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April 18, 2023 https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/04/18/fact-sheet-hhs-announces-hhs-bridge-access-program-covid-19-vaccines-treatments-maintain-access-covid-19-care-uninsured.html Today, HHS is announcing the ‘HHS Bridge Access Program For COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments Program’(“Program”) to maintain broad access to COVID-19 vaccines for millions of uninsured Americans. The program will create a unique $1.1 billion public-private partnership to help maintain uninsured individuals’ access to COVID-19 care at their local pharmacies, through existing public […]

Nature Read full vaccine at: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01953-7 EDITORIAL 14 June 2023 When smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980, there were hopes that poliovirus might soon be next. As a result of an eradication campaign that began in 1988, two of the virus’s three subtypes have since been eradicated and the third has been cornered. In the […]

Bloomberg Read full article at:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-06-14/former-anti-vaxxers-bringing-parents-back-to-vaccines-after-covid-19 By Ilena Peng June 14, 2023 at 6:00 AM EDT Vaccine hesitancy spread during the pandemic —  some parents moved in the opposite direction  

Reuters June 13, 20237:03 AM EDTUpdated 7 days ago Read full article at: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/childhood-vaccine-rates-show-signs-recovery-after-pandemic-backslide-gavi-2023-06-13/ LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) – Childhood immunisation rates began to recover last year in the world’s poorest countries after being badly hit by COVID-19 disruptions, according to the global vaccine alliance Gavi. Last year, 80% of children got their diptheria, tetanus […]

The Washington Post Read Full article at:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/16/another-covid-booster-is-coming-how-many-will-get-it/ Analysis by Rachel Roubein with research by McKenzie Beard June 16, 2023 at 7:38 a.m. EDT A new coronavirus booster shot is likely coming this fall. In a unanimous vote yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration’s expert advisers issued their recommendation: The next round of coronavirus shots should target the XBB variants, a branch […]

AP News By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE, June 15, 2023 Read full article at: https://apnews.com/article/covid19-vaccine-booster-shot-coronavirus-fall-72c0436ac9211f1a893fe8056106909d The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall. Today’s vaccines still contain the original coronavirus strain, the one that started the pandemic — even though that was long ago supplanted by mutated versions as […]

The New York Times (5/5, Nolen) reported that on Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced “that it was ending the emergency it declared for COVID-19 more than three years ago,” although “WHO officials warned that the decision to lift the emergency does not signal an end to the pandemic, and cautioned countries not take […]

USA Today (May 5th) – A new study may partly explain what’s driving rare cases of heart inflammation, called myocarditis, in some young people who have gotten repeat doses of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. The risk of developing vaccine-related myocarditis is extremely low, affecting fewer than 20 people per 1,000,000 vaccinations, according to the National Institutes […]

On May 3, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for use in the U.S. FDA approved the drug, Arexvy from GSK, for prevention of lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV in individuals 60 years of age or older. RSV is a highly contagious virus that is […]