NIH 新设疫苗伤害中心：目标不止于 RFK Jr. 关注的疫苗接种
STAT+: NIH’s new vaccine injury center has broad goals beyond RFK Jr.’s focus on shots
NIH 本月宣布设立新中心，聚焦疫苗伤害患者，但两名 NIH 负责人随后表示该中心也将研究感染后的长期症状，包括新冠感染后长期症状。一名 NIH 高级官员称，由于许多人既接种过疫苗又感染过，疫苗或感染引发的症状难以区分，免疫反应机制相似，治疗也相似。
WASHINGTON — Earlier this month at a private event, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other top federal health officials announced a new National Institutes of Health center that would focus on patients with vaccine injuries, drawing fresh scientific firepower to an issue that’s long been central for the health secretary.
Yet days later, two leaders at the NIH said the center would also focus on long-term symptoms that people experience after an infection, a phenomenon most recently amplified among those experiencing long-term symptoms post-Covid.
In fact, one senior NIH official, who asked not to be identified to speak freely, said that for people with long Covid symptoms, it can be hard to separate out whether those symptoms began because of a vaccine or an infection, as many people have experienced both. The immunological response mechanism is similar, they said, which means the treatment is similar.
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