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US Has Administered At Least One COVID-19 Vaccine Dose To 75% Of Adults, Data Show

Bloomberg (9/7, Wingrove) reports 75% “of U.S. adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of Tuesday, according to the White House, setting a new milestone in the country’s fight against the pandemic.” However, “with a continued surge...

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Vaccinated People Making Their Own Decisions On COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Amid Uncertain Science

The Washington Post (9/7, A1, Achenbach) reports that the Biden Administration’s “coronavirus task force wants to roll out” COVID-19 vaccine “boosters the week of Sept. 20.” But FDA officials “have warned the White House they may need to limit the booster...

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Biden To Present Strategy For Tackling Coronavirus Delta Variant

Reuters (9/7, Holland, Bose) reports on Thursday, President Biden “will present a six-pronged strategy intended to fight the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus Delta variant and increase U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations, the White House said on Tuesday...

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US Booster Shot Plan May Include Just Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Initially, Officials Say

The New York Times (9/3, A1, LaFraniere, Weiland) reported, “Top federal health officials have told the White House to scale back a plan to offer coronavirus booster shots to the general public this month, saying that regulators need more time to collect...

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CMS Unveils New Guidelines For Medicaid Expansion, COVID-19 Testing, And Vaccine Administration

HealthPayerIntelligence (9/3, Bailey) reported, “The Biden Administration and CMS have released guidelines that detail federal funding information relating to Medicaid expansion and COVID-19 testing and vaccine administration for Medicaid and Children’s H...

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Researchers Attempt To Better Understand SARS-CoV-2 By Infecting Healthy Patients With Virus

The Wall Street Journal (9/4, Strasburg, Subscription Publication) reported scientists in the UK have undertaken trials studying SARS-CoV-2 by infecting healthy people with the virus to measure its effects. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...

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Prescribing Patterns For INSTIs Differed Based On Patients’ Gender, Age And Location, Results Show

Infectious Disease Advisor (9/3, Mermelstein) reported, “Prescribing patterns for integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) differed on the basis of patients’ gender, age, and treatment location, according to” researchers who analyzed data from 9,558...

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Health Groups Urging Against Off-Label Use Of Ivermectin In Patients With COVID-19

The AP (9/3, Perrone) reported, “Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of” anti-parasitic drug ivermectin “to treat COVID-19, warning that it can cause harmful side effects and that there’s little evidence it helps.” T...

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US COVID-19 Deaths Reach 1,500 Per Day

The Washington Post (9/3, Cha, Keating, Dupree) reported COVID-19 fatalities in the US “have climbed steadily in recent weeks, hitting a seven-day average of about 1,500 a day Thursday, after falling to the low 200s in early July – the latest handiwork of...

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Study Shows How Ventilation In Dorm Rooms Lowers Virus Levels

The New York Times (9/5, Anthes) reported, “Opening a window could reduce the amount of coronavirus in a room by half, according to a new observational study of infected college students in an isolation dormitory at the University of Oregon.” In this smal...

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Biden Administration Seeking $65B For Future Pandemic Preparedness

The New York Times (9/3, Stolberg) reported the White House on Friday “unveiled...a $65.3 billion [pandemic] preparedness plan...and called on Congress to immediately invest at least $15 billion for the effort.” However, “the $15 billion figure is only ha...

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Drug-Resistant Infections Rose In Hospitals Amid Pandemic, CDC Reports

The New York Times (9/2, Richtel) reports that during the pandemic, “drug-resistant infections have increased in hospitals.” The trend, reported on Thursday by the CDC and also published in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, “came abou...

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More Than 83% Of US Donated Blood Supply Carries COVID-19 Antibodies, Analysis Shows

Modern Healthcare (9/2, Johnson, Subscription Publication) reports more than 83% “of the donated blood supply in the U.S. now carries COVID-19 antibodies from vaccinations or past infections, according to an analysis published Thursday” in the Journal of...

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Adding Clofazimine To Multiclass Antibiotic Regimens Is Beneficial In Treating Patients With Drug-Resistant NTM infection, Study Finds

Pulmonology Advisor (9/2, Jacobs) reports, “Adding clofazimine...to multiclass antibiotic regimens is beneficial in treating patients with drug-resistant nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection, according to study results.” The findings were published...

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US To Invest $3B To Boost COVID-19 Vaccine Production

Reuters (9/2, O'Donnell, Lambert, Aboulenein) reports that on Thursday, “a top U.S. health official said” the US intends “to invest $3 billion in the vaccine supply chain as it continues to work to position itself as a leading supplier of vaccines for the...

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Over-65 Population Has Highest Coronavirus Vaccination Rate In US, But Many Remain Unprotected

The New York Times (9/2, Span) reports, “The effort to vaccinate the nation’s over-65 population represents both a success story and a source of intense frustration.” It’s the age group “with the highest rate: 92 percent have gotten at least one shot and...

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Emergency Departments Seeing “Considerable” Rate Of Patients With COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Data Show

PatientEngagementHIT (9/2) reports, “Emergency departments are seeing a considerable rate of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, with new data showing that about a third of ED patients in urban settings are wary of getting the jab.” The researchers noted that the...

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Fauci Says Third Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine “Likely”

Bloomberg (9/2, Court) reports, “Three doses of COVID-19 vaccine may become the standard regimen for most people, White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci said” at a briefing Thursday. An Israeli study demonstrated “dramatic improvement in protecti...

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EU Urges Members To Focus On Primary Vaccinations, Not Booster Shots

The AP (9/2, Cook) reports the EU’s “infectious diseases agency on Thursday urged countries to push ahead with their primary coronavirus vaccination programs and played down the need for booster shoots to ward off the delta variant among the general publi...

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FDA Debating Whether To Authorize Lower Dose Of Moderna COVID-19 Booster

The Wall Street Journal (9/2, Schwartz, Armour, Subscription Publication) reports the FDA is considering whether to authorize a lower dose of Moderna’s COVID vaccine for boosters. Moderna is asking the agency to authorize a 50 microgram dose, half the dos...

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US Has Administered At Least One COVID-19 Vaccine Dose To 75% Of Adults, Data Show

Vaccinated People Making Their Own Decisions On COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Amid Uncertain Science

Biden To Present Strategy For Tackling Coronavirus Delta Variant

US Booster Shot Plan May Include Just Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Initially, Officials Say

CMS Unveils New Guidelines For Medicaid Expansion, COVID-19 Testing, And Vaccine Administration

Researchers Attempt To Better Understand SARS-CoV-2 By Infecting Healthy Patients With Virus

Prescribing Patterns For INSTIs Differed Based On Patients’ Gender, Age And Location, Results Show

Health Groups Urging Against Off-Label Use Of Ivermectin In Patients With COVID-19

US COVID-19 Deaths Reach 1,500 Per Day

Study Shows How Ventilation In Dorm Rooms Lowers Virus Levels

Biden Administration Seeking $65B For Future Pandemic Preparedness

Drug-Resistant Infections Rose In Hospitals Amid Pandemic, CDC Reports

More Than 83% Of US Donated Blood Supply Carries COVID-19 Antibodies, Analysis Shows

Adding Clofazimine To Multiclass Antibiotic Regimens Is Beneficial In Treating Patients With Drug-Resistant NTM infection, Study Finds

US To Invest $3B To Boost COVID-19 Vaccine Production

Over-65 Population Has Highest Coronavirus Vaccination Rate In US, But Many Remain Unprotected

Emergency Departments Seeing “Considerable” Rate Of Patients With COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Data Show

Fauci Says Third Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine “Likely”

EU Urges Members To Focus On Primary Vaccinations, Not Booster Shots

FDA Debating Whether To Authorize Lower Dose Of Moderna COVID-19 Booster