and Chief Patient Officer at Merck & Co., Inc., where she was responsible for patient engagement, strategic communications, global public policy, population health, and corporate responsibility. She joined Merck in 2010 as President of Merck Vaccines to help increase global access to important vaccines among those who need them most.

Jan 30, 2025 · But how do the different types of COVID-19 vaccines work? Each COVID-19 vaccine causes the immune system to create proteins called antibodies. These proteins fight infection with the COVID-19 virus. COVID-19 vaccines use a harmless version of a spikelike structure called an S protein on the surface of the COVID-19 virus.

These vaccines have U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use authorization or approval. Updates to the COVID-19 vaccines. In June 2024, the FDA recommended COVID-19 vaccine updates to target a strain of the COVID-19 virus called JN.1. But JN.1 soon began to fade from the community.

Dr. Edward Jenner finds that vaccination with the cowpox virus can protect a person from smallpox infection and creates a smallpox vaccine. He publishes his findings in 1798. Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse gives the smallpox vaccine to his son and other family members. These smallpox vaccinations are the ...

Aug 25, 2023 · The Gardasil 9 vaccine is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It can be given to people age 9 and older. This vaccine can be given at the same time as other vaccines. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests routine HPV vaccination at age 11 or 12. The ideal age for vaccination is before a person is ...

Aug 29, 2023 · Symptoms. Signs and symptoms of hemophilia vary, depending on your level of clotting factors. If your clotting-factor level is mildly reduced, you might bleed only after surgery or trauma.

Description. Hepatitis A and hepatitis B combination vaccine is used to prevent infection caused by all known subtypes of the hepatitis A and hepatitis B virus.

Oct 1, 2024 · Description. Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine (also known as DTP vaccine) combined with hepatitis B and poliovirus vaccine (also known as HepB and IPV) is a combination immunizing agent used to prevent illness caused by diphtheria, tetanus (lockjaw), pertussis (whooping cough), hepatitis B, and poliovirus.

May 6, 2022 · Cellulitis (sel-u-LIE-tis) is a common, potentially serious bacterial skin infection. The affected skin is swollen and inflamed and is typically painful and warm to the touch.

Jun 11, 2022 · Bundle branch block is a condition in which there's a delay or blockage along the pathway that electrical impulses travel to make the heart beat.