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Biden Administration Plans to Offer Updated Booster Shots in September
With reformulated shots from Pfizer and Moderna on the horizon, the F.D.A. has decided that Americans under 50 should wait to receive second boosters.
Source: NYT - July 29, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Noah Weiland and Sharon LaFraniere Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Vaccination and Immunization Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Coronavirus Omicron Variant Food and Drug Administration Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Moderna Inc Pfizer Inc United States Politics and Government Source Type: news
Covid Patients Should Take An Antiviral Even If They Don't Have Severe Symptoms, Study Finds
The research comes two weeks after the Food and Drug Administration authorized pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer ’s Covid-19 oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid in certain cases.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - July 25, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Madeline Halpert, Forbes Staff Tags: Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Breaking breaking-news Coronavirus Source Type: news
News at a glance: Declining childhood vaccinations, rising ‘superbug’ infections, and a disputed Brazilian fossil
GLOBAL HEALTH
Pandemic contributes to big drop in childhood vaccinations
In what UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell called a “red alert,” childhood vaccination rates in many countries worldwide have dropped to the lowest level since 2008, in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic. UNICEF and the World Health Organization together track inoculations against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus—which are administered as one vaccine—as a marker for vaccination coverage overall. In 2021, only 81% of children worldwide received the recommended three doses of the combined vaccine, down from 86% in 20...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - July 21, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Biden Administration Is Elevating an H.H.S. Division to Oversee Pandemic Responses
The move effectively creates a new federal agency — on par with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.
Source: NYT Health - July 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Noah Weiland Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Health and Human Services Department Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Disasters and Emergencies Source Type: news
Monoclonal antibodies for prophylaxis and treatment of respiratory viral infections
Purpose of review
Monoclonal antibody (mAb) administration represents an important strategy for preventing and treating respiratory viral infections in vulnerable populations, including immunocompromised individuals. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of mAbs in clinical use against respiratory viruses, highlight factors that modulate mAb clinical efficacy, and provide a perspective on future innovations in the field. This review focuses on publications from the last year.
Recent findings
Historically, clinical development of a single mAb has taken over a decade. The COVID-19 pandemic has demon...
Source: Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases - July 21, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: INFECTIONS OF THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST: Edited by Genovefa A. Papanicolaou and Dionysios Neofytos Source Type: research
New Perspectives on Antimicrobial Agents: Molnupiravir and Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir for Treatment of COVID-19
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2022 Jul 12:e0240421. doi: 10.1128/aac.02404-21. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has emerged to cause pandemic respiratory disease in the past 2 years, leading to significant worldwide morbidity and mortality. At the beginning of the pandemic, only nonspecific treatments were available, but recently two oral antivirals have received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of mild to moderate coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Molnupiravir targets the viral polymerase and causes lethal mutati...
Source: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy - July 21, 2022 Category: Microbiology Authors: Robert L Atmar Natalie Finch Source Type: research
8 Ultraviolet Wands Could Pose Danger of Radiation Injury, F.D.A. Warns
The agency recommended that consumers avoid using the disinfection products because of high levels of radiation that could damage skin or eyes.
Source: NYT Health - July 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: McKenna Oxenden Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Radiation Food and Drug Administration Bacteria ultraviolet wands Source Type: news
FDA gives emergency use authorization to Novavax's Covid-19 vaccine
The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized Novavax's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in adults. It is the fourth coronavirus vaccine available in the United States, and it uses a different type of vaccine technology than the shots already available.
Source: CNN.com - Health - July 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
F.D.A. Authorizes Novavax ’s Covid-19 Vaccine, a Latecomer
The vaccine was authorized as a primary immunization series for adults, rather than a booster, which may limit its market at first.
Source: NYT Health - July 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rebecca Robbins and Carl Zimmer Tags: Vaccination and Immunization Coronavirus Omicron Variant Clinical Trials Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Factories and Manufacturing Novavax Inc Food and Drug Administration your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
FDA Authorizes Emergency Use of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted
July 13, 2022 -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted for the prevention of COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - July 13, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
News at a glance: Debate over classifying research, giant water lilies, and new hummingbird feather colors
ECOLOGY
Scientists find new hummingbird colors
The plumage of hummingbirds has more color diversity than the feathers of all other birds combined, a recent study finds. Researchers from Yale University collected feathers from specimens of 114 hummingbird species and, using a spectrometer, documented the wavelengths of light they reflected. These wavelengths were then compared with those found in a previous study of 111 other bird species, including penguins and parrots. The researchers were surprised to find new colors in the hummers, which widened the known avian color gamut by 56% and included rarely seen ...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 6, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Pharmacists Can Now Prescribe Paxlovid, Pfizer ’s COVID-19 Pill
(Washington D.C.) — Pharmacists can prescribe the leading COVID-19 pill directly to patients under a new U.S. policy announced Wednesday that’s intended to expand use of Pfizer’s drug Paxlovid.
The Food and Drug Administration said pharmacists can begin screening patients to see if they are eligible for Paxlovid and then prescribe the medication, which has been shown to curb the worst effects of COVID-19. Previously only physicians could prescribe the antiviral drug.
The announcement comes as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are rising again, though they remain near their lowest levels since th...
Source: TIME: Health - July 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matthew Perrone and Tom Murphy / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Vladimir Zelenko, 48, Dies; Promoted an Unfounded Covid Treatment
A self-described “simple country doctor,” he won national attention in 2020 when the White House embraced his hydroxychloroquine regimen.
Source: NYT Health - July 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Clay Risen Tags: Zelenko, Vladimir Deaths (Obituaries) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Hydroxychloroquine (Drug) Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Research Trump, Donald J Kiryas Joel (NY) Food and Drug Administration Source Type: news
Should parents get the Covid vaccine for kids under 5?
Parents of children under age 5 can finally get their kids the coronavirus vaccine. The US Food and Drug Administration and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have given the green light for both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for young kids. Now, everyone ages 6 months and older is eligible for vaccination.
Source: CNN.com - Health - July 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
