Medscape (April 11, 2022) – The CDC has issued a health warning about an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Florida, primarily among gay and bisexual men, including those living with HIV. It can be a “very serious, often deadly” disease, the CDC said. The two most common types of meningococcal disease are meningitis, which is an infection of […]
CNBC (April 4, 2022) – The more contagious omicron BA.2 subvariant now makes up 72% of Covid infections that have undergone genetic sequencing in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. BA.2 became dominant in the U.S. last week, and now appears on track to displace the earlier version […]
NEJM Journal Watch (March 29, 2022) – Two studies showed no evidence of adverse obstetrical or perinatal outcomes. The initial COVID-19 vaccine trials did not include pregnant women, which led to questions about vaccine safety in pregnancy, but early studies were reassuring regarding the safety of mRNA vaccines in pregnant women. Findings from two new […]
The Washington Post (March 29, 2022) – The nearly 17 million Americans who received the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine are less protected against serious illness and hospitalizations than those who got the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna shots, according to federal data released Tuesday. The latest data suggest Johnson & Johnson recipients should get a booster […]
CNN (March 25, 2022) – After circulating at nearly nonexistent levels last year, influenza is increasing in most of the United States. That’s according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s most recent flu report, released Friday, which also notes that the number of reported flu-related hospital admissions has increased each week for the […]
Published March 22, 2022 | Originally published on The Conversation Health & Medicine A new omicron subvariant of the virus that causes COVID-19, BA.2, is quickly becoming the predominant source of infections amid rising cases around the world. Immunologists Prakash Nagarkatti and Mitzi Nagarkatti of the University of South Carolina explain what makes it different […]
KHN (APRIL 1, 2022) – The United States is nearing 1 million deaths from COVID — an almost incomprehensible number of lives lost that few thought possible when the pandemic began. Pennsylvania’s Mifflin County, with over 300 dead, offers a snapshot into how one hard-hit community is coping. As US Nears 1 Million Covid Deaths, […]
The Philadelphia Inquirer (March 29) – The BA.2 subvariant has become the dominant strain of the coronavirus in the United States and the Northeast, new CDC data showed Tuesday — meaning an uptick in cases could be around the corner, just after COVID-19 spread had reached its lowest level since July. In New Jersey, the […]
PENNSYLVANIA, USA (March 30th, 2022) — Just one day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved a second COVID-19 booster for Americans 50 and older, Rite Aid announced all of its Pennsylvania locations are now offering the shot. According to a media release from […]
WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will weigh the benefits of authorizing a round of boosters of either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a broader population in the fall, a top official said on Tuesday. The agency authorized on Tuesday a second booster dose of either vaccine for […]
