ARCHIVED: U.K. Plans to Roll Out Booster Shots in SeptemberCDC
1 July 2021
The U.K. is one of the first governments to set out provisional plans for booster shots. It isconcerned that possible further Covid-19 outbreaks over the winter could coincide with awave of influenza and put pressure on the country’s health system
ARCHIVED: Experimental Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Content in Inhaled Air With or Without Face Masks in Healthy ChildrenJAMA
Walach H, Weikl R, Prentice J, et al.
A large-scale survey3 in Germany of adverse effects in parents and children using data of 25 930 children has shown that 68% of the participating children had problems when wearing nose and mouth coverings.
ARCHIVED: Antibody Drug Cuts Risk of Death for Sickest PatientsWall Street Journal
16 June 2021
Trial results for a new Regeneron treatment have buoyed hopes that doctors could soon have a new way to tackle severe hospital cases.
ARCHIVED: Decreases in COVID-19 Cases, Emergency Department Visits, Hospital Admissions, and Deaths Among Older Adults Following the Introduction of COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, September 6, 2020–May 1, 2021CDC
11 June 2021
The greater decline in COVID-19 morbidity and mortality in older adults, the age group with the highest vaccination rates, demonstrates the potential impact of increasing population-level vaccination coverage.
ARCHIVED: Genomic Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Variants Circulating in the United States, December 2020–May 2021CDC/MMWR
11 June 2021
During April 11–24, 2021, the B.1.1.7 and P.1 variants represented an estimated 66% and 5% of U.S. infections, respectively, demonstrating the potential for new variants to emerge and become predominant.
ARCHIVED: COVID-19 vaccination and immune thrombocytopeniaNature Medicine
9 June 2021
Pishko A, Bussel JB, Cines DB.
A prospective cohort analysis finds a link between the ChAdOx1 vaccine and an autoimmune disorder known as immune thrombocytopenia—but questions remain and causality is yet to be established.
ARCHIVED: COVID-19 VaST Work Group Report – May 17, 2021CDC
17 May 2021
The CDC is investigating a few dozen cases of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, found in young adults and adolescent vaccine recipients.
ARCHIVED: Delaying a COVID vaccine’s second dose boosts immune responseNature
13 May 2020
Older people who waited 11–12 weeks for their second jab had higher peak antibody levels than did those who waited only 3 weeks.
ARCHIVED: Another new coronavirus has jumped to peopleCIDRAP
20 May 2020
Dubbed CCoV-HuPn-2018, this new virus is the first canine coronavirus (CCoV) to ever be isolated from a human.
ARCHIVED: Infections After Inoculation Are RareWall Street Journal (WSJ)
16 April 2021
Breakthrough cases represent 0.008% of the fully vaccinated population and are in line with expectations because the approved vaccines in the U.S. are not 100% effective.
ARCHIVED: Risk of rare blood clotting higher for COVID-19 than for vaccinesUniversity of Oxford
15 April 2021
COVID-19 infection leads to a several-times higher risk of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) blood clots than current COVID-19 vaccines.
ARCHIVED: The Next Trick: Pulling Coronavirus Out of Thin AirNew York Times (NYT)
CDC is offering a series of brief (15-20 minute) webinars addressing topics around COVID-19 vaccination.
ARCHIVED: Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 VaccineNew England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
10 December 2020
Polack F, et al.
ARCHIVED: Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 VaccineNew England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
4 February 2021
Polack F, et al.
ARCHIVED: Covid-19 Story Tip: Flu Cases Dramatically Low So Far This SeasonJohns Hopkins Medicine
12 January 2021
Johns Hopkins Medicine experts say cases of the flu are extremely low nationwide this year, because more people received the flu vaccine, schools and businesses are holding virtual classes or meetings and fewer people have been traveling.
ARCHIVED: Hang in There, Help Is on the WayNew York Times (NYT)
18 December 2020
“Times are tough now, but the end is in sight. If we hunker down, keep our families safe during the holidays and monitor our health at home, life will get better in the spring. Here’s how to get through it.”
ARCHIVED: ‘Nobody Sees Us’: Testing-Lab Workers Strain Under DemandNew York Times (NYT)
3 December 2020
Laboratory technologists have been working nonstop to help the nation diagnose an ever-growing number of coronavirus cases.