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Understanding RSV in Older Adults: Risks, Symptoms, and Prevention

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Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is often thought of as a childhood illness, but it poses a significant threat to older adults as well. According to the CDC, RSV infected approximately 65 million people globally last year, leading to an estimated 160,000 hospitalizations among adults aged 60 and older. What does RSV look like in adults, and what symptoms should you be vigilant about? In this episode, we are joined by…

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Empathy should be the first response to people with vaccine injury, fears

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Vaccine expert Kizzmekia S. Corbett-Helaire, joins “The First Opinion Podcast” this week to discuss her experience helping roll out the first Covid-19 vaccines in the midst of the pandemic. She also addresses her desire to close the gap between public health experts trying to end disease and people who genuinely fear harm from vaccines. You can listen to the Podcast (33min) “Empathy should be the first response to people with…

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Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire & Francis Collins | Live from Faith and Science 2024

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Francis Collins and Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire are both renowned scientists and both of them played special and important roles during the pandemic. In this conversation, the two of them remember some of the key moments in the scientific development of the COVID vaccine and talk about the many years of scientific work that prepared the way. They also discuss how their faith plays a role in their motivation for doing science…

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Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire Recounts the 66 Days to the COVID Vaccine

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It’s still hard to look back on those 66 days leading up to the COVID-19 vaccine. Even before the country faced a full-on lockdown, Kizzmekia S. Corbett-Helaire, PhD, suspected what lay ahead. She remembers calling it a pandemic on Feb. 24, 2020, tagging the World Health Organization on X (formerly known as Twitter), even though WHO didn’t use the same terminology until March. Read the full article on the POPSUGAR…

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Vaccinologist Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire on COVID-19 vaccines, boosters, and more

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Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire, assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, played a key role in developing the mRNA-based platform that enabled the creation of COVID-19 vaccines that have protected millions. In this Q&A—adapted from recent videos posted on Harvard Chan School’s Instagram and Tik Tok channels—she answers questions about COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, as well as other vaccines. You can read the Q&A on the News section…

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A Conversation with Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett

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Dr. Corbett is interviewed in Issue 17 of CuraLink, the Cura Foundation’s newsletter. As SARS-CoV-2 swept the globe, Dr. Corbett and her team at the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health rushed to design an effective vaccine against it. Just 66 days after the viral sequence was released, her team rapidly deployed the concept to industry partner Moderna for a Phase 1 clinical trial. The vaccine was…

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2023 Fulbright Prize – Dr. Corbett & Dr. Fauci

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2:10 – Dr. Quynh Nguyen (Pianist) 7:21 – Message from Pfizer and Introduction Video 10:13 – Dr. John Bader 14:10 – President Barack Obama (Video Message) 15:57 – Alyea Pierce (Poet) 20:57 – Dr. Barney Graham (Video Message) 23:33 – Hon. Cynthia Ackron Baldwin 34:21 – History of the Prize 36:43 – Dr. Francis Collins 43:28 – Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett (by video) 52:42 – Dr. Francis Collins 59:53 – Dr.…

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COVID-19 Three Years Later

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COVID-19 Three Years Later: How A Vaccine Was Created Three years ago, as the World Health Organization was preparing to declare COVID-19 a pandemic, scientists were already weeks into developing a vaccine. Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett was part of a groundbreaking team to produce the mRNA vaccine for Moderna. And she is joining Walter Isaacson to reflect on the early days of the pandemic and the future of vaccine research.

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Public health experts on health equity and the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted and exacerbated economic, racial and health disparities across the country. California’s Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly and Kizzmekia S. Corbett, assistant professor, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, join Washington Post Live to discuss health equity, the lessons learned from the pandemic and how we can better prepare and respond to the next one. Click here to watch the full interview on…

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