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EU starts real-time review of AstraZeneca COVID-19 antibody cocktail

Thu, 2021-10-14 11:02 — mike kraft

EU starts real-time review of AstraZeneca COVID-19 antibody cocktail Europe's drug regulator said on Thursday it had started a real-time review of AstraZeneca's antibody-based COVID-19 therapy, the first protective shot other than vaccines against coronavirus. Reuters Reuters

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Covid vaccines for US children are coming but challenge will be persuading parents

Thu, 2021-10-14 10:57 — mike kraft

Covid vaccines for US children are coming but challenge will be persuading parents Authorization for kids aged 5-11 is inching closer but only a third of parents plan to take up the shots as soon as vaccines are ready Socially distanced kindergarten students wait for their parents to pick them up on the first day of in-person learning at Maurice Sendak elementary school in Los Angeles in April.

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Vaccination could have prevented 90,000 deaths over four months, study says

Thu, 2021-10-14 10:47 — mike kraft

Covid-19 live updates: FDA advisory panel meets on Moderna booster shots; Biden to address public Approximately 90,000 covid-19 deaths could have been avoided over four months of this year if more U.S. adults had chosen to be vaccinated, a new study found. Washington Post

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Why Many Black Americans Decided to get Covid Vaccine Shots

Thu, 2021-10-14 10:30 — mike kraft

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In the first months after the vaccine rollout, Black Americans were far less likely than white Americans to be vaccinated. In addition to the difficulty of obtaining shots in their communities, their hesitancy was fueled by a powerful combination of general mistrust of the government and medical institutions, and misinformation over the safety and efficacy of the vaccines.

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Some U.S. pastors, advocacy groups are mobilizing against COVID-19 vaccine mandates

Thu, 2021-10-14 10:21 — mike kraft

U.S. pastors, advocacy groups mobilize against COVID-19 vaccine mandates From the outside, First Harvest Ministries in Waveland, Mississippi, could almost be mistaken for a storage shed were it not for the steeple. Tom Hals Reuters

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Legal issues: Texas' ban on Covid-19 vaccine mandates conflicts with the federal vaccine requirement

Wed, 2021-10-13 19:59 — mike kraft

What will happen when Texas' ban on Covid-19 vaccine mandates conflicts with the federal vaccine requirement Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's new executive order bans any entity in Texas from enforcing a Covid-19 vaccine mandate -- a rule that directly conflicts with President Joe Biden's proposed rules requiring Covid vaccines for federal workers and for large employers. So what will happen when the state rule and federal rule come up against each other? Eric Levenson, CNN CNN

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Maine can bar religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate; Arkansas allows opt-outs

Wed, 2021-10-13 19:44 — mike kraft

Maine can bar religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate, judge rules A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday that Maine can bar religious exemptions to its requirement that healthcare workers in the state get vaccinated against COVID-19, a day after a judge ordered New York to allow such exemptions to its mandate. Tom Hals Reuters

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Study finds 'mixing and matching' boosters safe, but Moderna, Pfizer are best

Wed, 2021-10-13 19:24 — mike kraft

Study finds 'mixing and matching' boosters safe, but Moderna, Pfizer Receiving a booster dose of a different vaccine than what was initially administered is safe and effective, though people who received Johnson & Johnson's vaccine may get more benefit from a booster Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

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WHO Establishes Scientific Advisory Group on COVID Origins; China Will Test Thousands of Wuhan Blood Samples from 2019

Wed, 2021-10-13 13:34 — Bob Feron

WHO says it may be "last chance" to find COVID origins The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that its newly formed advisory group on dangerous pathogens may be "our last chance" to determine the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and called for cooperation from China. Reuters Reuters

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OPINION: Operating at a loss: Our health care system depends on physicians donating their time

Wed, 2021-10-13 10:19 — mike kraft

Our health care system depends on physicians donating their time - STAT I’m optimistic that there are ways for individuals to practice medicine that are more respectful to both physicians and their patients. Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu STAT

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Covid-19 cases may be going down in much of the country, but for children they are still exceptionally high

Wed, 2021-10-13 10:01 — mike kraft

Covid-19 cases may be going down in much of the country, but for children they are still exceptionally high Covid-19 cases are declining in the US, but the optimistic outlook needs to be tempered by the still-high rate of infections, especially in children. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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Breakthrough infections might not be a big transmission risk. New informaton

Wed, 2021-10-13 09:52 — mike kraft

Breakthrough infections might not be a big transmission risk. Here's the evidence Are vaccinated people who get COVID as likely to spread the infection as unvaccinated people? Scientists don't think so. NPR.org

Conventional wisdom says that if you're vaccinated and you get a breakthrough infection with the coronavirus, you can transmit that infection to someone else and make that person sick.

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