The BA.4/5 variants are good at evading immune protection from vaccination or prior infection and have been driving a surge of new infections globally. Australia is reporting the highest daily numbers since the first Omicron wave earlier this year, with 89 deaths from the coronavirus on...
In Australia we thought we had crushed COVID-19. For a brief period, Australia enjoyed months of living largely free of the virus. While the virus continued to ravage other parts of the world. But then the virus mutated and restrictions returned. Our current response, mass vaccination, offers...
“Vaccination remains critical to public health and continued protection against serious consequences of COVID-19, including hospitalization and death,”Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said Monday in an agencynews release. “The public can be as...
Study findings should provide guidance on the risk communication strategy to enhance vaccine acceptance for vaccination and boosters against new SARS-CoV-2 variants.doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.03.062Shah, ShimoniGui, HaoChua, Pearleen Ee Yong
RFK Jr. cuts COVID-19 vaccine recommendation for healthy kids, pregnant women ABC News' Dr. Darien Sutton discusses the move which could alter guidance for doctors as well as some insurance coverage. Dr. Raynard Washington, epidemiologist and health director in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina,...
I think we have no idea how long immunity lasts, either from vaccination or natural infection, and that discussion of boosters is premature – especially for a vaccine that is still EUA status. –Dermatology, U.S. I think we will need one, and the time to work on it is now. If the...
Even countries, such as Italy and the United Kingdom, with strong vaccination track records may be starting to lose immunity as the pace of booster uptake drops over the summer (although most countries are prioritizing boosters for the highest risk populations). As Australia transitions its COVID...
United States’ COVID-19 vaccination roll-out and related policies have contained missed opportunities, errors, run counter to evidence-based medicine, and revealed limitations in the judgment of public policymakers. How can a single intervention simultaneously represent one of our greatest pandemic succ...
The third dose of Pfizer will be the same formulation that's currently being given across Australia. In the US, Moderna is planning to administera half-doseas the third shot. When should boosters be given? The best timing of third doses for widespread use isn't yet clear, and there are...
Australia began its COVID-19 booster vaccination rollout in November 2021. By mid- December, approximately 5% of the population aged 16+ had received a third (i.e., 'booster') dose [12]. Australian Medical Association President, Dr. Omar Khorshid, urged that amid the spread of Omicron, '...