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Acceptability of the vaccine was high among the completers and some non-completers that felt it was safe and offered them protection. 

Barriers Remain for HBV Vaccination in Zambia for Health Care Workers

An FDA panel voted unanimously this week to support harmonizing an annual primary and booster dose, moving public health strategies to reflect the endemic course of COVID-19.

Our COVID-19 Vaccine Expectations Are Finally Getting Realistic

Gut microbiota diversity was lower in below average responders, while 39.5% of participants had a serological response below the geometric mean. 

Gut Microbiota Forecasts Serological Response for COVID-19 Vaccines in IBD Patients

There were 248 patients included in the study with genetic data, with no differences found in mean titer after 2 or 3 doses between carriers and non-carriers of HLA-A24 associated with severe disease during COVID-19 infections.

Recommendations Call for COVID-19 Vaccinations for IBD Patients

The pandemic may have both widened the vaccination coverage gap between rural and urban adolescents and affected vaccination coverage in general.

COVID-19 Affected Adolescent Vaccination Coverage, Heavily Impacted Rural Adolescents

Investigators from found that 12.12% of patients with a previous skin disease diagnosis developed an adverse skin reaction following a COVID-19 vaccine injection.

Adverse Skin Reactions Rare Following COVID-19 Vaccination

A cohort analysis of Rhode Island data showed populations at high risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure are at greater likelihood of reinfection, and would benefit even more greatly from vaccination.

Full COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to 50% Reduced Risk of Reinfection

Analysis of patient-reported outcomes last flu season show an approximate 10% increased risk of mild vaccination reactions when receiving both a COVID-19 booster and flu shot instead of a lone booster dose.

Simultaneous COVID-19 mRNA, Flu Vaccination Linked to More Adverse Reactions

The latest EUA, for two-dose NVX-CoV2373, introduces a protein-based adjuvant vaccine to the COVID-19 prevention market.

FDA Grants Emergency Authorization to Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine

There was also a greater likelihood of vaccine recommendation observed from pediatricians compared to other medical specialties.

Primary Care Professionals Mixed on Vaccine Recommendations for IBD Patients

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