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COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after more than a year of emergency use

Thu, 2023-05-25 16:42 — mike kraft

COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after more than a year of emergency use U.S. health regulators have given full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill Paxlovid. Thursday's action means the drug has now been fully vetted by the U.S. government and can remain on the market indefinitely. Millions of Americans have received Paxlovid since it was granted emergency authorization in late 2021. It’s become the go-to treatment for adults and older children. The FDA’s approval is only for adults who are at high risk of hospitalization or death from COVID-19. The drug is still available for children under emergency use. AP NEWS

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Air pollution exposure linked to severe COVID-19 outcomes--study

Thu, 2023-05-25 16:36 — mike kraft

Air pollution exposure linked to severe COVID-19 outcomes CIDRAP

Air pollution exposure is associated with a higher risk of experiencing severe outcomes from COVID-19 infections, including intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and death, according to new evidence in Nature Communications from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).

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White House Covid response coordination leadership in transition after the emergency ends

Tue, 2023-05-09 17:53 — mike kraft

Who’s in charge of the White House Covid response after the emergency ends? The White House is in the middle of setting up a new pandemic response office, but it won’t be ready in time for a clean transfer at the end of the public health emergency on May 11. Rachel Cohrs STAT

...White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha told reporters Tuesday (that) ...White House officials are in the middle of setting up an Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy that Congress mandated them to create in December, but it won’t be ready in time for a clean transfer at the end of the public health emergency on May 11.

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White House ends COVID vaccine requirement for federal workers and air travel

Tue, 2023-05-09 17:37 — mike kraft

Biden drops COVID-19 vaccine requirement for federal workers, air travel - UPI.com The White House on Tuesday announced it is ending its COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal workers and air travel starting Friday. UPI

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Opinion: The Covid-19 emergency is ending. It’s time for the patient to leave the hospital

Tue, 2023-05-09 10:06 — mike kraft

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The Covid-19 emergency is ending. It's time for the patient to leave the hospital | CNN After more than three very long years, it's finally happening: The Covid-19 pandemic is ending, at least in the formal sense, both in this country and abroad. This moment is not being marked with parades or big parties but rather with the flourishes of two administrative pens. On Friday, the World Health Organization announced that Covid-19 no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and this Thursday, the United States is set to end its own public health emergency declaration. Dr.

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Recap: What goes away when the U.S. Covid health emergency ends this week

Tue, 2023-05-09 09:57 — mike kraft

What goes away when the Covid health emergency ends this week The state of emergency is over and that will affect everything from from free vaccines and tests to food assistance programs. POLITICO

The Covid-19 public health emergency ends Thursday and with it a host of pandemic-era rules and waivers that many Americans have come to take for granted.

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Paxlovid slashed risk of COVID hospital stay in unvaccinated patients -- Canadian study

Mon, 2023-05-08 17:12 — mike kraft

Paxlovid slashed risk of COVID hospital stay in some patients amid Omicron, study suggests CIDRAP

The antiviral drug Paxlovid was tied to a 96% lower relative risk (RR) of COVID-19 hospitalization among high-risk outpatients who didn't complete a primary vaccination series but didn't benefit those who had received at least two doses amid the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, according to a real-world study published yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

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