COVID vaccine, treatments could go to private market this summer, official says
Dr. Ashish Jha said he was hopeful insurers would still cover COVID-19 tests after the official end of the public health emergency.
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Dr. Ashish Jha said he was hopeful insurers would still cover COVID-19 tests after the official end of the public health emergency.
The FDA said it expects to assess circulating strains of the coronavirus at least annually and decide in June which strains to select for the fall season, much like the process to update annual flu vaccines.
Pivotal results on a variety of next generation approaches are expected soon, as a panel of FDA advisers is set to weigh the future of immunization against SARS-CoV-2.
The agency's "seroprevalence" estimate of how many kids have antibodies from a prior infection was recently updated through October.
The FDA says it is waiting for data to be submitted next year to clear shots for some of the youngest Pfizer vaccine recipients.
"I'm grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, which has kept my case mild, and I urge everyone to do the same," said the 76-year-old former president.
Pfizer said that its updated COVID-19 booster may offer some protection against newly emerging omicron mutants even though it's not an exact match.
With this year's Thanksgiving the third since the onset of the pandemic, there are now many tools to help manage Covid-19 risk, including safe and widely available vaccines.
Pfizer's updated COVID-19 booster significantly revved up adults' virus-fighting antibodies, the company said Friday, releasing early findings from a rigorous study of the new shots.
Here's what you should know about COVID-19 and updated boosters to prepare for a possible fall or winter surge.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use authorizations of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent vaccines to authorize their use as a single booster dose in younger age groups.
Officials say the requirement is likely to end by Sept. 30.
State health officials say COVID-19 booster shots that were authorized to fight against the Omicron variant will be available in Michigan beginning this week.
Federal health officials say thousands of updated booster shots are already being shipped around the country.
The FDA cleared kid-size doses — just a third of the amount given to teens and adults — for emergency use, and up to 28 million more American children could be eligible as early as next week.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is preparing to authorize Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged between 12 and 15 years by early next week.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that Miguel Cabrera has volunteered to serve as co-chair of the Protect Michigan Commission to help promote Michigan's COVID-19 vaccination and education efforts.
Students will be required to show proof of vaccination before moving in on August 27. Exceptions will be made for students who seek a religious or medical exemption.
SMART Flex will extend access to public transit and provide trips to vaccine centers across the Detroit Metro area through a mobile app.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is collaborating with community partners to ensure that anyone can sign up to get a vaccine when it's available to them.
Researchers found that individuals with Down syndrome were almost five times more likely to be hospitalized from COVID and at 10 times higher risk of death from the disease.
"If I was going to get vaccinated," says KCNC-TV Medical Editor Dr. Dave Hnida, "I would not be pre-administering any sort of medication that might potentially blunt the effectiveness of the vaccine."
Of the more than 500 people registered to return to City Hospital at White Rock for the second doses of vaccine in the past month, as nearly 10% failed to keep their appointments.
The co-founder of Carbon Health discusses the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and how his company's technology is expediating process in California.
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