Some Kidney Transplant Patients Respond to Fourth COVID Vax Dose--study

A fourth dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine boosted antibodies among half of kidney transplant recipients with suboptimal immune responses after three doses, a French case series found. ...

 

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Opinions: Questions about the need for a fourth vaccine shot, and omicron-specific vaccines

...  as daily infections break records and hospitals across the country near capacity during the Omicron surge, many people have raised questions about whether they'll need to get a fourth dose.

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CDC weighs recommending N95 or KN95 masks instead of cloth masks against omicron variant

Two South African studies suggest Omicron has higher 'asymptomatic carriage'

Webinar with Dr. Fauci: 3:00 PM ET Today

Fireside Chat with Dr. Anthony Fauci: Is the Pandemic in Transition?

 
 

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

3:00-3:30PM ET

 
 

Online - Livestream

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Covid-19 is "still a way off" of being endemic, WHO official says

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Dr. Catherine Smallwood, Covid-19 incident manager at the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, told a virtual WHO Europe news conference Tuesday that Covid-19 is “still a way off” endemicity. 

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New U.S. COVID hospitalization record indicates that Omicron surge could be less mild than experts hoped

Virginia governor declares state of emergency after record COVID-19 surge

Opinion: Covid-Exhausted Doctors, Nurses and Hospital Workers Could Be Helped by Hazard PAy

As health care workers prepare to enter the third year of the pandemic, we are experiencing disillusionment and burnout on an extraordinary scale. Many of us have confronted more death and sickness than ever before in our careers.

As a physician at a teaching hospital that was one of the hardest hit in New York, I have witnessed firsthand the mayhem that this pandemic has brought on. Some of my colleagues harbor frustration and even anger at patients who have chosen to remain unvaccinated or not wear masks and now are hospitalized with Covid-19, imposing additional risks to us and our families.

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Why are rapid tests for COVID-19 in such short supply? --Explainer

Backround on why  rapid tests for COVID-19 are in such short supply

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At-home rapid antigen tests are reselling for triple the retail price on some digital marketplaces. Testing locations in L.A. County have been overwhelmed by mile-long lines, with some events canceled due to traffic. Some would-be self-testers have resigned themselves to driving between CVS and Walgreens locations, hoping to snag a kit at a reasonable price.

Companies are racing to fulfill the excess demand.

Abbott Laboratories, which makes the BinaxNOW rapid antigen test, expects to produce 70 million tests this month and is working to raise that to 100 million, said CEO Robert Ford.

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Rapid testing for Omicron: some experts and FDA disagree on whether throat swabbing shouldbe used

U.S. breaks COVID-19 hospitalization record as Omicron surges

Some US hospitals letting infected staff members stay on the job

First free rapid tests will arrive for distribution "early next week," White House says

U.S. Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday

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