Vaccines
Ebola in the DRC: Africa CDC’s Yap Boum on the Response, Vaccine Research and Lessons for Future Outbreaks
Professor Yap Boum II during a field visit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of the response to the current Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak. Photo courtesy of Yap Boum. Ebola in the DRC: Africa CDC’s Yap Boum on the Response, Vaccine Research and Lessons for Future Outbreaks TAMPA, FL, USA (September 24,…
Read MoreFlu Vaccines: What Does the Future Hold?
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…
Read MorePregnancy and COVID-19 Vaccines
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…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network Warns U.S. of Growing Measles Threat
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…
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