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Children and COVID: Weekly cases top 200,000, vaccinations down
August 31, 2021
Daily hospitalization rates are higher than ever before.
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CDC panel unanimously backs Pfizer vax, fortifying FDA approval
August 30, 2021
The risk of myocarditis after a COVID infection was 6 to 34 times higher than the risk after receiving an mRNA vaccine.
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U.S. plans COVID-19 booster shots at 6 months instead of 8: WSJ
August 27, 2021
Approval of boosters for three COVID-19 shots being administered in the United States is expected in mid-September.
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One-third in U.S. had been infected by SARS-CoV-2 through 2020: Study
August 26, 2021
“We have not turned the corner on COVID-19 and are nowhere near herd immunity – if it exists for SARS-CoV-2.”
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Children and COVID: New cases soar to near-record level
August 24, 2021
Vaccine initiations were down for the second consecutive week, but COVID-related deaths showed a big increase.
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Health care workers eager for COVID booster shots
August 23, 2021
Almost all of the health care workers surveyed – 98% of physicians and 94% of nurses/APNs – have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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FDA fully approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
August 23, 2021
It is the first COVID-19 vaccine to be fully licensed in the United States. It will be marketed under the trade name Comirnaty.
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COVID-19 booster shots to start in September: Officials
August 18, 2021
Booster shots to ramp up protection against COVID-19 infection are slated to begin the week of Sept. 20, the Biden administration announced at a press briefing August 18.Those who received the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines ...
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Latest data show increase in breakthrough COVID-19 cases
August 18, 2021
“Remember when the early vaccine studies came out, it was like nobody gets hospitalized, nobody dies. ... That clearly is not true.”
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Children and COVID: New cases rise to winter levels
August 17, 2021
Since late June, weekly infections in children have increased by almost 1,400%.