CDC issues simplified RSV vaccine guidance for seniors The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its RSV vaccine guidance for seniors for this upcoming respiratory viral season, saying the new recommendations are meant to simplify ... 06/26/2024 - 11:09 am | View Link
COVID skeptics are now hyping bird flu fears—and making money pushing prescription ‘contagion kits’ A medical company founded by COVID-19 skeptics is selling prescription medicine as part of a “Contagion Emergency Kit,” using right-wing influencers to hype fears of bird flu to push the product. 06/26/2024 - 9:57 am | View Link
Vaccine makers’ stocks fall as CDC advisers shift RSV-shot recommendations Shares of vaccine makers Pfizer Inc., GSK PLC and Moderna Inc. dropped Wednesday as advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shifted their recommendations for who should be ... 06/26/2024 - 9:45 am | View Link
Federal Officials Revise Recommendations for R.S.V. Vaccine By Apoorva Mandavilli In an unusual move, federal health officials narrowed their recommendations for who should receive the vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus. The Centers for Disease ... 06/26/2024 - 9:39 am | View Link
FDA approves Capvaxive pneumococcal 21-valent conjugate vaccine The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Merck's Capvaxive pneumococcal 21-valent conjugate vaccine for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumococcal pneumonia in adults. 06/24/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
WHO recommends R21/Matrix-M vaccine for malaria prevention in ... The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention of malaria in children. This was just one of the recommendations made at the meeting of WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization held on 25-29 September 2023. 06/25/2024 - 4:09 am | View Website
Malaria Vaccines | Malaria | CDC Develop malaria vaccines that reduce transmission and human malaria infection, enabling elimination in multiple settings through mass vaccination campaigns. Malaria vaccines are recommended for children living in moderate to high malaria transmission areas. 06/25/2024 - 4:09 am | View Website
Malaria vaccines (RTS,S and R21) The malaria vaccines act against P. falciparum, the deadliest malaria parasite globally and the most prevalent in Africa. The RTS,S malaria vaccine was first recommended by WHO to prevent malaria in children in October 2021. 06/25/2024 - 2:22 am | View Website
First-ever malaria vaccine recommendation now published in a ... WHO today published an updated position paper on the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine that includes the October 2021 recommendation calling for the wider use of the vaccine among children living in areas of moderate-to-high P. falciparum malaria transmission. 06/24/2024 - 5:03 pm | View Website
Malaria vaccine big advance against major child killer Malaria vaccine big advance against major child killer. 2 October 2023. By James Gallagher, Health and science correspondent. Share. University of Oxford. A cheap malaria vaccine that can be... 06/24/2024 - 12:46 pm | View Website
Wimbledon tennis tournament is a big ticket item on the U. K. social calendar, but beyond that it has earned global cachet for offering attendees a quintessentially British experience. Think Pimm’s Cup cocktails, strawberries and cream, and the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the British royal family, dressed to the nines, besides celebrity guests in the Royal Box.
But as the two-week sporting event—which debuted in 1877—returns to its namesake London suburb between July 1-14, there could be one glaring absence from courtside.
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday he won’t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes, a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. It was the biggest assault on Kenya’s government in decades.
The government wanted to raise funds to pay off debt, but Kenyans said the bill caused more economic pain as millions struggle to get by.
A little girl had something “crazy” to announce to the world at the start of Glastonbury Festival 2024 on Wednesday: she has a boyfriend.
When BBC reporter Colin Patterson asked 5-year-old Elske to elaborate on her new boyfriend, the little girl proceeded to share his name, proudly sharing it is “Toby Ogden.” Patterson then turned to her parents, who amusingly had differing opinions on the boy.
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“It’s a no from me,” the girl’s father told Patterson, teasing, while her mother adopted a more positive attitude.
King Charles III welcomed the Emperor and Empress of Japan, Naruhito and his wife Masako Owada, to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday for a three-day visit to celebrate the cultural, economic, and diplomatic ties between the two nations.
“Your Majesties, my wife and I are so delighted to be able to welcome you to Buckingham Palace this evening,” the King told the Japanese royals at a state banquet on Tuesday.
As China’s youth women’s basketball team takes the court this week for the Under-18 Asia Cup, held on home ground in Shenzhen, it’s impossible to miss one powerful weapon in their arsenal: 17-year-old Zhang Ziyu, who at 7-foot-3 towers over everyone on the court.
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Standing taller than any WNBA player ever, she’s been called a “cheat code” and “unguardable” by social media users and compared to Yao Ming, China’s retired 7-foot-6 basketball legend, and Victor Wembanyama, last year’s 7-foot-4 NBA first draft pick from France.
It’s not hard to see why Zhang is attracting attention: in her international tournament debut, she’s already chalking up impressive stats, shooting 9 for 9 to score 19 points during 13 minutes off the bench as China cruised to a 109-50 victory against Indonesia on Monday and helping China beat New Zealand 90-68 on Tuesday.
Zhang Ziyu keeps 𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 the court 😱The Chinese young sensation puts up 36 PTS, 13 REB, 4 BLK and 44 EFF against New Zealand 🔥#U18AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/AEkPYv4L5l— FIBA (@FIBA) June 25, 2024
She scored a combined 55 points across her two games so far this week—and has barely had to even jump at all.
Zhang Ziyu is 𝐇𝐄𝐑 😤17-year-old center (2,20cm/7'3'') registered 19 points and 7 rebounds on a perfect shooting (9/9) in her FIBA debut 🇨🇳#U18AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/10XKaDESYL— FIBA (@FIBA) June 24, 2024
Women’s basketball has been enjoying a global surge in attention, helped in large part by Caitlin Clark, the Indiana Fever guard and WNBA sensation hot off a record-breaking college career.
Elections in the Philippines may be a year away, but the politicking has already begun, with one particular family keen to take up as many posts as possible.
When Rodrigo Duterte handed over the presidency to Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in 2022, he embraced the son of the country’s former dictator as a vehicle for extending his own legacy.