April 2020

Three Strategies Emerging to Develop a COVID-19 Vaccine
Everyone knows about the race to develop a vaccine to protect against the pandemic novel coronavirus. Less is understood about the different approaches to developing those vaccines. Researchers from Harvard University and the Precision Vaccine Program provide some specific guidance on approaches to a COVID-19 vaccine. Here is more information.

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Study Confirms Safety of Recombinant Zoster Vaccine
The CDC recommends the adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine as the preferred vaccine and says it should be used in older adults who already received the live-attenuated herpes zoster vaccine. A new study looked at how that affects efficacy and safety. Here is what the researchers found

Tetanus, Diphtheria Boosters Needed in Previously
Vaccinated Adults? 

In the United States, public health officials recommend that adults receive tetanus and diphtheria booster shots if they completed the vaccine series as children, contrary to World Health Organization advice. Find out what a new clinical study determined about the necessity of boosters to assure disease protection. 

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