Jan. 15, 2021 — The CDC is urging Americans to double down on precautions to thwart the spread of the coronavirus, as the new B.1.1.7 “super strain” takes hold in the U.S. New CDC modeling shows the new strain could cause more than half of new infections in this country by March, even as … Read more
Six chemists have been chosen initially, with 200 more offering vaccinations in the next fortnight. Source link
The U.S. government’s race to beat back the pandemic with vaccines — dubbed Operation Warp Speed — has faltered in its last phase: Getting badly needed doses to the public. Source link
Jan. 5, 2021 — As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations soar across the U.S., the nation’s unprecedented effort to vaccinate hundreds of millions of adults against the virus is off to a sluggish start. In December, officials with Operation Warp Speed had repeatedly promised to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of the year. … Read more
The medicines regulator says doses will have to be delivered to homes within 12 hours of unpacking. Source link
Uber Technologies on Thursday asked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to designate its ride-hail and delivery drivers as non-health essential workers entitled to early Covid-19 vaccine distribution. The company, in a letter to the CDC’s advisory committee on immunisation practices, said its drivers provided critical transportation for essential workers and allowed others … Read more
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Foreign disinformation campaigns on social media have caused vaccination rates to fall, a new study reveals. Every 1 point increase in the effort to discredit vaccines is linked to an average 2% drop in annual vaccine coverage around the … Read more
When doctors dismiss families for refusing vaccines, parents are sometimes swayed, the survey revealed. In fact, 18% often or always change their minds, while another 48% sometimes do. Twenty-nine percent rarely change their minds, and 5% never do, according to the surveys. The report found that private practices were more likely than community, hospital-based … Read more
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Barry Bloom, PhD, Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson research professor of public health, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Robert Litan, PhD, JD, nonresident senior fellow, economic studies, the Brookings Institute, Washington, D.C. Gregory Poland, MD, professor of medicine, internist, Mayo … Read more
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Children can now be vaccinated by pharmacists in all 50 states as the U.S. government seeks to prevent a decline in routine vaccinations during the coronavirus pandemic. While 28 states already allowed pharmacists to vaccinate children, the directive announced Wednesday by the U.S. … Read more