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12.7 million children in Africa missed vaccinations--UNICEF

Fri, 2023-04-21 18:40 — mike kraft

UNICEF: 12.7 million children in Africa missed vaccinations A new report from UNICEF says nearly 13 million children missed one or more vaccinations in Africa between 2019 and 2021 because of the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation has left the continent vulnerable to even more outbreaks of disease and facing a “child survival crisis." The report released Thursday confirms there was a global “backslide” in childhood immunization over those three years. That's the worst regression for childhood vaccinations in 30 years. Africa has the highest number of unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children.

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More African countries set to approve malaria shot, even before WHO approval

Fri, 2023-04-21 10:53 — mike kraft

More African countries set to approve malaria shot; 20 million doses ready in 2023 African countries are lining up to approve a new vaccine for malaria, with 20 million doses available for them to buy this year, the shot’s manufacturer told Reuters. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Mozambique Asks WHO for Additional Cholera Vaccine following Cyclone

Thu, 2023-04-20 11:07 — mike kraft

Mozambique Asks for Additional Cholera Vaccine After Cyclone Freddy Health officials intend to vaccinate people in high-risk areas Charles Mangwiro VOA

Maputo, Mozambique — Mozambique has asked the World Health Organization to supply an additional 2 million doses of a cholera vaccine as the country struggles to control a spreading outbreak.

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People worldwide lost faith in childhood vaccines during COVID pandemic -- UNICEF survey

Thu, 2023-04-20 10:47 — mike kraft

People lost faith in childhood vaccines during COVID pandemic, UNICEF says People all over the world lost confidence in the importance of routine childhood vaccines against killer diseases like measles and polio during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from UNICEF. Jennifer Rigby,Emma Farge Reuters

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U.S. court rules that Biden's COVID vaccine mandate rule for federal contractors was valid.

Wed, 2023-04-19 17:25 — mike kraft

Biden's COVID vaccine rule for federal contractors was valid, US court rules President Joe Biden had the power to require employees of federal contractors to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday, throwing out a judge's ruling that had blocked the mandate in Arizona. Daniel Wiessner Reuters

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New White House plan aims to provide uninsured with free Covid-19 vaccines

Wed, 2023-04-19 10:05 — mike kraft

New White House plan aims to provide uninsured with free Covid-19 vaccines | CNN Politics The Biden administration unveiled Tuesday a $1.1 billion program aimed at providing Covid-19 vaccines and treatments to the uninsured at no cost after the federal supply is exhausted. Tami Luhby CNN

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The U.S. FDA's new guidance on Covid vaccines for adults

Wed, 2023-04-19 09:53 — mike kraft

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Changes to Simplify Use of Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines The FDA amended the EUAs of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 bivalent mRNA vaccines to simplify the vaccination schedule for most individuals. Office of the Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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U.S. FDA authorizes spring covid booster shots for older adults and the immunocompromised

Tue, 2023-04-18 12:03 — mike kraft

FDA says older adults and the immunocompromised may get a spring booster dose of Covid vaccine People ages 65 and older and those who are immunocompromised will be allowed to receive an additional dose of Covid-19 vaccine — a spring booster — if they wish, the FDA announced Tuesday. Helen Branswell STAT

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Promising new malaria vaccine for kids receives first approval in Ghana

Fri, 2023-04-14 17:30 — mike kraft

Promising new malaria vaccine for kids approved in Ghana Ghana became the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine for young children that may offer better protection against the disease that kills hundreds of thousands every year. Preliminary results from early testing of the new vaccine, developed at the University of Oxford, have suggested the vaccine is far more effective than the only malaria vaccine now authorized for use by the World Health Organization.

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Biden administration will retain some Covid pandemic emergency powers

Fri, 2023-04-14 12:56 — mike kraft

The Biden administration will hang on to some Covid pandemic emergency powers Even though the Biden administration is ending its most high-profile Covid-19 emergency declaration next month, it’s still going to hold on to some pandemic-era powers. Rachel Cohrs STAT

...The Department of Health and Human Services gave governors a heads-up on Friday that it is planning to keep pharmacists’ ability to administer Covid-19 and flu vaccines past the end of the public health emergency.

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