Stephanie Gaw, MD PhD

Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits, the C.D.C. Reported

Covid vaccines released last fall sharply decreased the risk of ER and urgent care visits in children, according to new data released by the CDC — providing a striking counterpoint to Trump administration rhetoric about the shots

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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article) A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

While the administration has said it is cutting “woke programs” that “poison the minds of Americans", it actually funded fewer grants in every area of science and medicine.

“They brought everything to a stop,” said Sarah Kobrin, a branch chief at the N.I.H.’s National Cancer Institute

Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.

Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.

In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria

www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...

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Booster or breakthrough infection promoted stem-like T cell responses in pregnancy. IgA responses were favored in lactation. 🙌 Dr Kailin Yin and Dr. Lin Li!
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An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination | NEJM This article from the FDA compares broad U.S. recommendations on Covid vaccination with those from other countries and announces the adoption of an evidence-based approach to such recommendations.

Makary and Prasad have a sounding board piece written in NEJM about the future of COVID-19 vaccine regulation at the FDA.

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Gigantic birth study paints most detailed picture of pregnancy’s toll on body Data from 300,000 births reveal how essential biological measurements are altered by carrying and delivering a baby.

Biologists have built one of the most detailed pictures ever of the changes that occur in women’s bodies before and after pregnancy, by pooling and studying around 44 million physiological measurements from more than 300,000 births

https://go.nature.com/4236GSV

RSV Vaccine and Nirsevimab Uptake Among Pregnant People and Their Neonates This cohort study describes uptake of the prenatal RSVpreF vaccine and of infant monoclonal antibody nirsevimab for prevention of severe respiratory syncytial virus during the first season they were a...

Just out!
High rates of RSVpreF vaccine (64%) and nirsevimab (70%) in eligible pregnant patients and neonates at UCSF in the 2023-2024 RSV season.

In a nested case-control analysis there was no association between RSV preF and preterm birth.

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