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Anna Kramvis – A big job in a small world

Frontiers

Vaccination programs have seen a considerable decrease in coverage, which could impact protection of infants and the burden of chronic hepatitis B. “As As a result of lockdown-imposed home births, critical birth-dose vaccinations have reduced. “The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted HBV research.

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Epidemiology Terms: A Glossary of Epidemiological Words

Gideon

Specifically, prevalence data was used by global health experts and epidemiologists to track the overall number of cases and understand how the disease was spreading. The data can be used to estimate the prevalence of infection with a given pathogen and assess the effectiveness of vaccination programs.

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What RFK Jr. could — and couldn't — do with vaccines as HHS chief

The Hill

The secretary and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner can also select members of the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Advisory Committee, which is another important federal advisory committee on vaccines, according to Joshua Michaud, associate director for global health policy at KFF.