COVID-19 vaccinesVACCINATION of childrenVACCINE safetyCOVID-19 pandemicPEDIATRICSCOVID-19To date, COVID-19 has infected more than 200 million people worldwide, with 4 million having died because of it. The infection rate among pediatrics was 14.2% of the total COVID-19 cases. On...
This is my greatest beef with the current plan as endorsed by the ACIP and CDC. We might only have19 million doses in our first round. I will not quibble with allocating two million to care home residents, as they have been responsible for roughly40% of deathsin the ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uncovered clusters of high vaccination exemption at the local level, which leaves communities vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases. Although the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported high vaccination coverage among children ...
The recent emergence of different variants of SARS-CoV-2 is becoming a new threat for the world and a challenge for scientists to introduce the most influential vaccine against COVID-19. The possibility of natural and vaccine-induced immunity in variants finds it necessary to establish next-...
Ed Cohen, PharmD, FAPhA: As we look into the different types of COVID-19 vaccines, can you briefly discuss the differences and how the vaccines available might impact decisions to get a COVID-19 vaccine? Wesley Nuffer, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES: Absolutely. Mary, you make some excellent poi...
Additionally, Health Canada, the federal agency in charge of COVID-19 regulations, has announced that the country’s COVID vaccine requirement will also expire on September 30, 2022. Effective October 1, all travelers, regardless of citizenship, will no longer be required to: submit public healt...
In particular, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States identify patients with certain medical conditions as being at particularly high risk of developing severe COVID-19 illness; among these are patients with cancer (CDC, 2020). Patients with cancer have been ...
Rahman MS, Peeri NC, Shrestha N, Zaki R, Haque U, Ab Hamid SH (2020) Defending against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: how can the internet of things (IoT) help to save the world?. Health Policy and Technology CDC (2020) Prevent the spread of COVID-19 if you are sick...
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