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Natalya Maisheva / iStock In some cases, vaccinated people can transmit measles, finds a review and meta-analysis of 33 reports published late last week in Expert Review of Vaccines.“Measles transmissions from vaccinated cases, although relatively uncommon, must be considered in public health …
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Welcome to our biweekly series in partnership with CIDRAP at the University of Minnesota. I (Izzy) have been watching a lot of John Oliver lately, and I admit that writing this week’s issue feels a bit like rattling off a talk show host’s brain-dump at the beginning of an episode. In the two weeks …
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No medical intervention is 100% safe—and that includes vaccines. While serious side effects are incredibly rare, some people do suffer injuries as a result of vaccinations. The government developed a special compensation program for anyone injured by vaccines, the Vaccine Injury Compensation …
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We took a couple of weeks off our biweekly series–in partnership with CIDRAP (the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) at the University of Minnesota–for a mix of reasons, and we’re glad to be back. In the three weeks since our last issue, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, …
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An imposter US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine safety site hosted by a nonprofit once led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been taken down after a watchdog noticed it being staged.E. Rosalie Li, MA, founder of InfoEpi Lab on Substack, …
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A Minnesotan visiting Washington, DC, has been confirmed to have measles, while the Washington Post reports David Geier, an outspoken vaccine critic, will be heading up a new federal effort to study autism and vaccines. Both news comes as new CDC research shows routine childhood immunizations …
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A growing proportion of Americans believe COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and are unwilling to be vaccinated or to recommend it to others, according to the latest national health survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.The findings from the third Annenberg …
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A systematic review by Brown University researchers of studies on countering COVID-19 misinformation finds that only 18% included public health measures such as vaccination, and some seemed to give credence to conspiracy theories and other unproven claims.The review also revealed challenges in …
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A new observational study from Canadian researchers reveals that COVID vaccination after long COVID was tied to fewer symptoms, increased well-being, and less inflammation. The study, based on participants in Montreal, is published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.Long COVID, or …
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Two new studies describe a couple sources of the COVID-19 “infodemic” on social media: US physicians and proponents and practitioners of “doing your own research.”Vaccine untruths, conspiracy theories A mixed-methods study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open finds that 52 physicians practicing …
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