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Peer-Reviewed Publication VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER                     Additional COVID vaccine helps protect transplant patients  IMAGE: WESLEY SELF, MD, MPH, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF THE STUDY AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH NETWORKS AND STRATEGY AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. CREDIT: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Additional booster doses of vaccine against COVID-19 are particularly important for those who are immunosuppressed, namely those who have had solid organ transplants, a new study shows. The study, published in the  Journal of Infectious Diseases , shows that even after vaccination, patients taking immunosuppressive medications to prevent rejection of an organ transplant have higher risk for severe COVID-19 than those with competent immune systems. But vaccination with three doses of an mRNA vaccine — the first two COVID-19...