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Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2022 Aug 13;20(1):64. Epub 2022 Aug 13.

La Paz Institute of Biomedical Research (IdiPAZ), 28046, Madrid, Spain.

Background: Data about safety and efficacy of the mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in adolescents with rheumatic diseases (RD) is scarce and whether these patients generate a sufficient immune response to the vaccine remains an outstanding question.

Objective: To evaluate safety and humoral and cellular immunity of the BNT162b2 vaccine in adolescents 12 to 18 years with RD and immunosuppressive treatment compared with a healthy control group.

Methods: Adolescents from 12 to 18 years with RD followed at Hospital La Paz in Madrid (n = 40) receiving the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination were assessed 3 weeks after complete vaccination. Read More

BMC Public Health 2022 Aug 13;22(1):1547. Epub 2022 Aug 13.

CIRANO (Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse Des Organisations), 1130 rue Sherbrooke Ouest #1400, Montréal, QC, H3A 2M8, Canada.

Objective: Vaccination will be instrumental in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, and vaccination of children will be necessary to achieve herd immunity. Given that children with chronic health conditions may be at increased risk of COVID-19, it is crucial to understand factors influencing parental decisions about whether to have their child vaccinated. The study objectives were to measure parental intent to have their child with asthma vaccinated against COVID-19 and identify the determinants of their vaccination decision. Read More

Pulmonology 2022 Jul 22. Epub 2022 Jul 22.

Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. Electronic address:

Hum Immunol 2022 Aug 8. Epub 2022 Aug 8.

Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy. Electronic address:

In December 2019, a new single-stranded RNA coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, appeared in China and quickly spread around the world leading to a pandemic. Infection with SARS-CoV-2 generates symptoms ranging from asymptomatic to severe, occasionally requiring hospitalization in intensive care units, and, in more severe cases, leading to death. Scientists and researchers around the world have made a real race against time to develop various vaccines to slow down and stop the spread of the virus. Read More

Am J Prev Med 2022 Jul 7. Epub 2022 Jul 7.

Global Aging & Community Initiative, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Introduction: This study aimed to examine the heterogeneity of the associations between social determinants and COVID-19 fully vaccinated rate.

Methods: This study proposes 3 multiscale dimensions of spatial process, including level of influence (the percentage of population affected by a certain determinant across the entire area), scalability (the spatial process of a determinant into global, regional, and local process), and specificity (the determinant that has the strongest association with the fully vaccinated rate). The multiscale geographically weighted regression was applied to the COVID-19 fully vaccinated rates in U. Read More