[cnbc.com – 2021.10.23] Nearly 100 million people nationwide are immediately eligible to receive Covid booster shots after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authorized extra doses of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson’s vaccines Thursday night. The agency’s decision also enables fully immunized people to pair their boosters with doses from different manufacturers after research […]
[huffpost.com – 2021.09.13] Last year, public health experts were deeply concerned about the prospect of a flu and a COVID-19 “twindemic.” But as it turned out, seasonal flu activity was unusually low. This was likely due to the combination of masking, stay-at-home orders, reduced travel and people paying close attention to things like indoor ventilation.
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[abcnews.go.com – 2021.07.20] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky told lawmakers Tuesday the delta variant now makes up 83% of cases, up from 50% at the beginning of this month. “CDC has released estimates of variants across the country and predicted the delta variant now represents 83% of sequenced cases. This is
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[theguardian.com – 2021.06.19] Drug makers led by US firms Pfizer and Moderna stand to make tens of billions of dollars from their Covid-19 vaccines this year and next, given G7 governments’ pledge to vaccinate the entire world by the end of 2022, but sales are likely to drop sharply thereafter, according to analysts. The global
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Moderate drinking is unlikely to impair the immune response to the Covid vaccine, but heavy drinking might. [nytimes.com] After a long year and a lot of anticipation, getting the Covid-19 vaccine can be cause for celebration, which for some might mean pouring a drink and toasting to their new immunity. But can alcohol interfere with
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[NYTimes.com – March 19, 2021] The global leaders in Covid-19 vaccination rates are Israel and the United Arab Emirates. After them come a handful of countries that have each given between 30 and 45 shots for every 100 residents, including the United States, Britain, Bahrain, Chile and Serbia. But these handful of countries have followed
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