Vaccination Protects Overweight, Obese Against Severe COVID-19
Protection against severe COVID-19 similar for those with overweight, obesity versus healthy weight; lower protection seen for underweight
Children <12 Need Not Repeat HIV, Hep B/C Tests Before Transplant Surgery
Candidates aged <12 years at the time of transplantation are exempt from testing if they received postnatal infectious disease testing
FDA Tells Vaccine Makers to Update Boosters to Target Omicron Subvariants
Pfizer and Moderna are expected to start producing reformulated doses this summer
Fauci Has ‘Rebound’ COVID After Paxlovid Treatment
However, director of the NIAID says drug kept him out of the hospital
U.S. Orders 105 Million More Pfizer Shots for Fall Booster Campaign
Both Pfizer and Moderna have reported positive results with updated vaccines that target the omicron variant
Two Doses of BNT162b2 Moderately Effective for 5- to 11-Year-Olds
Moderate effectiveness against documented infection and symptomatic COVID-19 for those vaccinated on or after Nov. 23, 2021
NHS Privatization Tied to Increase in Treatable Mortality
Annual increase of 1 percent of outsourcing to the private for-profit sector linked to annual increase of 0.38 percent in treatable mortality
COVID-19 Linked to Increased Risk of Neurological Disorders
Most neurological disorders do not appear to be more frequent after COVID-19 than after influenza or bacterial pneumonia
ACIP Recommends COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Aged ≥6 Months
ACIP interim recommendations presented for Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccines for children aged 6 months to 5 years
U.S. Begins Targeted Vaccine Rollout Against Monkeypox
HHS is rapidly expanding access to hundreds of thousands of doses of the Jynneos vaccine
