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Recipients Of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine May Benefit More From Moderna Or Pfizer Booster, Study Suggests

USA Today (10/13, Weise) reports, “The best booster for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine may be either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, according to” a National Institutes of Health preprint study (PDF) released Wednesday. Researchers in the 500-particip...

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Plasma D-Dimer Assay Unreliable For Ruling Out PE In Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19, Study Suggests

Medscape (10/13, Lowry, Subscription Publication) reports, “The plasma D-dimer assay has been used, along with clinical prediction scores, to rule out pulmonary embolism (PE) in critically ill patients for decades,” but a new study published in JAMA Netwo...

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Animal Cell Culture-Developed Flu Vaccine Effective In Children, Trial Finds

MedPage Today (10/13, Phend) reports, “Flu vaccine generated with a novel platform, using animal cell culture rather than egg, appeared to have good protection for children,” researchers concluded in a clinical trial including 4,514 children. Results show...

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Virologic Suppression Maintained During Treatment With B/F/TAF In African American Adults With HIV, Findings Show

Infectious Disease Advisor (10/13, van Paridon) reports, “Among African American patients with HIV infection, virologic suppression was maintained during treatment with bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (B/F/TAF), regardless of pre-existing...

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COVID-19 Cases Dropping Overall In North America, PAHO Says

Reuters (10/13, Boadle) reports, “The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday that COVID-19 cases are dropping overall in North America but remain high in the American Midwest, Alaska, and Canada’s Northwest Territories, where infection...

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Some Caribbean Countries Struggling With COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts

The New York Times (10/13, Politi) reports that “across the Caribbean, countries are grappling with unequal distribution of doses and vaccine hesitancy, World Health Organization officials warned” on Wednesday. In the Americas, four of the six countries “...

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FDA Review Suggests Booster Doses For J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients Beneficial, Despite Limited Data

The Wall Street Journal (10/13, Loftus, Schwartz, Subscription Publication) reports the FDA on Wednesday said limited evidence suggests a booster shot of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine significantly bolsters the immune defenses of study participants...

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WHO Begins Ebola Vaccinations In Congo After Death Of Toddler Last Week

The AP (10/13, Cheng) reports that the World Health Organization “said Wednesday that officials have begun vaccinating people in eastern Congo against Ebola, after it was confirmed last week that the disease killed a toddler.” The UN health agency “said i...

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WHO Names 26 Scientists To Investigate Origins Of SARS-CoV-2 And Other Outbreaks

The Washington Post (10/13, Taylor) reports, “The World Health Organization on Wednesday named 26 scientists to a new advisory body devoted to understanding the origins of the coronavirus and other future outbreaks, marking a significant change in approac...

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FDA Remains Neutral On Need For Moderna COVID-19 Booster

The New York Times (10/12, LaFraniere) reports, “The Food and Drug Administration set the stage Tuesday for a new round of decisions on which Americans should get coronavirus booster shots, releasing a review of data suggesting that an additional half-dos...

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People With Natural Immunity Should Still Get Vaccinated Against SARS-CoV-2, Some Experts Say

The New York Times (10/12, Mandavilli) reports while “those with powerful natural immunity may be protected from reinfection for up to a year,” it is still inadvisable to “skip the vaccine, experts said.” One reason is that “boosting their immunity with a...

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Past Pandemics Suggest COVID-19 Will Have Lasting Impact, Some Experts Say

The New York Times’ (10/12) Gina Kolata writes that while many “wonder when the pandemic will end,” Harvard University historian of science and medicine Allan Brandt said, “We tend to think of pandemics and epidemics as episodic. But we are living in the...

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Virus Evolution A Long Game, And Relationship With SARS-CoV-2 Is Still Young, Scientists Say

The New York Times (10/12, Anthes) reports, “Even for a virus, evolution is a long game, and our relationship with SARS-CoV-2 is still in its infancy,” scientists say. The population is “extremely unlikely to eradicate the virus, scientists say, and what...

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More COVID-19 Vaccinations Could Have Saved 22K Lives In Texas And Florida, Collectively, Study Finds

Bloomberg (10/12, Saraiva) reports a study published in The Lancet found that “if 74% of Texans and Floridians had been vaccinated by the end of August, they could have collectively had 95,000 fewer hospitalizations and 22,000 fewer deaths.” Bloomberg add...

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Risk Of Contracting SARS-CoV-2 From Grocery Store Surfaces Minimal, Researchers Say

HealthDay (10/12, Murez) reports researchers who “collected 957 samples at four grocery stories over a month” and conducted PCR testing of the samples found no trace of SARS-CoV-2, suggesting the chances of contracting “COVID-19 from surfaces at the groce...

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CureVac Dropping One COVID-19 Vaccine, Shifts Focus To Second GSK-Partnered Candidate

Reuters (10/12, Szymanska, Burger) reports CureVac “said on Tuesday it will give up on its first-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate and instead focus on collaborating with GSK to develop improved mRNA vaccine technology.” The company will “abandon its...

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US To Reopen Land Borders In November For Inoculated Visitors

The AP (10/13, Miller) reports the US “will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the country moves to require all international visitors to be vaccinated against the coronaviru...

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FDA Scientists Say Moderna Has Not Met Criteria To Support Use Of COVID-19 Boosters

Reuters (10/12, Erman, Steenhuysen) reports FDA researches on Tuesday “said on Tuesday that Moderna Inc had not met all of the agency’s criteria to support use of booster doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, possibly because the efficacy of the shot’s first two...

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White House Tells Governors To Prepare To Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines For Younger Children

ABC News (10/12, Flaherty, Faulders) reports, “In a private phone call Tuesday with the nation’s governors, the White House said states should prepare to begin vaccinating elementary-school-aged kids against COVID-19 in early November and that it would wo...

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Drug Developer Applies For FDA Emergency Authorization For Anti-COVID Pill Molnupiravir

The New York Times (10/11, Robbins) reports Merck & Co. has submitted an application to the FDA “to authorize what would be the first antiviral pill to treat COVID-19” and “a milestone in the fight against the coronavirus.” The therapy, “taken at home as...

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Recipients Of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine May Benefit More From Moderna Or Pfizer Booster, Study Suggests

Plasma D-Dimer Assay Unreliable For Ruling Out PE In Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19, Study Suggests

Animal Cell Culture-Developed Flu Vaccine Effective In Children, Trial Finds

Virologic Suppression Maintained During Treatment With B/F/TAF In African American Adults With HIV, Findings Show

COVID-19 Cases Dropping Overall In North America, PAHO Says

Some Caribbean Countries Struggling With COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts

FDA Review Suggests Booster Doses For J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients Beneficial, Despite Limited Data

WHO Begins Ebola Vaccinations In Congo After Death Of Toddler Last Week

WHO Names 26 Scientists To Investigate Origins Of SARS-CoV-2 And Other Outbreaks

FDA Remains Neutral On Need For Moderna COVID-19 Booster

People With Natural Immunity Should Still Get Vaccinated Against SARS-CoV-2, Some Experts Say

Past Pandemics Suggest COVID-19 Will Have Lasting Impact, Some Experts Say

Virus Evolution A Long Game, And Relationship With SARS-CoV-2 Is Still Young, Scientists Say

More COVID-19 Vaccinations Could Have Saved 22K Lives In Texas And Florida, Collectively, Study Finds

Risk Of Contracting SARS-CoV-2 From Grocery Store Surfaces Minimal, Researchers Say

CureVac Dropping One COVID-19 Vaccine, Shifts Focus To Second GSK-Partnered Candidate

US To Reopen Land Borders In November For Inoculated Visitors

FDA Scientists Say Moderna Has Not Met Criteria To Support Use Of COVID-19 Boosters

White House Tells Governors To Prepare To Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines For Younger Children

Drug Developer Applies For FDA Emergency Authorization For Anti-COVID Pill Molnupiravir