support boosters for general population, expert review concludes
Lancet

An expert review by an international group of scientists, including some at the WHO and FDA, concludes that, even for the delta variant, vaccine efficacy against severe COVID is so high that booster doses for the general population are not appropriate at this stage in the pandemic.

Released: 13-Sep-2021 12:35 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs Launches Comprehensive Global COVID Behavior Dashboard
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A new dashboard launched by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs unpacks survey findings and helps explain why some people say they definitely or probably won't get a COVID-19 vaccine. 

Newswise: Flu Season Is Around the Corner–Get Your Shot Now
Released: 13-Sep-2021 11:25 AM EDT
Flu Season Is Around the Corner–Get Your Shot Now
Cedars-Sinai

Masking, physical distancing and other measures employed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic virtually eliminated influenza during the 2020-2021 flu season. But Cedars-Sinai physicians say the flu is headed for a comeback and they urge everyone 6 months and older to get their flu shots.

Released: 10-Sep-2021 10:05 AM EDT
Majority of older adults say health care workers should have to get COVID-19 vaccine
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Many unvaccinated health care workers will soon be subject to a federal vaccine requirement announced by President Biden. A new poll shows most older adults support a vaccination mandate for doctors, nurses and others.

Released: 9-Sep-2021 9:00 AM EDT
2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Awarded to Penn Medicine mRNA Pioneers Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA – It was a scientific discovery 16 years ago that paved the way for creation of lifesaving vaccines when the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe in 2020. Now, the two Penn Medicine researchers behind the findings are again being recognized for their innovative and monumental work, which has ushered in a new era of vaccine technology.

Released: 8-Sep-2021 6:15 PM EDT
New study on COVID-19 vaccinations in the largest US cities finds stark inequities
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

In a study of the 9 largest U.S. cities, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found stark racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in COVID-19 vaccination rates across neighborhoods

Released: 8-Sep-2021 5:15 PM EDT
Study: No Serious COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects in Breastfeeding Moms, Infants
UC San Diego Health

Researchers found that breastfeeding mothers who received either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccination reported the same local or systemic symptoms as what has been previously reported in non-breastfeeding women, with no serious side effects in the breastfed infants.

Released: 8-Sep-2021 5:00 PM EDT
The jury is still out on the effectiveness of ivermectin in treating COVID-19, despite claims that it works or that it's useless
Newswise

Ivermectin is used to fight worms and other parasites in animals and humans. But some people are taking it to treat COVID-19, despite warnings from experts and poisonings tied to the drug.

Released: 8-Sep-2021 2:05 PM EDT
Returning to School Sports Runs Low Risk for COVID-19 Infection, Say Loyola Medicine Experts
Loyola Medicine

As students head back to school this fall, sports medicine physicians with Loyola Medicine say the risk of COVID-19 exposure among student athletes is low. As the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to spread across the U.S., Nathaniel Jones, MD, a sports medicine physician for Loyola Medicine, emphasizes the importance of getting vaccinated.

Released: 8-Sep-2021 4:45 AM EDT
As more US adults intend to have covid vaccine, national study also finds more people feel it’s not needed
Taylor & Francis

A peer-reviewed analysis of US national survey data of 75,000 adults shows, from early January to late March, a near “18 percentage point” increase of adults who have either had the COVID-19 vaccine jab or are willing to do have it.

   
Released: 7-Sep-2021 2:45 PM EDT
Lasting Immunity and Protection from New Single-Shot, Room-Temperature Stable COVID-19 Vaccine
Massachusetts Eye and Ear

Gene-based, single-dose AAVCOVID vaccine shown to offer disease protection in challenge study, and to elicit year-long immune response, according to new paper in Cell Host & Microbe.

Released: 7-Sep-2021 12:50 PM EDT
FIELDING FOCUS | Covid-19 Conversation: Navigating Variants, Vaccines & Boosters
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

In this session, panelists Dr. Robert Kim-Farley (professor, departments of Epidemiology & Community Health Sciences) and Dr. Anne Rimoin (professor, Department of Epidemiology & director, Center for Global and Immigrant Health) will discuss the latest news on the pandemic in a conversation moderated by Dr. Ron Brookmeyer, dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health & distinguished professor, Department of Biostatistics.

   
Released: 7-Sep-2021 12:10 PM EDT
Optical Techniques Offer Fast, Efficient COVID-19 Detection
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Without the prospect of herd immunity on the immediate horizon, speedy detection for COVID-19 remains imperative for helping to curb the pandemic. Point-of-care testing that can provide immediate results is an urgent need. Researchers investigated the opportunities and challenges in developing rapid COVID-19 sensing techniques and discuss the prospects of optical biosensors for point-of-care COVID-19 testing in the journal Applied Physics Reviews.

   
Newswise: “Automated Vaccine Filling Machine”, An Innovation from Chulalongkorn University, Helps Boost the Number of Vaccinations by 20 Percent, and Reduce the Workload of Medical Personnel
Released: 7-Sep-2021 8:55 AM EDT
“Automated Vaccine Filling Machine”, An Innovation from Chulalongkorn University, Helps Boost the Number of Vaccinations by 20 Percent, and Reduce the Workload of Medical Personnel
Chulalongkorn University

The Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University has developed an automated vaccine filling machine that can fill AstraZeneca vaccine into syringes with precision, speed, and safety, helping to increase the number of vaccinated people by 20 percent. The prototype is now operating at Chula Vaccination Center and more machines are planned to be built to support frontline medical personnel in many vaccination centers soon.

3-Sep-2021 1:20 PM EDT
These fridge-free COVID-19 vaccines are grown in plants and bacteria
University of California San Diego

Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed COVID-19 vaccine candidates that can take the heat. Their key ingredients? Viruses from plants or bacteria.

Newswise: Rapid and sensitive on-site measurement of antibodies against the COVID-19 virus
Released: 3-Sep-2021 11:20 AM EDT
Rapid and sensitive on-site measurement of antibodies against the COVID-19 virus
RIKEN

A research team at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan has developed a diagnostic system that can rapidly and sensitively measure the amount of antibodies in the blood that can protect us from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Released: 2-Sep-2021 4:20 PM EDT
Double vaccination halves risk of Long COVID
King's College London

Adults who have received a double vaccination are 49% less likely to have Long COVID should they contract a COVID-19 infection.

Newswise: The Lancet Infectious Diseases: COVID-19 vaccines are effective at reducing severe illness and hospitalisation, new UK study confirms
Released: 2-Sep-2021 3:45 PM EDT
The Lancet Infectious Diseases: COVID-19 vaccines are effective at reducing severe illness and hospitalisation, new UK study confirms
Lancet

After two vaccines doses, the odds of hospitalisation were reduced by more than two-thirds and breakthrough infections were almost two times more likely to be completely asymptomatic.

Released: 2-Sep-2021 11:40 AM EDT
Study: HPV Vaccination Will Reduce Throat and Mouth Cancers, But Overall Impact Will Take 25-Plus Years To See
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Vaccinations against human papillomavirus (HPV), a major cause of throat and back of mouth cancers, are expected to yield significant reductions in the rates of these cancers in the U.S., but will not do so until after 2045, according to a new modeling study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Released: 1-Sep-2021 5:30 PM EDT
With Time and Without Masks, COVID-19 Vaccines Wane in Protection
UC San Diego Health

A study measured effectiveness of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines among health workers, most notably during the emergence of delta virus variant and coincident with end of state’s mask mandate, finding protection waned over time, dropping sharply 6-8 months after full vaccination.

Released: 1-Sep-2021 4:35 PM EDT
Alarming Number of Pregnant COVID-19 Patients Hospitalized in August
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt University Hospital treated 39 pregnant patients hospitalized with active COVID-19 infections in August, 10 of whom were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).

Released: 1-Sep-2021 4:05 PM EDT
Tip Sheet: Making clinical trials more inclusive, measuring COVID vaccine protection and new HIV vaccine results
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

SEATTLE — September 1, 2021 — Below are summaries of recent Fred Hutch research findings and other news.

Newswise: 2VIDA! Tackles COVID Vaccine Hesitancy and Barriers in Latinx, Black Communities
Released: 1-Sep-2021 1:15 PM EDT
2VIDA! Tackles COVID Vaccine Hesitancy and Barriers in Latinx, Black Communities
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego is collaborating with San Ysidro Health on an NIH-funded outreach program to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Latinx and African American communities. The team runs pop-up vaccination sites across San Diego, and goes door-to-door to homes and local businesses to spread awareness.

   


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