With the addition of further evidence, the benefits could become an important consideration in decisions to vaccinate, the authors say.
The vaccine was associated with less inflammation, slower epigenetic changes, and increased immunity.
The members are Veronica McNally, JD, of Michigan State College of Law, and Wendy Lane, MD, MPH, of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Investigators believe the genetically modified live attenuated vaccine could provide more potent immunity to cholera than the killed, whole-cell vaccines used in endemic areas and outbreak settings.
Anthony Fauci, MD, former NIAID director and chief medical adviser to former US President Joe Biden, calls Marrazzo a “superb choice.”
The study findings represent a "milestone" in efforts to prevent a deadly infection, experts say.
Researchers identify nearly 5 excess cardiovascular events per 100 patients in the year after diagnosis.
The comments centered on a memo from FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Director Vinay Prasad.
Just 34% of US adults have gotten a flu shot, 25% have had a COVID vaccine, 8% have received the pneumococcal vaccine, and 6% have been vaccinated against RSV.
“We are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions about vaccine safety and proposals that would undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure that vaccines are safe, effective, and available," write 12 former FDA directors.
