Vaccination

Adults with a history of confirmed acute myocarditis did not experience recurrence or serious adverse events after COVID-19 vaccination, researchers reported.

Findings have shown that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are safe and effective during pregnancy, and evidence also suggests that the benefits of maternal vaccination extend to newborns.

Common drugs like paracetamol and ibuprofen may reduce a patient’s immune response if taken before or immediately following a vaccination, according to findings published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

PHOENIX — Anaphylaxis accounted for 15% of the adverse reports from clinicians after mRNA vaccinations for COVID-19, according to a late-breaking abstract at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Delayed hypersensitivity to vaccines is not uncommon but also does not typically contraindicate further vaccination, and patch testing can be used to determine the cause, according to a study published in Allergy & Asthma Proceedings.

Regardless of immunosuppression medication status, most patients with inflammatory bowel disease mounted a high-positive antibody response to the standard SARS-CoV-2 vaccination regimen, according to research.

Novavax on Thursday announced that its COVID-19 vaccine was around 80% effective among adolescents aged 12 to 17 years in a phase 3 trial.

Many caregivers expressed hesitancy to vaccinate themselves and their children who had cancer against COVID-19, according to study results published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer.

In the final installment of a four-video series timed to Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Maurie Markman, MD, spoke with Healio about which adults may derive the most benefit from catch-up HPV vaccination.

A quality improvement intervention increased vaccination adherence among patients with inflammatory bowel disease on immunosuppressive therapy, according to research presented at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.