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) […]
PUURS, Belgium March 9 (Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker Pfizer (PFE.N) is ready to launch its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for both older adults and pregnant women in the United States and Europe later this year, executives said on Thursday. Both Pfizer and British drugmaker GSK (GSK.L) have RSV vaccines they hope to launch in the United States and […]
WGAL (March 23, 2023) – COVID-19 vaccine information for Pennsylvania. This article is regularly updated with new numbers from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. It tracks COVID-19 cases and vaccinations across the state. Scroll to the bottom for information on how to get the COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19 CASES in Pennsylvania, how to get the vaccine (wgal.com)
STAT (3/23, Branswell, Subscription Publication) reports, “Data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest the pandemic effect has pretty much worn off,” and that “TB is nearly back to pre-2020 levels” in the U.S. Philip LoBue, director of the CDC’s division of tuberculosis elimination, told STAT in an interview, “We’re getting […]
ABC27 (March 26th, 2023) – The CVS MinuteClinic in York saw less COVID this week, but more cases of viral bronchitis, strep throat and a stomach bug. Pediatricians at Penn State Health are seeing a lot of colds, stomach bugs and respiratory infections. They continue to see a handful of flu cases and RSV cases. […]
LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) – Some of the world’s leading makers of flu vaccines say they could make hundreds of millions of bird flu shots for humans within months if a new strain of avian influenza ever jumps across the species divide. One current outbreak of avian flu known as H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b has killed […]
BMC (March 20th, 2023) – (Opinion) A global surplus of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines exists as a result of difficulties in aligning the demand and supply for vaccine manufacturing and delivery. World leaders have accelerated vaccine development, approval, production and distribution as a pragmatic approach to addressing the immediate public health challenges of the […]
Healio (3/7, Feller) reports, “The rate of teenagers vaccinated against HPV is improving but a significant number of parents remain hesitant about their children receiving the vaccine, a study found.” According to the findings published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, “from 2011 to 2020, the rate of female teens receiving the HPV vaccine increased […]