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CDC Backs Extra Bivalent Booster for High-Risk Groups, Simplifies Vax Recs

No objection to updated recommendations from ACIP members, but concern over certain gaps

FDA EUA Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines over photos of vials of bivalent Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccines.

Second Omicron Booster Authorized

Here's the FDA's latest update on COVID vaccines

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Cases of Vision-Threatening Clots Rare After COVID Shot, Study Finds

Incidence of retinal vascular occlusion similar compared with influenza, Tdap vaccines

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The Promise of the $5 Billion Investment in 'Project Next Gen'

Here's how to make it money well spent

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Data Omitted From FL Vax Report? No Evidence of Fraud in Stanford President's Paper

This past week in healthcare investigations

Why People Resist the COVID Vax; Diet and Mortality

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FDA Chief on the Future of COVID

Where agency stands on boosters, EUAs, and equity after the COVID public health emergency ends

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Anti-Vaxxer Runs for President; Long COVID and Bad Sleep; ACA Plans Tighten Networks

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff

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Prepping for Next Winter, Experts Worry About Vaccine Hesitancy

FDA official is over mandates, focus should now be on "those who want to have their lives saved"

'Routine Immunizations' Are No Longer Routine

Now is the time "to press reset" and get parents back to good habits, says Ofer Levy, MD, PhD

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Long COVID Trials Raise Alarm; Marburg Concerns Emerge; Another Bivalent Booster?

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff

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Moderna's Steep COVID Vaccine Price: Corporate Greed or Capitalism?

Lessons learned and next steps for public-private vaccines

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WHO Booster Update: Here's What They Got Right and Wrong

The organization placed due emphasis on vulnerable groups

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French Data Reassure on Bivalent COVID Booster and Stroke Risk

No higher risk for stroke, MI, or pulmonary embolism with Pfizer's updated vaccine

Building Vaccine Trust Among the General Public

No longer "a single transcendent reference point for decision-making," says Gregory Poland, MD

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Do We Need a Spring COVID-19 Booster?

A look at the data, particularly for high-risk groups

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Functional Neurological Disorder Emerges After COVID Infection, Vaccines

Long COVID functional manifestations differ from post-vaccine effects

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Senators Press Moderna's CEO to Drop COVID Vaccine Price

Added complexity, uncertain volume, and new responsibilities justify costs, chief executive says

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Illegal Ivermectin Sales; Another Bivalent Booster Round? New Marburg Outbreak

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff

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Evidence COVID Began in Raccoon Dog; Migraine Drug Recall; FDA Mum on Spring Booster

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff

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More Young Kids Can Get Bivalent COVID Booster

Pfizer's booster authorized in children under 5 who received three doses of monovalent vaccine

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CDC, FDA Heads Fire Back at Ladapo Letter

Califf and Walensky say Florida Surgeon General's VAERS analysis is "incorrect, misleading"

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Typical Chest CTs for COVID Less Common After Omicron, Vaccination

More vaccine doses associated with less severe CT results as well

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FDA Nabs More Viagra Than Opioids; Nurse Group Attacks; Doc Pushed Unneeded Surgery?

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Amid Relaxing COVID Rules for Health Workers, San Francisco Is Reinforcing Them

Healthcare workers in the city must continue to mask and be vaccinated

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Reclaiming the Health Misinformation Spiral on Social Media

There is power through the scrutiny of online information

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Hopkins' Makary Tells Lawmakers COVID Lab Leak a 'No-Brainer'

Other expert witnesses open to other origin theories

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Stress-Related COVID Vaccine Reactions May Mimic Anaphylaxis

ISRR may contribute to elevated rate of "allergic" reactions, small study suggests

Infant Formula Claims; COVID Reinfection Protection

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Ashish Jha on the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

The White House COVID Response Coordinator on long COVID, vaccines, and where we go from here

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How Much Did Celebrities Influence Public Opinion on COVID?

"I see them as being like a conduit," says one epidemiologist

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Bill to Criminalize mRNA Vax; Jimmy Carter Enters Hospice; TikTok Childbirth Myth

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff

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Regardless of the Variant, Prior Infection Holds Up Against Severe COVID

But immunity against reinfection less durable after Omicron infection

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CDC Details Abysmal COVID Vaccination Rate in Youngest Kids

Coverage "substantially lags behind that in older children," researchers say

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Reassuring Findings on Bivalent COVID Booster in Hemodialysis Patients

Patients mounted higher anti-spike IgG concentrations, especially those without prior infection

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Tinnitus From COVID Vax? Docs Replaced by NPs, PAs; Ambulance Bills Still Surprise

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Does COVID Vaccine Blunt Elevated Diabetes Risk After Infection?

Unvaccinated had a 78% higher risk for new-onset diabetes; no link seen among the vaccinated

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COVID Vaccines Added to 2023 Child, Adult Immunization Schedules

Other notable changes include new guidance on polio, MMR, hepatitis B, and pneumococcal vaccines

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Should Future COVID Boosters Include the Ancestral Strain?

We need a new approach to formulating and rolling out the vaccines

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Is Orthrus the Next Top-Dog COVID Variant?

CH.1.1 now accounts for about a quarter of cases in the U.K.

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