“The rush to create a COVID-19 vaccine may do more harm than good” (Torreele2020). The article lamented the fact that a vaccine may only provide short term protection or may offer only low vaccine effectiveness (less than 50%). The article quotes Phil Krause, then deputy...
On April 23, 2021, the FDA and CDClifted the recommended pauseon the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine after this thorough safety review. TheFact Sheet for Healthcare Providers Administering Vaccine(Vaccination Providers) to include a warning about the risk of blood clots with low blood platelets. The w...
Monitor Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine recipients for the occurrence of immediate adverse reactions according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines (https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/managing-anaphylaxis.html). Myocarditis and Pericarditis Post...
MD, had built a Twitter following of 30,000 by talking about covid and her work in underserved areas. That following may be why someone released this tweet in her name: “I will never regret the vaccine. Even if
currently circulating strains [198]. In 1978, the first trivalent vaccine included two strains of influenza A and one strain of influenza B. Currently, two strains of influenza B are circulating; the most recent WHO guidance propose adding a second B strain to make a quadrivalent vaccine [197...
COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections Reported to CDC—United States, January 1-April 30, 2021. MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. 2021, 70, 792–793. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Planas, D.; Veyer, D.; Baidaliuk, A.; Staropoli, I.; Guivel-Benhassine, F.; Rajah, M.M.; ...
The CDC recommends immunizing health-care workers and nursing homes first, but states can distribute the vaccine as they see fit. Hahn told reporters that states should give shots to groups that "make sense," such as the elderly, people with preexisting conditions, police, fire...
CDC recommends 2nd dose of this year's COVID shot for those age 65+ The CDC recommends that immunocompromised people and those age 65 and older should get a second dose of the 2024-2025 COVID vaccine. Oct 25, 2024 Should you keep your expired COVID tests? The U.S. government ...
A senior citizen receives COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Haizhu district of Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 7, 2022. Photo:Xinhua A well-timed second booster dose is necessary for a safe, long-term exit from the pandemic, the Chinese Center for Disease Control...
If your local municipality or employer uses the CDC's Vaccine Administration Management System, thenyou can use the VAMS website to access your vaccination records. I've had more than one reader reach out to me about using this system to show proof of vaccination, but witho...