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BA1 Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Use and Stroke in England
This study investigates the association between bivalent COVID-19 vaccines and ischemic stroke, as well as the effect of simultaneous influenza vaccination on the association.
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - June 15, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

FDA Experts Vote to Make All COVID-19 Vaccines and Boosters Bivalent
In a unanimous decision, all 21 voting members of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) vaccine committee recommended that the U.S. start using the same COVID-19 virus strain in all of the COVID-19 vaccines, including primary and booster doses. That means the bivalent booster dose, which targets both the original SARS-CoV-2 strain and the Omicron BA.4/5 strains, would soon become the only type used for all primary shots and boosters. The decision reflects a turning point in the pandemic. Until now, vaccine makers have tried to keep up with constantly evolving variants, but they’ve always been a few step...
Source: TIME: Health - January 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Thrombotic events following Covid-19 vaccines compared to Influenza vaccines
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: This study shows a significant increase in thrombotic events in subjects vaccinated with Covid-19 vaccines in comparison to a control group. The clinical implication of these findings should be interpreted with caution, in light of the high effectiveness of vaccination and the inherent risk of thrombosis from Covid-19 infection itself.PMID:35288031 | DOI:10.1016/j.ejim.2022.03.002
Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine - March 15, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Marcelo Gabriel Vallone Andre Luis Falc ón Horacio Matias Castro Augusto Ferraris Ramiro Francisco Cantarella Mar ía Inés Staneloni Valeria Ines Aliperti Analia Ferloni Daniela Mezzarobba Fernando Javier V ázquez Mar ía Florencia Grande Ratti Source Type: research