How has Congress responded to issues surrounding vaccinations?
More than a year after widespread COVID-19 vaccine availability in the United States, issues related to vaccines, including the need...
Month: May 2022
Nursing Facility Staff Vaccinations, Boosters, and Shortages After Vaccination Deadlines Passed
Over one in five COVID-19 deaths has been in a long-term care facility since the start of the pandemic. Due...
COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Among Nursing Home Staff Have Risen by 25 Percentage Points Since the Biden Administration Announced a Vaccination Mandate for Health Care Workers Last Year
In a new analysis, KFF researchers find that COVID-19 vaccination rates among nursing home staff increased by 25 percentage points...
KFF Global COVID-19 Vaccine Coverage Tool: Current and Projected Coverage – Updated as of May 17
About This Tracker This tracker provides current data on the share of the population having received at least one COVID-19...
Eric Clapton postpones some concert dates after testing positive for Covid-19 – CNN
CNN — Eric Clapton, the famed guitarist who has expressed skepticism about Covid-19 vaccine mandates and lockdowns, has postponed some...
Estrogen treatment linked to reduced COVID-19 mortality
Women who received prescriptions for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with estrogen within 6 months of a COVID-19 diagnosis had reduced...
Interim statement on the use of additional booster doses of Emergency Use Listed mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 – World Health Organization
The World Health Organization, with the support of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization and its COVID-19...
FDA OKs Pfizer boosters in kids; WHO weighs in on second boosters
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today gave the thumbs-up to the emergency use of Pfizer COVID-19 boosters in kids...
U.S. government is offering free COVID tests again, as cases rise 57% from two weeks ago; FDA authorizes booster for children aged 5 to 11 – MarketWatch
The federal government is again offering Americans free COVID-19 test kits through the mail, allowing for up to eight more...
News Scan for May 17, 2022
Machine-learning models may detect patients at risk for long COVID-19Machine-learning models created by a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported research...