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Immunogenicity and Safety of mRNA-1345, an mRNA Vaccine Targeting Respiratory Syncytial Virus, in High-risk Adults

This study will evaluate an investigational mRNA vaccine against RSV in immunocompromised adults aged 18 and older, including people who have received a kidney, liver, and/or lung transplant(s).

Challenge Studies (Controlled Human Infection Model)

Also known as controlled human infection models, human challenge trials are a type of clinical…

Phase 3 Pneumococcal Vaccine Study for Children and Adolescents at High-Risk (STRIDE-13)

Purpose STRIDE-13 is a pneumococcal vaccine research trial for children and adolescents with chronic disease…

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CBC News – The National: These friends signed up to get whooping cough and live in isolation

"The study, more than a decade in the making, is one of the first of its kind in Canada. It's run by the Canadian Center for Vaccinology (CCfV) inside an airlocked hospital unit at Halifax's IWK Health Centre, which features 10 isolation rooms equipped to control infectious agents like pertussis."

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About Vaccine Research

Vaccines are complex biologics made from living organisms. Vaccines to prevent disease work. Read more…

Clinical Trials Research

The Clinical Trials Research Center (CTRC), now a division of the Canadian Center for Vaccinology, was originally established in 1992. Read more…