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How Vaccines Work

Gideon

You may know they save lives , but have you ever wondered how vaccines work? As mass vaccination programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are underway, there is a heightened interest in understanding vaccines and their mechanism of action.

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Epidemiology Terms: A Glossary of Epidemiological Words

Gideon

Incidence Incidence refers to the probability of a disease occurring in a given population in a specific time period. Seroprevalence Seroprevalence refers to the number of people in a population who test positive antibodies to a pathogen (infectious virus or bacteria).

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Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

Key recommendations include reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), establishing an Adult Vaccine Program, and prioritizing health equity in all policy decisions. It is well documented that federally-funded, no-cost vaccines led to increased uptake during the height of the COVID pandemic.

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Tetanus: What to Do About This Deadly Infection?

Gideon

Though most cases are found in developing countries, many of them now maintain rigorous vaccination programs and made great strides in eliminating or minimizing the incidence of disease. References [1] Outbreak News Today, “ Russia: First Tetanus case reported in Sverdlovsk in nearly two decades ,” 19 09 2021.

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Kennedy sends mixed vaccine messages amid Texas measles outbreak

The Hill

But I think the response in the past few days, especially this op-ed, should be more of a cause for alarm for vaccination programs then a sigh of relief, Schwartz added. The references to healthy diet and vitamins are probably the way to kind of maintain credibility among [his allies], Nowak said.

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New Covid shots may be hard to come by for uninsured Georgians

HEALTHBEAT

Those would be distributed to county health departments and around 30 external providers through the state’s Adult Vaccine Program. In neighboring Fulton County, with a population just over 1 million , spokesperson Darryl Carver said the board of health has “actively continued promoting” vaccines as part of its #VaccineWorks campaign.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Creating Chaos at HHS

KFF Health News

” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z,” now in its third edition. He’ll have to divest from any case that involves United States government directly or these vaccine programs directly.