COVID-19: Vaccines and Therapeutics
The House last night voted 220-210 to pass legislation (H.R.382) that would immediately terminate the COVID-19 public health emergency, and 227-203 to pass legislation (H.R.497) that would eliminate the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers at facilities that participate in Medicare or…
The AHA is offering a new set of social messages and assets for February to encourage the public to get vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19.
A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee unanimously voted today to recommend harmonizing the composition of all primary series and booster doses administered in the U.S
In a study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a single bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster provided additional protection against omicron XBB variants in adults who previously received two to four monovalent vaccine doses.
A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to simplify current COVID-19 vaccine use so that all primary series and booster doses administered in the U.S. would be bivalent.
Despite data on the large numbers of people who have suffered and even died from COVID-19, many still don’t fear the virus and remain unvaccinated. That was the case of an unvaccinated man in New Hampshire until COVID-19 hospitalized him at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and nearly took his…
With COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions ticking up in early 2023, University of Florida Health — which serves all Florida counties — continues to encourage people to get vaccinated and boosted. The UF Health website features “Your Guide to COVID-Shots” with vaccine availability by county,…
Evusheld may not prevent COVID-19 in immunocompromised individuals exposed to the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant, because the treatment has failed to neutralize similar subvariants, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. While it awaits additional data to verify this, FDA recommends health…
In a study reported yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine, children and adolescents previously diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) reported no serious complications after COVID-19 vaccination.
A COVID-19 bivalent vaccine booster provides additional protection against COVID-19–associated emergency department/urgent care encounters and hospitalizations compared with previous vaccination with two or more monovalent vaccine doses, according to studies in adults and older adults released…