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Explainer: Considerations in getting the updated COVID vaccine booster shots

Wed, 2022-08-31 19:08 — mike kraft

Explainer: Updated COVID vaccines are coming in the U.S. Should you get one? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer Inc with German partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc retooled to target Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants as well as the original virus. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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New study indicates that variant-modified booster vaccines could result in significantly higher neutralization titers against prevalent and ancestral SARS-CoV-2 variants compared to ancestral-based boosters.

Wed, 2022-08-31 18:56 — mike kraft

Study explores differences in the efficiency of COVID-19 vaccine boosters In a new study, researchers predicted the efficacy of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine boosters. News-Medical.net

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The study findings indicated that variant-modified booster vaccines could result in significantly higher neutralization titers against prevalent and ancestral SARS-CoV-2 variants compared to ancestral-based boosters.

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Coronavirus Antigen Levels Line up with COVID-19 Severity

Wed, 2022-08-31 12:34 — mike kraft

Coronavirus Antigen Levels Associated with COVID-19 Severity The levels of SARS-CoV-2 antigen in the blood of hospitalized COVID-19 patients appear to line up with how severe the illness is and other clinical outcomes, according to a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. WebMD

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Research indicates SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in kids after COVID may peak at 1 to 3 months

Wed, 2022-08-31 12:25 — mike kraft

SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in kids after COVID may peak at 1 to 3 months Neutralizing antibody levels peaked at 84% 1 to 3 months post-infection but stayed around 70% for 13 months. CIDRAP

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U.S. COVID vaccines, treatments to be moved from governement to commercial markets in 2023

Wed, 2022-08-31 12:15 — mike kraft

U.S. plans to move COVID vaccines, treatments to private markets in 2023 The U.S. government expects its supply of COVID-19 vaccines and antiviral treatments to run out over the next year and is preparing for them to be sold via the commercial market, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday. Ahmed Aboulenein Reuters

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New Covid Variant BA.4.6 is Now Outcompeting Dominant BA.5 in areas of U.S.

Wed, 2022-08-31 12:02 — mike kraft

New Covid Variant BA.4.6 Outcompeting Dominant BA.5 Across Swath Of U.S. For First Time CDC data indicates a new Omicron variant dubbed BA.4.6 may be able to outcompete the now-dominant BA.5 strain across the United States. Tom Tapp Deadline

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While BA.4.6 has been in the U.S. since at least May, it remained below 2% of new cases sequenced until July, when it gradually began to rise, even as BA.5 continued to do the same. As of this week’s CDC reporting, it currently stands at 7.5%. But the real wrinkle comes when the variant proportions are broken out regionally.

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Opinion: As hospitals raise their prices, U.S. workers and businesses suffer

Wed, 2022-08-31 10:21 — mike kraft

As hospitals raise their prices, U.S. workers and businesses suffer Many of health care's corporate leaders have exploited the Covid-19 crisis to further consolidate, drive up costs, and collect billions in federal funds with few, if any, strings attached. Patrick Skerrett STAT

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Boosters: US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants

Wed, 2022-08-31 10:10 — mike kraft

US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today’s most common omicron strain. Shots could begin within days. The move by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna that already have saved millions of lives. AP NEWS

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Florida: State Florida has counted more than 7 million COVID cases, 6,000 a day but trend is down

Tue, 2022-08-30 18:06 — mike kraft

Florida tops 7M COVID cases since start of pandemic, still averaging 6K cases per day Florida has now counted more than 7 million cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. Ashley Harding WJXT

Florida has now counted more than 7 million cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

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Misinformation issue: California Legislature passes Bill to Punish Doctors Who Spread False Information

Tue, 2022-08-30 17:51 — mike kraft

Trying to strike a balance between free speech and public health, California’s Legislature on Monday approved a bill that would allow regulators to punish doctors for spreading false information about Covid-19 vaccinations and treatments.

The legislation, if signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, would make the state the first to try to legislate a remedy to a problem that the American Medical Association, among other medical groups and experts, says has worsened the impact of the pandemic, resulting in thousands of unnecessary hospitalizations and deaths.

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