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Study Shows Increased Cancer Deaths After Third Dose of mRNA COVID Shots in Japan

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A 2024 study published in The Cureus Journal of Medical Science evaluated how age-adjusted mortality rates (AMRs) for different types of cancer changed during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2022) in Japan.1 Age adjusted rates is a statistical process to make fair comparisons between groups of different ages, especially with diseases such as cancer that tend to […]

Artificial Intelligence Technology Predicts COVID Shot Uptake

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Findings from a new study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research Public Health Surveillance showed that a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool is able to predict whether someone is willing to get a COVID-19 shot. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Northwestern University aimed to determine the predictive power of a small […]

RSV Vaccines for Senior Adults Linked to Guillain-Barré Syndrome

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On Feb. 29, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) presented a preliminary analysis that showed that 23 adults over the age of 65 who received a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine developed Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).1 When a person develops GBS, including after an infection or […]

Influenza Vaccines Only 42 Percent Effective in Adults This Year

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The influenza vaccines currently being administered in the United States are estimated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to be 42 percent effective in adults. This is an interim estimate for the 2023-2024 “flu season” published in the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on Feb. 29, 2024.1 2 3 […]

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