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COVID-19 vaccine safety for adults confirmed in 2 new studies

Fri, 2023-06-16 22:09 — mike kraft

COVID-19 vaccines shown safe in 2 new studies Data show COVID-19 vaccines are safe in older adults and when administered with non-COVID vaccines. CIDRAP

Two new studies show COVID-19 vaccines are safe in older adults and when administered simultaneously with non-COVID vaccines. Both studies are published in Vaccine.

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FDA advisors endorse using only updated Covid vaccines

Fri, 2023-06-16 05:31 — mike kraft

FDA advisers endorse updating COVID vaccines to target latest omicron strain The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall. Today’s vaccines still contain the original coronavirus strain, the one that started the pandemic. But that strain was long ago supplanted by mutated versions as the virus rapidly evolves. Scientific advisers for the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said the next round of shots should only include protection against the newest omicron variants that are now dominant worldwide.

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Diabetes drug metformin may cut risk of long COVID --research

Tue, 2023-06-13 21:38 — mike kraft

Diabetes drug metformin may cut risk of long COVID - UPI.com Metformin cut the risk of long COVID by about 40% for patients who received a two-week course of the drug while battling their infection, the researchers reported. UPI

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Britain's COVID-19 inquiry opens, hears government was under-prepared

Tue, 2023-06-13 21:30 — mike kraft

Britain's COVID-19 inquiry hears government was under-prepared Britain's government was under-prepared and failed to anticipate measures needed to protect the vulnerable, an official inquiry heard on Tuesday, as its chair pledged to put the bereaved at the heart of her work. Alistair Smout Reuters

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Analysis of how pandemic changed attitudes toward mandating childhood vaccinations

Thu, 2023-06-08 23:05 — mike kraft

Pandemic changed attitudes toward mandating childhood vaccinations CIDRAP

A new analysis of 21 polls conducted before and after the COVID-19 pandemic shows parents are changing how they think about school vaccination mandates, but not about vaccine safety.

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Large study shows safety of COVID mRNA vaccines in young children

Wed, 2023-06-07 22:15 — mike kraft

Large study shows safety of COVID mRNA vaccines in young children CIDRAP

Messenger RNA vaccines for COVID-19 pose little risk to young children, with no myocarditis (inflammation of heart muscle) or pericarditis (inflammation around the heart) observed in vaccine recipients age 0 to 4. The reassuring findings were published today in Pediatrics.

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Vaccine news: EU reglators back Covid vaccine update, Novavax touts new shot

Tue, 2023-06-06 22:01 — mike kraft

EU regulators back WHO's COVID vaccine update recommendation Europe's medicine regulators on Tuesday backed the World Health Organization's recommendation to update the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines to target one of the currently dominant XBB variants ahead of the upcoming autumn vaccination campaign. Reuters Reuters

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U.S. Debt limit deal claws back unspent COVID relief money for various agencies including CDC

Wed, 2023-05-31 22:02 — mike kraft

Debt limit deal claws back unspent COVID relief money As part of spending negotiations between the White House and House Republicans, pandemic-era aid is getting pulled back. A document circulated by the White House shows what would be cut. NPR

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Bivalent COVID vaccine efficacy at 6 months drops 24% against hospitalization, strong against death --CDC study

Wed, 2023-05-31 05:48 — mike kraft

Bivalent COVID vaccine efficacy at 6 months: 24% against hospitalization, strong against death CIDRAP

Estimated bivalent (two-strain) COVID-19 mRNA vaccine effectiveness (VE) against hospitalization dropped from 62% 1 week after receipt to 24% at 4 to 6 months in adults with healthy immune systems, but protection against severe outcomes was sustained, according to a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study.

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