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U.S. CDC estimates the extent of the respiratory virus season

Thu, 2023-10-05 10:19 — mike kraft

How Bad Will This Respiratory Virus Season Be? CDC Weighs In. Agency officials also outlined recommendations for COVID, RSV, and influenza vaccines Shannon Firth medpagetoday

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"The bottom line here is we're likely to have a similar number of total hospitalizations as we had last year," Dylan George, PhD, director of the CDC's Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, told reporters during a webinar on Wednesday.

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Analysis: The new COVID shot is a game-changer, and why

Wed, 2023-10-04 17:34 — mike kraft

Why the new COVID shot is a game-changer (and why the term ‘booster’ is obsolete) The latest vaccine formula is available in local pharmacies now. Experts say it will be like the annual flu shot: one and done. Here’s why. Science

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Novavax : US FDA authorizes Novavax's updated COVID shot; CDC additional approval not neeed.

Wed, 2023-10-04 17:22 — mike kraft

US FDA authorizes Novavax's updated COVID shot, shares rise The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it authorized an updated version of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in individuals aged 12 years and older, and the company's shares closed 8% higher. Sriparna Roy,Michael Erman Reuters

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Moderna combination Covid, flu vaccine moves to final stage trial after positive data

Wed, 2023-10-04 09:26 — mike kraft

Moderna combination Covid, flu vaccine shows positive data (cnbc.com)

Moderna on Wednesday said its combination vaccine targeting Covid and the flu will move to a final stage trial after showing positive results in an earlier study.
The biotech company is hoping its shot, mRNA-1083, can win approval from regulators in 2025.

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Novavax's updated protein-based Covid-19 vaccine approved by U.S. FDA

Tue, 2023-10-03 18:51 — mike kraft

FDA signs off on updated protein-based Covid-19 vaccine from Novavax | CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized Novavax’s updated protein-based Covid-19 vaccine for people 12 and older. Amanda Sealy, Brenda Goodman CNN

This vaccine is effective against EG.5, the currently dominant coronavirus strain in the United States, and like Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA vaccines, it has been updated to target the XBB Omicron subvariant.

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Best results from home Covid-19 tests come several days after symptoms --study

Tue, 2023-10-03 10:56 — mike kraft

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Sepsis associated with COVID-19 infections higher among adults than previously realized-study

Mon, 2023-10-02 10:28 — mike kraft

Sepsis associated with COVID-19 infections more common than thought Overall, SARS-CoV-2–associated sepsis was present in 28.2% of patients admitted with SARS-CoV-2. CIDRAP

...in JAMA Network Open, researchers provide new evidence that the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2–associated sepsis among hospitalized adults is higher than previously thought, but deaths from the condition became less frequent as the pandemic progressed.

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U.S. Covid markers decline overall with hospitalizations down but deaths up in some states; WHO also reports declines

Mon, 2023-10-02 10:09 — mike kraft

US COVID markers show more declines

Most of the measures the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses to track COVID-19 activity declined last week, except for deaths, which are often a lagging indicator, according to the group's latest data updates. The levels reflect a recent drop in COVID activity, following several weeks of a slow summer rise from very low levels.

...the World Health Organization (WHO) posted its latest monthly update, which it cautions is based on limited data, with cases and deaths reported from only 96 countries and even fewer countries regularly reporting hospitalizations and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. It also said its assessments are limited by reduced testing and delays in reporting.

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It May Be Too Soon to Call It Covid Season

Mon, 2023-10-02 09:51 — mike kraft

Why It's Too Soon to Call It Covid Season | WIRED

...experts on the front lines and doing data analysis say it’s too soon to declare that Covid has achieved seasonality. Looking back over the previous three years, they do see patterns: a spike at some point in the summer, such as the arrival of the Delta variant in 2021, and a spike sometime in the late fall or winter, such as the Thanksgiving surge of Omicron later that year. But those spikes haven’t occurred at the exact same time from year to year, and it’s possible they didn’t all arise for the same reasons.

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Nobel Prize in medicine won by two scientists for ‘groundbreaking findings’ on mRNA Covid-19 vaccines

Mon, 2023-10-02 09:37 — mike kraft

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for work on mRNA Covid vaccines by Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman | CNN

This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their work on mRNA vaccines, a crucial tool in curtailing the spread of Covid-19.

The Nobel Prize committee announced the prestigious honor, seen as the pinnacle of scientific achievement, in Sweden on Monday.

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