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The updated COVID-19 vaccines were 54% effective against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and offered protection against JN.1 and XBB viral lineages, according to early estimates published by the CDC.

Infants aged younger than 3 months and children with a history of prematurity experience the highest rates of hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus, according to study findings published in Pediatrics.

Cameroon became the first of a dozen countries that will participate in a wider rollout of a WHO-approved malaria vaccine in Africa.

The updated COVID-19 vaccines were approximately 54% effective against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and offered protection against JN.1 and XBB viral lineages, according to early estimates published Thursday by the CDC.

The CDC issued an alert to health care providers in the United States last week to be on the lookout for measles after receiving reports of 23 confirmed cases between Dec. 1 and Jan. 23.

A single dose of a typhoid conjugate vaccine provided protection for at least 4 years among children aged 9 months to 12 years enrolled in a phase 3 trial in Malawi, according to results published in The Lancet.

Many health care workers, including primary care providers, may have lingering questions surrounding the new respiratory syncytial virus vaccines for older adults.

Three or more doses of maternal COVID-19 vaccine significantly enhance antibody concentrations in preterm infants compared with two or fewer doses, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

COVID-19 vaccination reduces the risk for long COVID in children, according to findings from a study of more than 1 million children published in Pediatrics.

Nearly one in five patients diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children based on a 2020 definition would not be diagnosed with the illness using an updated definition, researchers reported in Pediatrics.