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Childhood vaccination coverage was falling across the globe even before Covid

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The study, which estimated childhood vaccination coverage between 1980 and 2023 in 204 countries and territories, found that the Covid-19 pandemic significantly intensified existing immunization challenges. Read the rest…

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STAT+: Cancer therapy’s new ‘gold rush’:  bispecific antibodies that hit key combination of targets

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Immune checkpoint inhibitors, drugs that can help make the immune system recognize and destroy cancer more aggressively, are one of the most important medicines in cancer treatment today. Opdivo, from Bristol Myers Squibb, earned $10 billion in 2023.

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FDA authorizes new drug to protect immune compromised from Covid-19

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  The drug, known as Pemgarda and marketed by the biotech Invivyd, is the first such drug to become available since the agency pulled AstraZeneca’s Evusheld off the market in January 2023. New Omicron variants had rendered Evusheld ineffective. Read the rest…

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STAT+: Drug shortages reached a record high as 2023 drew to a close

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These include oxytocin, which is used during childbirth; Rho(D) immune globulin, which helps some women during pregnancy; standard-of-care chemotherapy, pain and sedation medicines; and ADHD pills. Unresolved shortages have, in fact, been hovering above 300 for more than a year as numerous basic and life-saving medicines are in short supply.

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Combining new and existing immunity: A 3D approach to killing cancer

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Combining new and existing immunity: A 3D approach to killing cancer Mike.Hammerton Fri, 08/09/2023 - 08:00 Bookmark this

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Not Your Average Eczema

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He is up to date on childhood immunizations and is not prescribed any oral medications. Copyright Images and cases from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Clinical Images Exhibit at the 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting | Copyrighted by SAEM 2023 – all rights reserved. J Emerg Med. 2011 Feb;40(2):167-9. 2007.11.049.

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Bracing for rough respiratory virus season, European officials urge vaccination

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and Europe are ramping up their campaigns urging eligible people to get another vaccine round against Covid and flu, promoting the immunizations as people’s best way to protect themselves and reduce pressure on health systems during what is expected to be another tough winter. LONDON — Health officials in the U.K.

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