Biden Administration Will End Covid-19 Emergency Declarations On May 11
The Biden administration will allow the ongoing Covid-19 emergency declarations to end on May 11, the White House announced on Monday, as part of a wider pivot to treat the coronavirus as an endemic seasonal threat coming less than a week after the FDA proposed an overhaul of its vaccination…#fda #whitehouses #pandemicisoveract #pfizer #cdc (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
President Joe Biden Announces COVID-19 National Emergencies Will End on May 11
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.
The move to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations would formally restructure the federal coronavirus response to treat the virus as an endemic threat to public health that can be managed through agencies’ normal authorities.
Read More: COVID-19 Is No Longer a Public Health Emergency
It comes as lawmakers have already ended elements of the ...
Source: TIME: Health - January 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Zeke Miller and Amanda Seitz / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 overnight wire Source Type: news
The COVID-19 Pandemic Will Be Over When Americans Think It Is
When will the COVID-19 pandemic end in the U.S.? Is it over when the president says so, by scientific consensus, or when the public thinks so? Historians of pandemics think it’s mainly the latter. Although blunting the epidemic curve is a major measurement, the perception of when we can “return to normal” resides largely in the subjective individual human domain. But can we come up with a measurable definition to help track progress and serve as the basis for public policy and awareness of the pandemic’s endpoint? That seems an exercise that is vital in this moment of pandemic confusion. Here’...
Source: TIME: Health - January 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Steven Phillips Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 freelance Source Type: news
Africa: New Commitments to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases Announced on World NTD Day
[Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases] London, UK, 30 January 2023 -- Today, leading organisations and countries announced new commitments to help strengthen efforts to end neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). These commitments, made by endemic countries, donors, and private sector partners, are a response to a global call for urgent investment to control, eliminate and eradicate NTDs by 2030. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
FDA Experts Vote to Make All COVID-19 Vaccines and Boosters Bivalent
In a unanimous decision, all 21 voting members of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) vaccine committee recommended that the U.S. start using the same COVID-19 virus strain in all of the COVID-19 vaccines, including primary and booster doses.
That means the bivalent booster dose, which targets both the original SARS-CoV-2 strain and the Omicron BA.4/5 strains, would soon become the only type used for all primary shots and boosters.
The decision reflects a turning point in the pandemic. Until now, vaccine makers have tried to keep up with constantly evolving variants, but they’ve always been a few step...
Source: TIME: Health - January 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Change to Covid vaccine formulation signals start of FDA pivot in immunization strategy
Recent evidence suggests that the current bivalent provides protection against severe disease and death from the XBB.1 variant that is dominant in the U.S. right now. “As we’ve turned the corner from a pandemic phase to an endemic phase,” said Ofer Levy, staff physician at Boston Children’s…#xbb1 #oferlevy #harvardmedicalschool #fda #cdc #advisers #henrybernstein #hofstrauniversity #jerryweir (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A berry and acute kidney injury - Kirushnan BB, Balasubramaniyam R, Raj R.
Plant toxins have well been implicated in the etiopathogenesis of acute kidney injury (AKI). Certain plant toxins are endemic to a particular country and region. Knowledge of the regional plant toxins will be useful to give travel advisory measures for the... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Annual or biannual boosters are optimal for fighting endemic COVID
A new study finds that updated boosters administered on an annual or biannual basis greatly reduce the long-term risk of infection from endemic COVID-19. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - January 12, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
BizTalk with Bill Roy Podcast Episode 290: Wichita business in 2022 ... and a look ahead
How will you remember Wichita business in 2022?
I'll remember it as the year that Covid-19 moved from a pandemic to an endemic, no longer a front-burner story. Other than health-care companies, business moved on and tried to return to normal, taking the lessons of Covid and applying them to the way they do business in 2023 and beyond.
We talk about the year past and the year ahead for Wichita business in Episode 290 of the BizTalk with Bill Roy podcast. WBJ reporters Daniel McCoy, Shelby Kellerman … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - January 6, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Kirk Seminoff Source Type: news
Indonesia lifts all COVID curbs, shifts to endemic approach
Almost three years after officials announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Indonesia, the country’s leader said Friday they are lifting all coronavirus-related restrictions nationwide. President Joko Widodo said Indonesia’s COVID-19 situation is under control after observing improvements…#vietnam #psbb #ppkm #indonesians #levelone #indonesia #airlanggahartarto #nationally #healthministry #southeastasia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Indonesia lifts all COVID curbs, shifts to endemic approach
Almost three years after officials announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Indonesia, the country’s leader says they are lifting all coronavirus-related restrictions nationwide (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - December 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
BizTalk with Bill Roy Podcast Episode 290: Wichita business in 2022 ... and a look ahead
How will you remember Wichita business in 2022?
I'll remember it as the year that Covid-19 moved from a pandemic to an endemic, no longer a front-burner story. Other than health-care companies, business moved on and tried to return to normal, taking the lessons of Covid and applying them to the way they do business in 2023 and beyond.
We talk about the year past and the year ahead for Wichita business in Episode 290 of the BizTalk with Bill Roy podcast. WBJ reporters Daniel McCoy, Shelby Kellerman … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 30, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Kirk Seminoff Source Type: news
10 Ways the World Got Better In 2022
Over the past year, the headlines have been dominated by alarming events: the Russian invasion of Ukraine, high inflation, supply chain shortages, and the threat of food insecurity for many nations. But 2022 was also a year of milestones toward a better future, scientific breakthroughs, and stories of hope. Here’s a look at 10 stories of human progress from the last 12 months.
1. We found out that civilization reached peak agricultural land
For nearly all of human history, producing more food required more land. But starting in the early 1900s, and continuing through the next 100 years, four powerful forces—syn...
Source: TIME: Health - December 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tony Morley Tags: Uncategorized climate change freelance global health Health Care healthscienceclimate Londontime Source Type: news
Chinese hospitals'extremely busy' as COVID spreads unchecked By Reuters
Chinese hospitals were under intense pressure on Wednesday as a surge of COVID-19 infections strained resources in the last major country to move towards treating the virus as endemic. In an abrupt change of policy, China this month began dismantling the world's strictest COVID regime of lockdowns…#chengdu #chinadaily #zhangyuhua #goldmansachs #shanghai #tokyo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
