#FDA says #Covid #vaccines will probably get an annual update but most people will likely need only one shot. ironmerc #Western_Digital, #Kioxia in advanced talks for merger, Bloomberg reports.

#FDA says #Covid #vaccines will probably get an annual update but most people will likely need only one shot.

a new type of immune response and better infection-protection -- such as what's induced by mucosal #vaccines -- is what people will be looking for in #future vaccines.

Melody, like so many others, is unimpressed: "We have had free #Covid tests and free #vaccines for the past three years.

China has faced challenges with #vaccines being used and particularly getting them to the most #vulnerable people

Melody, like so many others, is unimpressed: "We have had free Covid tests and free #vaccines for the past three years. Why can't we have free #Covid

there was little progress in increasing the vaccination rate among the elderly. As a result, antibodies triggered by inactivated #vaccines dropped to a very low level before #China moved away from zero-Covid

Even when they do have access to #vaccines, #people belonging to marginalized #groups may still be hesitant to take them.

There were serious #political complaints about the use of the term when, let’s say, there wasn’t enough access [to] #vaccines [among] marginalized groups,” Prof. Goldenberg told us.

it’s about #trusting the scientific and regulatory process that is bringing us #vaccines and #telling us that [they are] safe and effective, and something that we should [accept].

That just showed how [much] Hong Kong valued protecting the wider society, and so #vaccines became part of that when [#COVID-19] case numbers started to rise,” Aaron added.

Public #health institutions have focused on recording rates of vaccine refusal rather than looking at what makes #people hesitant about accepting #vaccines, regardless of their final decision.

However, some members of the #public have been hesitant to take up #vaccines.

#FDA authorizes #Covid #omicron #vaccines for children as young as 6 months old

#China pushes #vaccines as retreat from #zero_COVID' turns messy

#US #COVID death toll would be 4X higher without #vaccines, modeling study finds

Message by the #Director of the Department of Immunization #Vaccines and #Biologicals at WHO - December 2022