The Philadelphia Inquirer by Abraham Gutman Published Jul 27, 2023 An unvaccinated Montgomery County child has tested positive for measles, county authorities said Thursday. The child visited three emergency departments and two grocery stores while potentially infectious: Bryn Mawr Hospital and Costco Wholesale at North Wales on July 20, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia on July 21, Walmart […]

Spectrum New NY 1 BY REUBEN JONES AND JUSTIN TASOLIDES WASHINGTON, D.C. UPDATED 5:09 PM ET JUL. 27, 2023 PUBLISHED 4:30 PM ET JUL. 27, 2023 What You Need To Know The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is likely to recommend this fall that Americans should get an annual COVID-19 booster to protect against the coronavirus, Dr. Mandy […]

Very Well Health By Amy Isler, RN, MSN, CSN Published on July 25, 2023 Key Takeaways The FDA has approved the first RSV shot for infants, which should prevent thousands of hospitalizations each year. The immunization, called Beyfortus, is manufactured by Sanofi and AstraZeneca. Beyfortus is intended to be administered within the first five months of […]

ABC News ByMary Kekatos and Dr. Shalini Dutta July 27, 2023, 5:10 AM Routine childhood vaccines include the MMR and chickenpox vaccines. everal routine childhood vaccines require multiple doses to be effective, but a new study finds children are not receiving all of them. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics Wednesday, found one in six toddlers between ages […]

National Nurse-Led Care Consortium, a PHMC affiliate Jul 24, 2023 | COVID News | Annelise Slater The Franklin Institute partnered with the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) to develop toolkits to support nurses in leading COVID-19 vaccine education in schools and community health settings. The project ran from January 19th to June 30th, 2023. From January to June 2023, the […]

Medscape Medical News Hallie Levine July 14, 2023 The COVID-19 vaccines have been a game changer for millions of people worldwide in preventing death or disability from the virus. Research suggests that they offer significant protection against long COVID. Studies have consistently found that these vaccines prevent the new onset of long COVID as well as flare-ups for […]

https://www.thepharmaletter.com/article/moderna-files-for-approval-of-rsv-vaccine-mrna-1345 The company has submitted marketing authorization applications for mRNA-1345 with the European Medicines Agency (EMA), Swissmedic in Switzerland, and the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia and has initiated the rolling submission process for a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the licensure of the mRNA-based RSV […]

By Pooja Toshniwal Paharia Jul 6 2023 Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230706/Unlocking-the-immune-puzzle-study-evaluates-the-immune-impact-of-second-booster-COVID-19-vaccine.aspx In a recent study published in the Scientific Reports Journal, researchers assessed acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Delta variant of concern (VOC) and Omicron VOC neutralization by serum samples obtained from vaccinees.

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 […]

AMA (May 5th, 2023) – Federal officials are recommending a spring booster dose of the updated bivalent SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for certain types of patients. But who should get it and when? Eligibility applies to adults 65 or older, as well as adults and children with immunocompromising conditions, according to AMA Board Chair Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD. […]

The Hill (4/18/23) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday announced it was simplifying its recommended COVID-19 vaccine schedule, stating a single dose of the bivalent vaccine specific to the BA.4 and BA.5 strains of the omicron variant is enough for most individuals. Going forward, the FDA announced all coronavirus vaccines administered to […]

ABC News (4/18/23) – The Food and Drug Administration authorized a second omicron-targeted bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine for people over 65 or who are immunocompromised, the agency announced Tuesday. The agency also said any adult who has not yet been vaccinated will get one dose of an updated bivalent shot, rather than starting with the original […]

The Washington Post (4/18, McGinley, Sun) reports that the FDA “cleared the way for people who are at least 65 years old or immune-compromised to receive a second updated booster shot against the coronavirus, an option designed to bolster protection for the most vulnerable Americans even as the pandemic recedes.” This “bivalent booster…targets Omicron subvariants […]

BBC (28th March 2023) – Like in many countries, misinformation about Covid-19 has circulated widely in Morocco during the pandemic. Much of it came from the US and Europe. In early April 2020, just as the Covid-19 pandemic was spreading across the world, two French doctors suggested on live television that scientists test the tuberculosis vaccine on […]

ABC News (March 6th, 2022) – When a measles outbreak struck Columbus, Ohio, late last year, public health officials learned the overwhelming majority of cases — 80 of 85 — were among unvaccinated children. Investigators from Columbus Public Health went to speak to parents to ask them why they hadn’t vaccinated their children with the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) […]