CDC Investigating Hospitalizations Of Five People Who Recently Received Chikungunya Vaccine

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Chikungunya-like reactions included “fever, joint pain, headache, rash, and can also include cardiac and neurologic conditions which were serious in two cases,” Dr. Dan Barouch, director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, (not involved in the clinical studies).

“The robust vaccine safety surveillance system often identifies extremely rare adverse effects of vaccines after approval,” said Barouch, an infectious disease expert not involved in the CDC investigation. Read Full Article…

RFK Jr.’s step-by-step blueprint to question the safety of vaccines

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Dan Barouch, the director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, said he agrees that vaccine safety is of paramount  importance, and that the perception of safety is also important in a time of declining trust.

“There’s a very rigorous vaccine safety process in place, and vaccines are very safe, but nothing is 100% safe. There isn’t a single drug or vaccine that is truly 100% safe. So it’s critical for us to understand and to study and to honestly discuss adverse events to vaccines,” Barouch said.

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Plague is among the deadliest bacterial infections in human history. Cases still happen today.

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“The reason why it hasn’t been eliminated is because there’s an animal reservoir,” Dr. Dan Barouch, director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, said in February. “The bacteria can infect animals, and because we can’t treat all animals in the wild, it persists in nature and thus occasionally causes a limited number of human cases.” Read Full Article…

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U.S. Moves Closer To Biden’s July 4 COVID-19 Vaccination Goal

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U.S. COVID-19 cases have dropped 95% since January. At least 65% of adults have had a least one vaccine shot. President Biden aims to have 70% of adults vaccinated with at least one shot by July 4. See Article

 

 

Unfortunately, there are no actively enrolling trials at this time.

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A blood test showing the effectiveness of a vaccine on monkeys has the potential to speed up trials

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A new study in monkeys suggests that a blood test could predict the effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine — and perhaps speed up the clinical trials needed to get a working vaccine to billions of people around the world. Read Article

 

The Search for a Vaccine in the Age of COVID-19

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