Overall Risk of Myopericarditis Low After COVID-19 Vaccine
Myopericarditis is rare following COVID-19 vaccination, with an overall incidence not differing significantly for those receiving COVID-19 vaccines or non-COVID-19 vaccines.
Myopericarditis is rare following COVID-19 vaccination, with an overall incidence not differing significantly for those receiving COVID-19 vaccines or non-COVID-19 vaccines.
For adolescents, vaccination provided protection against critical COVID-19 during omicron predominance, but provided lower protection against omicron-associated hospitalization.
COVID-19 vaccination within the teratogenic window (30 days before conception until 14 weeks of gestation) is not associated with increased odds of major fetal structural anomalies.
In a review, researchers evaluated any otologic manifestation following vaccine administration and investigated the potential pathophysiology, clinical approach, and treatment.
The rates of confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and severe COVID-19 were lower after receipt of a fourth dose of BNT162b2 vaccine.
Outlining a daunting timeline for development of any updated COVID-19 vaccine for next fall, federal health officials told an expert advisory panel that clinical trials of potential candidates would have to begin by next month, and a final formula chosen by June, to meet that tight deadline.
Vaccination provides additional protection among those with immunity from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.
Researchers performed a meta-analysis that assessed seroconversion rates associated with COVID-19 vaccination among patients with immunocompromised conditions.
Moderna said that it has asked the US Food and Drug Administration to approve the emergency use of a second booster of its COVID-19 vaccine for all adults.
No safety signal is observed between COVID-19 vaccines and immune-mediated neurological events, but infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is associated with increased risks for Bell palsy, encephalomyelitis, and Guillain-Barré syndrome.