News Scan for Aug 31, 2022
WHO Director: World does not need to live with monkeypox Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, of the World Health Organization...
Vaccines
Covid-19 Vaccines — Immunity, Variants, Boosters | NEJM
1. Gasteiger G, D’Osualdo A, Schubert DA, Weber A, Bruscia EM, Hartl D. Cellular innate immunity: an old game with...
Montgomery Co. requests 1,000 bivalent COVID-19 vaccines
Montgomery County, Maryland, Executive Marc Elrich is hoping that the availability of the latest versions of the Moderna and Pfizer...
Free at-home COVID tests ending Sept. 2 — here’s where you can get them instead
Last call, folks: The federal government is ending its free at-home COVID-19 test program this week.U.S. households have until Friday,...
US Clears Updated Vaccine Targeting New COVID Versions
The United States on Wednesday approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine to target the Omicron version of the virus. Injections could...
Boston doctor with latest on updated COVID-19 boosters targeting newest variants
Boston doctor with latest on updated COVID-19 boosters targeting newest variants Updated: 6:03 PM EDT Aug 31, 2022 Hide Transcript...
What to Know About the New Covid Booster Shots
The F.D.A. just cleared new shots targeting the latest version of the Omicron variant. When should you get yours? Here’s...
What happens once federal funding to fight COVID ends?
The Food and Drug Administration approved updated COVID boosters Wednesday designed to protect against both the original strain of COVID...
Arizona weekly COVID-19 update adds 8,661 cases, 67 deaths
Reported COVID-19 cases in Arizona were similar to last week's numbers and the percentage of tests returning positive for the virus declined, the...
400 Americans Are Dying Each Day From Covid—Here’s How That Can Become Nearly Zero
Dr. Anand Parekh, chief medical advisor for the Bipartisan Policy Center, explains how the tools are there to nearly eliminate...