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In the United States, SIRVA was added to the list of compensable injuries on the Vaccine Injury Table used by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program in 2017. [6] [7] This inclusion allowed persons claiming an injury to seek compensation from a government fund set up under the program, while immunizing vaccine manufacturers and administrators from legal liability.
Scurvy was described as early as the time of ancient Egypt, and historically it was a limiting factor in long-distance sea travel, often killing large numbers of people. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] During the Age of Sail , it was assumed that 50 percent of the sailors would die of scurvy on a major trip.
In April 2023, Pfizer published their interim results of their phase III study of a RSV vaccine for adults age 60 and older in over 34,000 participants. One dose of the vaccine was 67% efficacious in preventing infections with at least two symptoms and it was 86% effective against more severe disease, in people with three related symptoms.
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Potential side effects of the 2023 vaccine: This fall’s updated COVID vaccine is new, but it does not produce new, unknown or harsher side effects. “I get that people might be worried about ...
In 2023, an average of 440,000 people per week received RSV vaccines from GSK and Pfizer in September, with 65% opting for GSK's Arexvy. However, this September, the weekly average fell to 157,000.
[29] [30] A host does not develop antibodies instantaneously: while the body's innate immunity may be activated in as little as twelve hours, adaptive immunity can take 1–2 weeks to fully develop. During that time, the host can still become infected. [31]
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