The award is in recognition of her work in recognising the importance of popular and widespread misunderstandings of vaccines and to advance public health and social wellbeing for the benefit of all.
The Edinburgh Medal is an award presented to women and men of science who are judged to have made a significant contribution to the understanding and wellbeing of humanity, previous recipients include Jane Goodall, Sunita Narain and David Attenborough.
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ESPHM review, day 1: Vaccines and drugs in perspective
Just like many other global events, the European Symposium of Porcine Health Management is held digitally. On 2 consecutive evenings, keynote speakers address current pig health issues live for a global audience. On Wednesday, April 14, veterinary health experts reflected on safety and security of vaccines and drugs.
The first keynote speaker was Lars Larsen, professor of veterinary virology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He zoomed in on modified live vaccines (MLV) and addressed various aspects of these vaccines that may need improvement.
Creation of modified live vaccines
Modified live vaccines, he said, are sometimes made by genetic modification, but most of the time they are created by using a wild-type strain. Attenuation will make the virus much less harmful. Even though MLVs have proved themselves and are very needed, there are some drawbacks to the MLV, Prof Larsen said
SINGAPORE - Confidence levels in vaccines are expected to rise as more people here get inoculated against Covid-19, said Singapore s chief health scientist Tan Chorh Chuan on Monday (Jan 25). There will be rising confidence amongst society and we expect that the take-up rates will then start to increase quite sharply, he told a panel on boosting vaccine confidence at The Davos Agenda, a series of virtual sessions organised by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
This view, said Professor Tan, accords with an observation made by his fellow panellist, chief executive of market research company Ipsos Mori, Mr Ben Page.
Mr Page noted that Ipsos global trends survey found a decline in vaccine confidence in 2020 as teams from all over the world rushed to produce vaccines. But since December, when countries began rolling out vaccination programmes, there have been considerable rises in the proportion of people who said they are willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine.
Front-line workers in the aviation industry registering for Covid-19 vaccination at Changi Airport Terminal 4 on Jan 18, 2021. - The Straits Times/ANN SINGAPORE, Jan 25 (The Straits Times/ANN): Confidence levels in vaccines are expected to rise as more people here get inoculated against Covid-19, said Singapore s chief health scientist Tan Chorh Chuan on Monday (Jan 25). There will be rising confidence amongst society and we expect that the take-up rates will then start to increase quite sharply, he told a panel on boosting vaccine confidence at The Davos Agenda, a series of virtual sessions organised by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
This view, said Professor Tan, accords with an observation made by his fellow panellist, chief executive of market research company Ipsos Mori, Ben Page.
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