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Work on HIV vaccine continue apace with encouraging in vitro results. Now need to find out how well it works in human clinical studies.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 27, 2024 Source:‘Another step closer’: Western University researchers work on cure for AIDS
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Moderna Says Its New COVID-19 Vaccine Protects Against the BA.2.86 Variant
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 7, 2023 Source:Moderna Says Its New COVID-19 Vaccine Protects Against the BA.2.86 Variant
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Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 11, 2023 Source:Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial Reference:Personalized RNA neoantigen vaccines stimulate T cells in pancreatic cancer
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Alzheimer’s prevention Phase 1 trial will look at safety of nasal vaccine. Much to happen before any conclusions can be drawn from this study. Also, @billcarrolltalk and I also discuss the approval of COVID vaccine for 5-11 year-old children.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 22, 2021 Source:Nasal vaccine to treat Alzheimer’s disease to be tested in U.S. clinical trial COVID-19 vaccines for children
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Immunocompromised people need our help to protect them from Covid infection. Although many have been vaccinated, many do not produce a sufficient immune response. Please step up, take a world view, and help others by deciding to get the vaccine.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 28, 2021 Source:‘It isn’t over for us’: For those with weakened immune systems, COVID-19 vaccines don’t mean the end of the pandemic
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Sunday House Call, #784, April 4, 2021: The world as we see it.
Dan Gardner, Keynote Speaker, New York Times bestselling author (Risk/The Science of Fear, Future Babble, Superforecasting), and consultant (http://tactix.ca) joins me to discuss the psychology of risk and decision-making joins the show to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, the AstraZeneca vaccine and more. A woman’s risk of a blood clot if they are on the birth…
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Does Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine increase risk of blood clots? To conclude this would require evidence that incidence exceeds what is normally expected in the general population. To date, this is not the case according to reports from health authorities.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 12, 2021 Source:No sign Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots: Canadian health authorities
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Can a person vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the virus? If so, it underscores the importance of achieving herd immunity through vaccination and continuing to employ accepted public health measures.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 7, 2021 Source:Immune but infectious: Can someone vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the virus?
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South African coronavirus variant being studied to determine if it is more vaccine resistant.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 5, 2021 Source:South Africa coronavirus variant: What is the risk? Covid-19 in South Africa: Scientists seek to understand new variant