May 23, 2023 | Covid-19, News
The World Health Organization (WHO) COVID vaccine composition advisory group met to discuss the latest SARS-CoV-2 changes and impacts on the vaccine and recommended that vaccine makers drop the ancestral strain and switch to a monovalent (single-strain) vaccine that...
May 8, 2023 | Infection Control, News
3D renderings of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), CREDIT: NAIAD/NIH The US Food and Drug Administration approved Arexvy, the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine approved for use in the United States. Arexvy is approved for the prevention of lower...
Mar 21, 2023 | Covid-19, News
Scanning electron micrograph of a cell (purple) infected with the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (orange), isolated from a patient sample and colorized. CREDIT: NIAID/NIH The magnitude and quality of a key immune cell’s response to vaccination with two...