By Marina Zhang A healthy 20-year-old man took his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, and six days later, he was admitted to the hospital. His kidney function had deteriorated, and he was subsequently diagnosed with drug-related acute interstitial nephritis, a type of kidney disorder. “A close linkage between COVID-19 vaccination and acute interstitial nephritis […]
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A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins.