Disease Prevention

Pfizer to seek authorization for 2nd Covid booster for people 65 and older

Tue, 2022-03-15 18:59 — mike kraft

Pfizer asks FDA to authorize 2nd Covid booster for people 65 and older If the FDA authorizes it, the additional shot would go to people who are among those with the highest risk of serious illness. NBC News

Pfizer and BioNTech are expected to seek U.S. authorization this week for a second Covid-19 vaccine booster for people 65 and older, according to a person familiar with the plans.

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The CDC could lose access to key data to track COVID-19

Tue, 2022-03-15 18:32 — mike kraft

The CDC could lose access to key data to track COVID-19 "We are the compiler of the data, but we do not have the authority to collect it," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told CBS News. CBS News

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Medics and volunteers try to prop up Ukraine's health system

Tue, 2022-03-15 11:00 — mike kraft

Medics and volunteers try to prop up Ukraine's health system When Russian bombs started falling on Kyiv, oncologist Nataliia Verovkina fled with her 10-year-old son. But once he was safe in Munich with his grandparents, she turned around and went back. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Chinese virus cases climb, raise threat of trade disruption; South Korea reports record deaths.DS

Tue, 2022-03-15 09:34 — mike kraft

Chinese virus cases climb, raise threat of trade disruption BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities on Tuesday tightened anti-virus controls at ports, raising the risk of trade disruptions after some auto and electronics factories shut down as the government fights coronavirus outbreaks. AP NEWS

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities on Tuesday tightened anti-virus controls at ports, raising the risk of trade disruptions after some auto and electronics factories shut down as the government fights coronavirus outbreaks.

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Estimates of what could lie ahead for the US in the third year of the pandemic

Mon, 2022-03-14 19:23 — mike kraft

Here's what could lie ahead for the US in the third year of the pandemic Things seem to be looking up as the US crosses into year three of the Covid-19 pandemic. Vaccines still do a good job of keeping people alive and out of the hospital. There's increasing access to tests and treatments. The numbers of cases, hospitalizations and deaths are heading in the right direction. Jen Christensen, CNN CNN

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Long Covid patients, in search of relief, turn to private company. Critics say there's no science to back it up.

Mon, 2022-03-14 10:52 — mike kraft

Long Covid patients, in search of relief, turn to private company

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A full two years into the coronavirus pandemic, long-haul Covid patients remain sick and in desperate search of answers. They've lost jobs. They've lost their sense of self. Many say they have lost faith in the medical community.

Despite multiple studies, the launch of dozens of specialized long Covid clinics and $1.15 billion in federal funding for the National Institutes of Health to study the condition, there remains a dearth of proven treatments for people who are suffering from lingering illness after their infection.

"There is no one right answer for many of our patients," said Dr. Ben Abramoff, director of the Post-COVID Assessment and Recovery Clinic at Penn Medicine, which has seen more than 1,100 long Covid patients.

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