Vaccines

A phase 1 trial with the investigational vaccine, TNX-801, for the prevention of mpox and smallpox is expected to start in the second half of 2023.

New York City has ended their mpox outbreak after months of successful community outreach and vaccination campaigns.

This first-in-human, phase 1 vaccine trial produced a lasting immune response against Marburg virus.

The designation was based on positive top line data from the ConquerRSV phase 3 efficacy trial.

In the latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, authors offer some strategies to avoid SARS-CoV-2 infection in this patient population as well as the US government changes course on COVID-19 vaccine policy.

The week's most-clicked COVID-19 stories included vaccine updates, new variants, and a pivotal FDA advisory committee vote.

Novavax will update its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine, but maintains the current vaccine is effective against current and future variants.

The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) voted to move toward a unified strain composition for COVID-19 primary and booster vaccines.

In the CDC’s latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, investigators reported the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech updated vaccines helped prevent acute infection from the latest Omicron mutations.

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was associated with rare instances of myo/pericarditis and acute kidney injury, according to a nationwide study in New Zealand that confirmed the safety profile of the vaccine.

A recreation of a failed staph vaccine trial unveiled that previous exposure to S aureus made the vaccine candidate ineffective.

Rapidly distributing vaccines to at least 1/3 of at-risk populations, in addition to increasing tasting and contact tracing, may adequately stop the spread of mpox.

Reported reasons adults had not received a bivalent COVID-19 booster dose differed across age groups.

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Although vaccine rates overall remain high, a new report shows a reduction 2 years in a row, leaving thousands of children not vaccinated against vaccine-preventable viruses.

Based on the Data and Safety Monitoring Board DSMB’s recommendation, the study will be discontinued.

This act designed to allow pharmacists and technicians the ability to administer certain vaccines without a prescriber order will lapse next year. A new report looks at vaccination trends in the US and how pharmacists are playing a vital role in administering vaccines.

With these results, the company plans to submit their investigational vaccine, MRNA-1345, for regulatory approval in the first half of 2023.

Preclinical testing suggests that a newly developed SARS-CoV-2 vaccine could protect against current and future variants.

The agency licensed the new indication for Sanofi’s Adacel (Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine, Adsorbed [Tdap]) shot for immunization during the third trimester of pregnancy.

RSV cases spiked to unprecedented levels this season. Why were these infections so frequent and severe? Why has vaccine development taken so long?

Good news: across 23 countries, trust in COVID-19 vaccines increased 5.2% from 2021 to 2022. However, vaccine hesitancy remains in key populations.

The 24-valent investigational pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, VAX-24, met its primary endpoints in a phase 1/2 trial.

A new Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) board member and vice president offers some insights on the leadership’s goals and direction for 2023.

“This was a total surprise,” said study lead author John Tsang, PhD.

The company’s vaccine candidate, MenABCWY, which is indicated for adolescents was given a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date for later this year.

In just a month, the XBB.1.5 variant went from causing 1% to over 40% of new COVID-19 infections.

New booster shots, antigen testing, and a shrinking incubation period: these were the top COVID-19 stories of 2022.

TP-05, a novel, oral therapeutic recently reported topline results from its phase 1 study.

In addition to avoiding additional infection, illness, and death, the COVID-19 vaccination program likely saved the US $1.25 trillion in medical costs.