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

 

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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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About 4 million Americans received updated COVID shots last month

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

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

Growing anti-vax movement perplexes Biden administration, medical community

Biden world at a loss over how to stop the growing anti-vax movement - POLITICO

A Biden administration that vowed to restore Americans’ faith in public health has grown increasingly paralyzed over how to combat the resurgence in vaccine skepticism. ...

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U.S. doctors find themselves navigating political landmines as conservative views criticize recommendations, science

 

...Scores of practicing physicians and the national groups that represent them are increasingly at the center of a widening cleave between conservative America and science writ large. The gap has doctors young and old questioning how to navigate political landmines and limits in their communities — or whether they should at all.

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

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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Drug prices: Major drugmakers agree to negotiate drug prices with U.S. government

Major drug companies including Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb have committed to participate in Medicare drug price negotiations with the federal government, the Biden administration said Tuesday.

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Survey indicates resistance to COVID booster shots affected by prior infections, fear of side effects and doubts about usefullness

Only 20% of Americans eligible for COVID-19 boosters get them, and today in Vaccine, researchers published the results of a new survey of 2,000 US adults to understand why uptake is so low.

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

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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Britain’s COVID-19 response inquiry second phase focuses on political decisions

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

 

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Paxlovid cuts hospitalization, death only in COVID patients with weak immune systems -- Canadian study

 

...in JAMA Network Open, an observational Canadian study ties the antiviral drug combo nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) to a lower risk of hospitalization or death only in very high-risk COVID-19 patients with weakened immune systems.

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WHO authorizes a second malaria vaccine. Experts warn it’s not enough to stop the disease spreading

Analysis: Impact of Misinformation, and Mistrust on Use of Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

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