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This fall, Hopkins researchers want to find out which of two FDA-approved flu vaccines (a high-dose and one called FLUAD) has fewer side effects when administered with Shingrix.

Ruth Karron, M.D. is a Professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is a pediatric infectious diseases physician, virologist, and vaccinologist. Dr. Karron has substantial experience in the evaluation of respiratory virus vaccines in adults and children and leads Team RSVPed, the pediatric vaccine studies team at the […]

For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, all teams from the Center for Immunization Research gathered together to celebrate 2 milestones: Dr. Anna Durbin’s appointment to CIR director and Dr. Ruth Karron’s 14-year tenure as the center’s director. To commemorate the passing of the torch, CIR members congregated on the Hampton […]

Dr. Anna Durbin has been appointed director of the Center for Immunization Research.  Dr. Durbin, a principal investigator at the CIR since 1999, began her term as the Center’s newest director on September 1, 2021.  Previous Director Dr. Ruth Karron stepped down to pursue other career interests, and continues to lead the RSVPed Team team […]

In a media statement released August 12, 2021: “CDC encourages all pregnant people or people who are thinking about becoming pregnant and those breastfeeding to get vaccinated to protect themselves from COVID-19,” said CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. “The vaccines are safe and effective, and it has never been more urgent to increase vaccinations as […]

Johns Hopkins Project Provides Worldwide Snapshot of Policies Influencing Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Pregnant and Lactating People Although pregnant people are at elevated risk of severe COVID-19 disease and death, countries around the world vary widely in their policies on COVID vaccination in pregnancy, with 41 countries recommending against it. Ninety-one countries have policies […]

World Immunization Week – celebrated every year in the last week of April – aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. Visit the WHO website for more about this year’s observance.