COVID-19 vaccination and parent-reported symptomatic child asthma prevalence

JAMA Network Open

2024-07-03

(Press-News.org) About The Study: Researchers found that higher COVID-19 vaccination rates may confer protection against symptomatic asthma in children. COVID-19 vaccination yields prophylactic benefits against SARS-CoV-2 infection for individual children and may also protect against other human coronaviruses through cross-reactive antibody responses.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Matthew M. Davis, M.D., M.A.P.P., email matthew.davis@nemours.org.

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