(Washington, DC – July 28, 2022) – Chronic underfunding has created a public health system that cannot address the nation’s health security needs, its persistent health inequities, as well as emerging threats, and, was a contributing factor in the inadequate response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to this TFAH report, The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on […]
AMA (Aug 1, 2022) – In today’s COVID-19 Update, Novavax vaccine dose, delivery, storage, side effects—and all the details doctors need to know with Sandra Fryhofer, MD, AMA’s liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and a member of ACIP’s COVID-19 Vaccine Workgroup. AMA Chief Experience Officer Todd Unger hosts. Learn more at […]
Fortune (Aug. 4, 2022) – Researchers with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention examined the electronic health records of nearly 800,000 U.S. children ages 0 through 17 who had COVID from 2020 through 2022, and compared them with that of nearly 2.5 million children who had not been diagnosed with COVID during the […]
By WPXI.com News Staff July 27, 2022 at 11:19 pm EDT ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — The Allegheny County Health Department is making the monkeypox vaccine available to more people in the county by distributing it in more locations. The county is offering the vaccine at four new locations. Those locations are: Central Outreach Wellness Center, 127 […]
Lehigh Valley Live (Jul. 29, 2022) – With monkeypox cases now in the Lehigh Valley, getting the vaccine to patients and high-risk residents is a key step to ending the current outbreak. Cases were previously reported in the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh regions, and this week the Lehigh Valley Health Network, St. Luke’s University Health Network and […]
Medscape (July 11, 2022) – For years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stressed the importance of seasonal flu shots for adults aged 65 and older. Now, the CDC recommends certain stronger flu vaccines for seniors, the CDC reports. The CDC director has approved a new guideline that indicates that adults aged 65 and older should preferentially receive […]
NPR (July 15, 2022) – The BA.5 omicron subvariant, which is now the most prevalent coronavirus strain in the United States, is four times more resistant to COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new study. The strain, which is considered “hypercontagious,” according to the Mayo Clinic, is more defiant against messenger RNA vaccines, which include Pfizer and […]
The Washington Post (July 10, 2022) – America has decided the pandemic is over. The coronavirus has other ideas. The latest omicron offshoot, BA.5, has quickly become dominant in the United States, and thanks to its elusiveness when encountering the human immune system, is driving a wave of cases across the country. The size of that wave is […]
Rheumatology Advisor (July 12, 2022) – Results of a longitudinal study confirmed that anti-receptor binding domain (RBD) antibodies conferred by COVID-19 mRNA vaccination decrease over time. In addition, women were more likely to produce antibodies at months 1 and 9 following COVID-19 vaccination compared with men. These findings were published in the International Journal of Infectious […]
Healio (7/12) reports, “More than half of surveyed parents said they were likely to follow the advice of their child’s primary care physician when it came to COVID-19 vaccination, according to results published in Academic Pediatrics.” This survey “found that 58% of all parents stated they would follow their health care provider’s recommendations on the […]
CBS News (7/14) reports, “More than half of Americans now live in communities where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges indoor masking and other measures to curb a surge in COVID-19, according to figures published Thursday by the agency.” The percentage of people living in areas with “high” COVID-19 community levels is “up […]
Politico (7/14) reports, “States where parents have hesitated to inoculate their children against Covid-19 are now ordering fewer doses of the vaccines for children under 5 than others,” and while “experts broadly agree states shouldn’t order more doses than they think they’ll use,” they also “worry the low demand in states such as Alabama and […]
The New York Times (7/14) reports about 25 million “children around the world, most of them in the poorest countries, missed some or all of their childhood vaccinations over the past two years because of a combination of conflicts, climate emergencies, misinformation campaigns, pandemic lockdowns and Covid vaccination efforts that diverted resources,” a new UNICEF […]
The New York Times (7/12) reports the Biden Administration “warned Americans on Tuesday that they must do more to protect themselves against COVID-19, as the highly transmissible Omicron subvariant known as BA.5 fuels a new wave of infections, re-infections and hospitalizations across the country.” The Administration recommended: “Get vaccinated or boosted even if you have […]
Whyy PBS (July 4, 2022) – Some Philadelphia-area parents say getting immediate appointments for their children hasn’t been easy. There aren’t many mass clinics for this age group, partly because demand isn’t high, and pharmacies in most states, including Pennsylvania, are only permitted to vaccinate kids over age 3. Some Philly parents still waiting for vaccine […]
MDLinx (June 15, 2022) – A new blood test that measures T cells may yield more accurate information about the body’s ability to control the coronavirus than tests that measure antibodies, researchers say. Unlike antibodies, T cells do not prevent infection from occurring, “but they protect from disease,” said study co-author Dr. Antonio Bertoletti of […]
Reuters (June 22, 2022) – The United States has delivered about 2.7 million doses of COVID vaccines for children below five years to administration centres while another one million shots will reach the sites soon, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday. Vaccine delivery to administration sites began on Friday, immediately after […]
Published June 23, 2022 | Originally published on Reuters Health Medical News Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine RSVpreF has an efficacy of 86.7% in healthy adults ages 18 to 50, according to results from a small phase 2a study published in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine. Pfizer reports 87% efficacy for its RSV vaccine in adults […]
HealthDay News (June 17, 2022) — COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a significant reduction in mortality among patients with heart failure, according to a study published online June 9 in the Journal of Cardiac Failure. Noting that reports of vaccine-related cardiac complications may contribute to vaccine hesitancy in patients with heart failure, Kipp W. Johnson, […]
Lancaster Farming (June 21, 2022) – Pennsylvania is starting to scale back the number of people involved in its avian influenza cleanup as the two-month outbreak appears to near its end. “This incident is wrapping up, and with that, we need to start demobilizing resources and returning to more normal operations,” State Veterinarian Kevin Brightbill […]
AXIOS (June 18th, 2022) Pennsylvania children as young as 6 months old are now able to get COVID-19 vaccines. What’s happening: According to the state Department of Health, roughly 75,000 doses of Moderna’s vaccine have been delivered to provider sites statewide following the CDC’s sign-off on the shots for most young children on Saturday. Approximately 83,000 doses of […]
Trib Live ( June 23, 2022) – Children younger than 5 are beginning to receive covid-19 vaccinations in Western Pennsylvania, offering a long-awaited shot of relief for some parents while others say it’s too soon for them to know whether it’s safe for their kids to get vaccinated. While shots have been widely available for […]
Philly Voice (June 24, 2022) Anon-fungible token created by the University of Pennsylvania to commemorate breakthrough research used by COVID-19 vaccine developers will be auctioned off by Christie’s next month. University of Pennsylvania’s first NFT honors research that led to COVID-19 vaccines | PhillyVoice
Times Leader (June 8, 2022) – The Pennsylvania Department of Health Wednesday provided a summary of COVID-19 information for May 2022. “COVID-19 trends can vary across communities that is why it is important to use the CDC’s community level tracker website to see the risk of COVID-19 by county and find recommendations to prevent spreading […]
Harrisburg, PA (06/07/2022) – Today the Pennsylvania Department of Health joined advocates and residents with lived experiences to highlight the importance of viral hepatitis awareness along with the success of syringe services programs. “Viral hepatitis is significantly reduced by having access to syringe service programs,” Dr. Wendy Braund, DOH Deputy Secretary of Health Preparedness and […]