WHO marks World Immunization Week as vaccine rollout continues
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As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues worldwide, WHO marked World Immunization Week with the theme “vaccines bring us closer.”
The goal of this year’s campaign is to increase public trust in vaccines and improve vaccine investments.
To mark the occasion, we selected 12 recent stories related to vaccination research and efforts.
Past research and ‘unlimited resources’ spur fast development of COVID-19 vaccines
For its April cover story, Infectious Disease News spoke with experts about how past vaccine research and large amounts of public funding contributed to the rapid development of effective COVID-19 vaccines. Read more.
Q&A: What is herd immunity and what will happen to SARS-CoV-2 if we reach it?
In this Q&A, Lauren Ancel Meyers, PhD, director of the University of Texas at Austin COVID-19 Modeling Consortium, discusses misconceptions about, and barriers to herd immunity for COVID-19. Read more.
Most teachers have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, CDC says
CDC data suggest that almost 80% of teachers, child care workers and school staff have received a COVID-19 vaccine. Read more.
Should COVID-19 vaccines be mixed?
Researchers at the University of Oxford have begun a trial assessing the effectiveness of giving patients one dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine and one dose of AstraZeneca’s vaccine. Read more.
Q&A: Reduced efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in transplant recipients
In this Q&A, Infectious Disease News Editorial Board Member Peter Chin-Hong, MD, professor of medicine and director of the transplant infectious disease program at the University of California, San Francisco, discusses the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in transplant recipients. Read more.
Cities face barriers to vaccinating people experiencing homelessness
Studies suggest that individuals experiencing homelessness are more vulnerable to COVID-19, and many cities face barriers to vaccine distribution in this population. Read more.
Q&A: PCPs still ready to help with COVID-19 vaccine rollout, but excluded from efforts
In this interview, Michael DellaVecchia, MD, PhD, FACS, president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society and physician at Thomas University Hospital and Main Line Health in southeastern Pennsylvania, discusses the low level of primary care involvement in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Read more.
Real-world data show mRNA vaccines reduce infection risk by 90%
A recent MMWR report suggesed that COVID-19 messenger RNA vaccines greatly reduce the risk for infection 2 or more weeks after the second dose is administered. Read more.
Italian hospitals struggle with surge of COVID-19 as vaccination campaign gains speed
Italian hospitals are still under pressure from COVID-19 despite decreases in reported cases. Read more.
Results of ‘truly disappointing’ HIV vaccine trial published
Data from a failed HIV vaccine candidate were published a year after the trial was ended early due to ineffectiveness. Read more.
PCV7, PCV13 vaccines effective against ear infection in young children
Two pneumococcal vaccines protected against complex ear infection in children, according to trial results. Read more.
Real-world data trumpet effectiveness of recombinant zoster vaccine
Real-world study results published in Clinical Infectious Diseases showed that the recombinant zoster vaccine is more than 85% effective in mitigating herpes zoster. Read more.
References:
CDC. COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations. Accessed April 21, 2021.
WHO. World Immunization Week 2021. https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2021/04/24/default-calendar/world-immunization-week-2021. Accessed April 21, 2021.
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WHO. World Immunization Week 2021. https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2021/04/24/default-calendar/world-immunization-week-2021. Accessed April 21, 2021.
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