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Major US Pharmacy Chains To Begin Administering Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine To Children This Weekend

The Hill (11/3, Breslin) reports, “Two of the nations’ largest pharmacy chains – CVS Health and Walgreens – are accepting coronavirus vaccination appointments for children ages 5-11.” Walgreens and CVS will administer pediatric shots of Pfizer-BioNTech’s...

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US Passes 750,000 COVID-19 Fatalities, Data Show

The Washington Post (11/3, Fisher, Rozsa, Ruble) reports the US “reached another haunting milestone” on Wednesday, surpassing 750,000 COVID-19 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University data, a figure topping the populations of states including Ala...

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Disruptions In Health Services Because Of Pandemic Could Lead To HIV Surge In West And Central Africa, UN AIDS Chief Says

Reuters (11/3, Felix) reports, “West and Central Africa could see a rise in HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths in a few years due to disruptions in health services because of the coronavirus pandemic, the executive director of the UN AIDS agency said....

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WHO Grants Emergency Authorization To COVID-19 Vaccine Developed In India

The New York Times (11/3, Yasir, Kumar) reports, “The World Health Organization on Wednesday granted emergency authorization to” Indian drugmaker Bharat Biotech and Indian Council of Medical Research’s Covaxin, making it the first COVID-19 vaccine develop...

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CDC Advisory Committee Recommends All US Adults Under 60 Receive Hepatitis B Vaccines

The AP (11/3, Stobbe) reports the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices “on Wednesday recommended that all U.S. adults younger than 60 be vaccinated against hepatitis B, because progress against the liver-damaging disease has stalled.” This r...

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CDC Expands Recalls, Updates Warning To Physicians About Aromatherapy Spray

CNN (11/3, Fox) reports, “Federal agencies widened recalls and warnings to doctors Wednesday about aromatherapy sprays that have been linked to fatal cases of a rare tropical disease.” The CDC “said doctors should be on the lookout for symptoms of melioid...

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CDC Authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine For Use In Children Ages Five To 11

The Wall Street Journal (11/2, Loftus, Subscription Publication) reports the CDC on Tuesday recommended the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in children ages five to 11, opening the door for vaccinations to begin. The Washington Post (11/2, A1, Sun, Sheph...

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Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Are Less Effective In People With Weak Immune Systems, CDC Says

The New York Times (11/2, Mueller) reports COVID-19 “vaccines were significantly less effective in protecting people with weakened immune systems than they were for other people, the” CDC “reported on Tuesday, buttressing the agency’s call for immunocompr...

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J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Is 73.6% Effective, New Real-World Study Suggests

CNN (11/2, Bonifield) reports, “Data from a real-world study assessing Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine finds it is 73.6% effective.” Researchers followed “nearly 9,000 patients vaccinated with the J&J vaccine and nearly 89,000 patients who were unvac...

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Many Parents Say They Will Wait To Vaccinate Younger Children Against COVID-19

The Wall Street Journal (11/2, Schwartz, Subscription Publication) reports many parents are planning to wait to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 as US health authorities plan to roll out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to children ages five to 11 wit...

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Some Parents Race To Vaccinate Kids As CDC Approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine For Those 5 To 11

The Washington Post (11/2, Portnoy) reports on the “one-third of parents of 5-to-11-year-olds, national data from Kaiser Family Foundation shows, who wanted to get their kids vaccinated [against COVID-19] when they became eligible.” The CDC on Tuesday “ga...

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Hundreds Of White-Tailed Deer In Iowa Infected With Coronavirus, Study Says

The New York Times (11/2, Jacobs) reports a new unpublished “study of hundreds of white-tailed deer infected with the coronavirus in Iowa has found that the animals probably are contracting the virus from humans, and then rapidly spreading it among one an...

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Analysis Examines Public Health Workers’ Exodus From Field In California

Kaiser Health News (11/2, Barry-Jester) reports, “Across California, public health departments are losing experienced staffers to retirement, exhaustion, partisan politics and higher-paying jobs.” Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, “staffing numbers had s...

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Company Pulls COVID-19 Treatment From European Medicines Agency Review, Citing Lack Of Demand

Reuters (11/2, Aripaka, Burger) reports Eli Lilly “has retracted a request for European Union approval of its antibody-based treatment for COVID-19, citing a lack of demand from EU member states as the bloc focuses on other suppliers.” The European Medici...

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Contaminated Water The Leading Cause Of Large-Scale Infectious Disease Outbreaks, Study Says

HealthDay (11/2, Preidt) reports, “Contaminated water is the leading cause of large-scale outbreaks of infectious diseases that can be transmitted from animals to people, researchers” concluded after analyzing “4,400 zoonotic disease outbreaks worldwide s...

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Details Of Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Private Employers Expected Within Days

The New York Times (11/1, Hirsch) reports, “The Biden administration will release the highly anticipated details of a federal vaccine mandate for private employers ‘in coming days,’ a representative for the Department of Labor said Monday.” The rule is ex...

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Experts Say Risk Of Myocarditis Tied To COVID-19 Vaccines In Children Very Small

The New York Times (11/1, Mandavilli) reports “federal regulators are reviewing data on the link between Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine and” myocarditis “in adolescents, the company announced on Sunday,” a side effect that “has also worried advisers to fed...

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Brain Imaging Studies Needed Regardless Of Neurologic Symptoms In Patients Who Develop Nocardiosis Following HCT, Researchers Say

Infectious Disease Advisor (11/1, van Paridon) reports, “Among patients who develop nocardiosis following hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), brain imaging studies should be performed regardless of neurologic symptoms, according to” researchers who...

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Global COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 5M

The Wall Street Journal (11/1, Abdel-Baqui, Subscription Publication) says the reported global COVID-19 death toll passed five million on Monday, Johns Hopkins University data show. The AP (11/1, Johnson) reports the US, the European Union, the United Kin...

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Researchers Observe Increased Risk For CVST After Administration Of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine, Study Says

Healio (11/1, Miller) reports “in a recent population-based cohort study, researchers observed an increased risk for cerebral venous sinus thrombosis [CVST] after administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.” The researchers evaluated CVST da...

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Major US Pharmacy Chains To Begin Administering Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine To Children This Weekend

US Passes 750,000 COVID-19 Fatalities, Data Show

Disruptions In Health Services Because Of Pandemic Could Lead To HIV Surge In West And Central Africa, UN AIDS Chief Says

WHO Grants Emergency Authorization To COVID-19 Vaccine Developed In India

CDC Advisory Committee Recommends All US Adults Under 60 Receive Hepatitis B Vaccines

CDC Expands Recalls, Updates Warning To Physicians About Aromatherapy Spray

CDC Authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine For Use In Children Ages Five To 11

Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Are Less Effective In People With Weak Immune Systems, CDC Says

J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Is 73.6% Effective, New Real-World Study Suggests

Many Parents Say They Will Wait To Vaccinate Younger Children Against COVID-19

Some Parents Race To Vaccinate Kids As CDC Approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine For Those 5 To 11

Hundreds Of White-Tailed Deer In Iowa Infected With Coronavirus, Study Says

Analysis Examines Public Health Workers’ Exodus From Field In California

Company Pulls COVID-19 Treatment From European Medicines Agency Review, Citing Lack Of Demand

Contaminated Water The Leading Cause Of Large-Scale Infectious Disease Outbreaks, Study Says

Details Of Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Private Employers Expected Within Days

Experts Say Risk Of Myocarditis Tied To COVID-19 Vaccines In Children Very Small

Brain Imaging Studies Needed Regardless Of Neurologic Symptoms In Patients Who Develop Nocardiosis Following HCT, Researchers Say

Global COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 5M

Researchers Observe Increased Risk For CVST After Administration Of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine, Study Says