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Vaccines Could End the HIV Pandemic

In COVID-19, Latest News by Precision Vaccinations

Vaccines work by inducing the human immune system to make antibodies that can neutralize a particular pathogen. But doing so for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been challenging, says the U.S. National Institutes of Medicine (NIH).
More than a decade ago, researchers at the Vaccine Research Center of NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases discovered a class of rare antibodies called broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) against HIV that could neutralize many HIV strains at once.
But inducing bnAbs with a vaccine has proven difficult.

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Teen Vaccination Status Indicates COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance

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According to a Research Letter published by JAMA Pediatrics, teenagers were more likely to get a COVID-19 vaccination if they had received at least one HPV, meningitis, and/or tetanus, diphtheria, and Tdap vaccine dose.
This cross-sectional study, published on December 12, 2022, investigated associations between routine adolescent vaccination status and parental intent or hesitancy to get a COVID-19 vaccine for their adolescent.

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Peru's Healthcare Bypasses Local Turbulence

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The U.S. Embassy in Lima announced today that the Alfredo Rodriguez Ballón International Airport in Arequipa and the Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco had suspended operations for December 13, 2022. 
And a state of emergency has been declared in some provinces of Apurimac.
Furthermore, train service to and from Cusco. Therefore, many services in the Cusco area may be affected indefinitely.