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Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine is recruiting volunteers to take part in a new study aimed at assessing the efficacy of the Moderna bivalent Covid-19 vaccine in protecting against new sub-variants of the Omicron virus and whether or not it should be recommended as an alternative booster shot in Thailand.

Bangkok Post

Michael Hiltzik: RFK Jr.'s town hall showed the folly of trying to fact-check quackery in real time

America's cable news networks seem determined to prove that old adage defining insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

Los Angeles Times

Vaccination in pregnancy greatly reduces risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19, and protects babies up to 6 months after birth

From the early days of the pandemic, it has been evident that a COVID-19 infection in pregnancy can be serious. Hundreds of studies from around the world have consistently shown that a COVID-19 infection in pregnancy carries significantly higher risk for admission to intensive care units (ICU), invasive ventilation, preeclampsia…

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Tumakuru engineering graduate gets ₹3.8 crore fellowship for doctoral studies in U.S.

Yeshwanth Mahesh will be pursuing a PhD at the University of Pennsylvania, which is one of the oldest institutions for higher education in the U.S. The breakthrough mRNA vaccine technologies were developed in the university, which led to the development of an efficient Covid-19 vaccine.

The Hindu

EU Commission Secures Vaccine Production Capacity For Future Crises

Pfizer and European pharmaceutical firms to stockpile vaccines for rapid response, raising concerns over equity

Zenger

Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate – 5 questions answered

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on June 26, 2023, that five cases of locally transmitted malaria had been identified – four in Florida and one in Texas – since May 2023. These are the first cases of locally acquired mosquito-borne malaria in the U.S. since 2003.

The Conversation

RFK Jr. spreads anti-autism bigotry

RFK Jr. says he advocates for the marginalized, but built his career spreading harmful lies about autistic people

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DeSantis, Trump seek to rewrite history on COVID response

ORLANDO, Fla. — In January 2021, Gov. Ron DeSantis was proud to announce the one-millionth COVID-19 vaccine given out in Florida.

Orlando Sentinel

Around world, doctors battle impersonators

A Thai doctor endorsing a dubious diabetes treatment, a Filipino physician touting crotch-enhancing underwear, a doctor in the United States sparking off anti-vaccine conspiracies -- they are all victims of identity theft plaguing health professionals.

Bangkok Post

Older Americans can get RSV vaccine this fall after speaking with their doctor, CDC says

Americans 60 and older can get a new RSV vaccine but should discuss it with their doctor first

The Independent UK

Cuddalore GH staff nurse suspended for wrongly administering anti-rabies vaccine to girl

A teenage girl who visited the hospital with fever and common cold was wrongly administered the anti-rabies vaccine by a staff nurse in Cuddalore government hospital.

The Hindu

Van Morrison at the Royal Albert Hall review: back from the depths of vaccine paranoia, and a generous host

As retro tributes to an artist’s root inspirations go, this was a refined and joyful display

Evening Standard

‘Gamechanging’ TB vaccine within reach after $500m pledge to run final trials

Joint deal between Gates Foundation and Wellcome to develop M72 jab could save 8.5 million lives and prevent 76 million cases

The Guardian - UK

New vaccine for killer illness is backed by UK charity amid fears of disease resurgence

Wellcome charity and Microsoft founder Bill Gates join forces to help co-fund final clinical trials of the most promising TB vaccine candidate in a century

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The COVID vaccine mandate in English care homes led to fewer staff – and may not have reduced resident deaths

Mandatory COVID vaccination as a condition of employment has been a commonly used – though controversial – policy around the world during the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Gonorrhea shot gets FDA fast track as resistant cases multiply

GSK Plc’s experimental gonorrhea vaccine got fast-track designation from U.S. regulators, putting the shot in position to become the first preventive for a common, often-undetected infection that’s gaining resistance to treatment.

Newsroom.co.nz

Supply of medicines to NZ threatened after vaccine disclosure – Ombudsman

After the Government mistakenly released confidential information about Covid-19 vaccines, the health ministry says it was 'made clear' this could have implications for broader pharmaceutical and therapeutic supply.

Daily Record

Last days for Ayrshire residents to take up Covid-19 vaccine before offer ends on Friday

Under 50s with no risk factors are encouraged to get jabbed over the coming days.

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Cholera: vaccines can stop the spread, but the biggest deterrent is clean water

South Africa has experienced outbreaks of cholera since January. The worst was in May in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, where nearly 30 people died. Cholera is a bacterial disease which spreads via the faecal-oral route mostly through ingestion of contaminated food and water. It causes severe diarrhoea and dehydration, and…

Fortune

Cancer vaccines are already a reality. Here's what you need to know about the cutting-edge technology that could usher in an era of personalized medicine

The concept may seem torn from the plot of some futuristic sci-fi movie, or from the pages of some decades-old utopian novel far ahead of its time. But such wonders of science exist today.

Los Angeles Times

Brian Merchant: The tech elite's embrace of RFK Jr. is a grim omen for Silicon Valley's future

Silicon Valley's archetypal hero is the founder of humble beginnings — he who, through grit, sweat and genius, unleashes a world-changing idea from his garage. It's hard to imagine someone more antithetical to that formula than a scion of the most powerful political dynasty in the nation. Yet Robert F.…

Zenger

Moderna Stock Rises After FDA Application For Updated Vaccine

Moderna's potential beyond COVID-19 is underappreciated, says analyst Eliana Merle, who upgraded the stock to Buy

Chronicle Live

Experts say cancer vaccine that shrinks tumours could used for treatment in five years

While the treatments are being called vaccines, they aren't the same as traditional disease-preventing boosters. Instead, they shrink tumours and stop cancer from returning.

Daily Mirror

Cancer vaccine that shrinks tumours could be available in five years, say experts

Though the treatments are being called vaccines, they aren't traditional vaccines which prevent disease - instead they shrink tumours and stop cancer from coming back

Evening Standard

Mark Rylance says he initially took a ‘distilled garlic solution’ instead of Covid vaccine

The Oscar-winning actor claimed ‘science is no different than religion’.

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