Authors: Enrique Chacon-Cruz, M.D., MSc Felicitas Colombo, MPA Dr. Mariagrazia Pizza is Professor of Microbiology and Co-Director of the Centre for Bacterial Resistance Biology (CBRB) at Imperial...

In our Coffee with an Expert section, we had the distinct honor of speaking with Professor Mariagrazia Pizza. Dr. Mariagrazia Pizza is Professor of...

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Introduction Between 1974 and 2024, vaccination is estimated to have prevented 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children under the age of 5, of...

Introduction Key Strains Since 2009. Following the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, several influenza strains have established global circulation as seasonal viruses: A(H1N1)pdm09: The 2009 pandemic strain...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) is responsible for regulating vaccine use in the United States. The general stages...

Rolando Ulloa-Gutierrez, MD. Servicio de Aislamiento, Hospital Nacional de Niños “Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera”, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS). Member, Academia Nacional de...