The New York Times (10/23) reports, “With few to no restrictions in place and travel and socializing back in full swing, an expected winter rise in Covid cases appears poised to collide with a resurgent influenza season, causing a ‘twindemic’ – or even a ‘tripledemic,’ with a third pathogen, respiratory syncytial virus…in the mix.” The […]
The Washington Post (October 19, 2022) SOMERVILLE, Tenn. — Skill Wilson had amassed more than three decades of knowledge as a paramedic, first in Memphis and then in Fayette County. Two places that felt like night and day. With only five ambulances in the county and the nearest hospital as much as 45 minutes away, Skill […]
David Quammen was one of the first science writers to report on the spillover of viruses from wildlife to humans. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, he talks about what scientists now know – and don’t know – about what caused the Covid-19 pandemic and why it matters. BY NICOLA JONES • OCTOBER 19, 2022 Unraveling the Causes of the Pandemic, […]
October 14, 2022 (Public Integrity) – We share the planet with over 380 trillion viruses right now. Some of these powerful pathogens can kill us and even bring the world to a halt — as the novel coronavirus did in 2020. Viruses teach us how “undeniably connected we are and how important it is to […]
October 20, 2022 (WASHINGTON) — Three late-breaking studies offered a promising glimpse of respiratory syncytial virus vaccines in the pipeline for older adults — including the RSVPreF3 OA vaccine, which showed an overall vaccine efficacy of about 83%. The latest results from the RSVPreF3 OA vaccine were initially announced by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in a press release […]
Thu October 20, 2022 (CNN) – Covid-19 vaccines will be part of recommended immunization schedules in 2023 for both children and adults, after a unanimous vote by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/20/health/child-vax-rates-school-mandates/index.html
October 13, 2022 – Nearly 3.3 million people in the United States received updated COVID-19 booster shots over the past week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday. The CDC said 14.8 million Americans had received the shot as of October 12, in the first six weeks of the booster being […]
Oct 20, 2022 – A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel voted Thursday to include the COVID-19 vaccine on the list of routine immunizations for adults and children as young as 6 months. The agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) unanimously voted to add the coronavirus shot to the 2023 list, […]
10/11/2022 Lancaster, PA –Department of Health Acting Secretary and Pennsylvania Physician General Dr. Denise Johnson today joined public health officials from Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health to encourage residents to get their flu shot and COVID-19 vaccination boosters as we enter the 2022-2023 flu season. “This flu season has the potential to be severe, so we […]
Oct. 19, 2022 (STAT) – The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it has authorized a booster shot for Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine. Unlike the latest boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, which target both the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 and the Omicron BA.4/5 variants, the Novavax booster only targets the original strain. The company announced […]