by Kaiser Permanente Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A review of more than 245,000 doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines given to young children (most of them age 4 and younger) found no indications of serious side effects. The study, published June 6 in Pediatrics, was led by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in partnership with the Centers...
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, November 9, 2022—Pregnant people who received one of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines had 10-fold higher antibody concentrations than those who were naturally infected with SARS-CoV-2, a finding that was also observed in their babies, according to a new study by researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University...
MARCH 15TH, 2022 CONN HASTINGS CARDIOLOGY, MATERIALS, MEDICINE, NANOMEDICINE Researchers at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada created engineered red blood cells to act as a new COVID-19 vaccine technology. The cell membranes have been studded with the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, and in experiments the researchers have conducted in mice the cells can trigger an immune...
by American Society of Nephrology Multiple studies have shown that individuals with kidney failure who are undergoing dialysis mount weaker antibody responses after COVID-19 vaccination than people in the general population, but new research indicates that these individuals’ immune responses are still capable of protecting against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19. The findings are published...
The possible association between COVID-19 vaccination and sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is unclear, according to two studies published online Feb. 24 in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. Eric J. Formeister, M.D., from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues examined the potential association between COVID-19 vaccination and SSNHL in a population-based...
by NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Women receiving one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine during a single menstrual cycle had an increase in cycle length of nearly one day, compared to unvaccinated women, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The...
by University of Ottawa Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has found no correlation between COVID-19 vaccinations and risk of first-trimester miscarriages, providing further evidence of the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy. The study analyzed several national health registries in Norway to compare the proportion of vaccinated women...
by University College London Left: CT venogram showing a filling defect in the sagittal sinus (black arrow). Right: A dural venous sinus thrombosis of the transverse sinus. Greater on the right than left. Credit: wikimediacommons A new UCL and UCLH-led study of patients with cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) following COVID-19 vaccination, provides a clearer guide for...
by University of California – San Diego Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a Brief Communication, published July 29, 2021, in the journal Transplant Infectious Disease, a team of physician-scientists at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that solid organ transplant recipients who were vaccinated experienced an almost 80 percent reduction in the...
WILEY In a study of 1,377 patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases—such as inflammatory arthritis and lupus—flares of their conditions were uncommon following two-dose COVID-19 mRNA vaccination. In a study of 1,377 patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases—such as inflammatory arthritis and lupus—flares of their conditions were uncommon following two-dose COVID-19 mRNA vaccination. In the Arthritis...
