CNBC (FRI, MAY 6 2022) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating 109 cases of severe hepatitis in children, including five deaths, to determine a cause, with adenovirus infection as a primary line of inquiry, the public health agency said Friday. More than 90% of the children were hospitalized and 14% required […]
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh native authors book on development of COVID-19 vaccine. To develop a safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 in record time, the United States brought together scientists, medical experts, military logistics officers and government health officials in a unique public-private partnership.
The Philadelphia Tribune (May 10, 2022) – With waning immunity and a coronavirus that seems to become more infectious with each new variant, the Biden administration predicts that up to 100 million more people could get Covid-19 in the fall and winter. That estimate makes it crucial that as many people as possible get booster […]
The Philadelphia Inquirer (May 9th, 2022) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating mysterious cases of hepatitis among young children. In 109 cases since October being investigated, five children died and several more needed a liver transplant. About half of the children had confirmed cases of an adenovirus, a common class […]
CNN (May 6, 2022) – November 10 is a day Kim Ford remembers too well. It was the day last year when her 9-year-old son, Jack, was scheduled to get his Covid-19 vaccine at the school clinic. They were excited that he’d finally have some protection, but on November 9, he had the sniffles. “When […]
ABC News (April 27, 2022) – The World Health Organization and UNICEF are warning of a “perfect storm” of circumstances fueling the potential for large-scale measles outbreaks, underscoring worrying signs of increased risk as infections around the globe this year are far above what they were this time last year. In the first two months […]
The Associated Press (May 3, 2022) – Pfizer now hopes to tell U.S. regulators how well its COVID-19 vaccine works in the littlest kids by late May or early June. Pfizer is testing three extra-small doses of its vaccine in children under 5 after two shots didn’t prove quite strong enough. Initial results had been […]
Reuters (5/3) reports World Health Organization spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic on Tuesday “said…that it had received reports of at least 228 probable cases of child hepatitis with dozens more under investigation.” Jasarevic said, “As of May 1, at least 228 probable cases were reported to WHO from 20 countries with over 50 additional cases under investigation.” […]
The Los Angeles Times (5/3) reports “a pair of new Omicron subvariants” – BA.4 and BA.5 – “has emerged, raising the possibility that survivors of earlier Omicron strains can get reinfected.” The subvariants “have gained increasing attention in South Africa as weekly coronavirus cases tripled in the last two weeks, according to data from Johns […]
CNN (5/3) reports “COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising again in the United States.” CNN adds “cases are trending up in most states,” and “average daily hospitalizations are up about 10% since last week, according to data collected by” HHS. This time, “the culprit…appears to be a spinoff of Omicron’s BA.2 subvariant called BA.2.12.1, which […]