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Flu Vaccines: What Does the Future Hold?

By GVN | January 4, 2023 |

Omicron spinoffs, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and influenza (flu) viruses have formed a sort of unholy trinity of respiratory infections. Covid vaccines were initially highly effective against infection, hospitalization, and death, but with the multiplication of new variants, only strong protection against hospitalization and death remains. In a previous Perspective (https://gvn.org/respiratory-syncytial-virus-newly-resurgent/), we noted that the…

Pregnancy and COVID-19 Vaccines

By vgn1 | March 5, 2021 |

Pregnancy and COVID-19 Vaccines March 5, 2021 While the COVID-19 vaccination program is extending globally, we have many questions regarding the vaccines’ safety, durability, and efficacy against variants. One of the important safety questions is the effects of COVID-19 vaccines on pregnant women as clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines were conducted without their participation. Are…

Global Virus Network Warns U.S. of Growing Measles Threat

By vgn1 | October 1, 2013 |

Oct. 1, 2013 17:39 UTC Global Virus Network Warns U.S. of Growing Measles Threat BALTIMORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of the world’s leading medical virology research centers working to prevent illness and death from viral disease, today warned the U.S. of a startling rise in measles cases particularly in the last couple…