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Cardiac Risk Counseling Advised Before Monkeypox Vaccination

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A recent non-peer-reviewed study based on Kaiser Permanente Northwest (KPNW) data intended to document any cardiac events associated with Bavarian Nordic's two-dose JYNNEOS® vaccine.
Since May 2022, about 600,000 people have received one or more vaccine doses in the U.S.
And New York City began offering people second doses of JYNNEOS in September 2022. 

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Immunologically, Hybrid Immunity Makes Sense

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It is becoming clear that hybrid immunity, the immunity provided by a combination of infection and vaccination, offers better protection with diverse antibodies against subsequent COVID-19 infection than vaccination or infection alone, wrote a recent editorial published by The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
However, the real-world immunity picture is very complex.

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Antibody Against SARS-CoV-2 Joined Best Inventions of 2022

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AstraZeneca recently announced its long-acting monoclonal antibody (mAbs) was recently added to the list of Best Inventions of 2022 by TIME. 
EVUSHELD™ is the first and only long-acting mAbs to receive authorization in the U.S. to prevent COVID-19 in immunocompromised people. 
"Immunocompromised individuals have lived a very different pandemic experience than most of us," said Joris Silon, U.S. Country President, BioPharmaceutical Business Unit, AstraZeneca, in a press release on November 10, 2022.