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To optimize protection ahead of another pandemic winter, White House COVID coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said Friday people should consider getting the newly-updated COVID-19 booster before Halloween.

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Few U.S. children have received Covid shots despite being available since June

Mon, 2022-09-19 09:35 — mike kraft

Covid shots for young kids arrived in June. Few have received them. Health officials worry that the lackluster vaccination uptake might leave the nation vulnerable to coronavirus clusters in the fall and winter. Sabrina Malhi Washington Post

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Opinion: We're going to live wth the COVID virus, expert says

Fri, 2022-09-16 17:36 — mike kraft

Is COVID's end in sight? "We're going to live with the virus," expert says With flu season approaching, Dr. David Agus also urged people to get their flu shots. YahooNews

The director of the World Health Organization said this week that "the end is in sight" for the coronavirus pandemic. CBS News medical contributor Dr. David Agus said although he believes the U.S. is "at the end of the pandemic," COVID-19 is not necessarily "over."

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U.S. HHS debuts ads for updated Covid-19 booster, focusing on adults 50 and older

Fri, 2022-09-16 09:49 — mike kraft

HHS debuts ads for updated Covid-19 booster, focusing on adults 50 and older | CNN As part of the White House's Covid-19 response plan for the fall, the US Department of Health and Human Services is debuting a video ad to encourage people to get the updated Covid-19 booster shot -- especially those who are 50 and older. Jacqueline Howard CNN

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Opinion: There’s Terrific News About the New Covid Boosters, but Few Are Hearing It--NYTimes column

Thu, 2022-09-15 11:18 — mike kraft

For the first time, the United States is rolling out Covid vaccines updated to match variants that are currently dominant, as well as the original strain. This bivalent character will provide a better response not just to the most threatening variants today but probably to future variants too, because when the immune system faces different versions of the same virus it generates broader protections overall.

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Concerns that hundreds of Americans still dying daily of COVID-19, with colder weather still coming

Thu, 2022-09-15 10:38 — mike kraft

Hundreds of Americans still dying of COVID-19 each day ahead of the fall "The seven-day average daily deaths are still too high, about 375 per day — well above the around 200 deaths a day we saw earlier this spring and, in my mind, far too high for a vaccine-preventable disease," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House press briefing with the COVID-19 response team last week.

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Experts warn U.S. to brace for a difficult flu season

Thu, 2022-09-15 10:28 — mike kraft

Nation warned to brace for a difficult flu season Health experts are warning the nation to brace for what could be an exceptionally severe flu season this fall and winter, as more people who have not built up immunity over the last few years mix a… vmorris The Hill

Health experts are warning the nation to brace for what could be an exceptionally severe flu season this fall and winter, as more people who have not built up immunity over the last few years mix and mingle. There are two big reasons why more people could be vulnerable to the flu this year.

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