Get the latest COVID-19 news from infectious diseases expertMark Rupp, MD, including COVID-19 case rates, types of variants circulating and vaccine updates. Aggregate COVID-19 case and death data reporting has been discontinued with theend of the Public Health Emergency (PHE)on May 11, 2023....
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"When people receive an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy, their bodies build antibodies to protect against COVID-19 and these antibodies have been found in umbilical cord blood," Dr. Meaney-Delman, chief of the CDC's Infant Outcomes Monitoring Research and Pr...
The vaccines do not pass through breast milk, but antibodies do — providing hope that breastfed babies might have some level of protection. By Shannon Hall Twitter Facebook Email Molly Siegel had long awaited a COVID-19 vaccine. As an obstetrician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, ...
Given that most Americans have either been infected or received a COVID-19 vaccine, the high level of protection in the population is expected to prevent another large surge. “A big message here is this is not like a new delta or a new omicron,” Dowdy says...
I got the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Now what? Don't panic. U.S. health officials on Tuesday recommended pausing vaccinations with J&J's shot as they look into reports of six clots out of nearly 7 million doses given in the country. Health officials say to be vigilant,...
While the public has grown accustomed to calling additional shots "boosters," health officials are nowmoving away from the word "booster,"instead calling this year's shots the "2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine" or simply the"updated COVID-19 vaccine."This clarification helps distinguish previous addit...
The Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine has passed safety and efficacy tests — but researchers still have many questions about how this and other vaccines will perform as they’re rolled out to millions of people.
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"I would build on that, and the vast amount of trust that still exists between the individual practitioner and their patients," Schaffner said. But doctors and officials also need to communicate that a vaccine will not be the cure-all that allows everyone to return to their pre-COVID lives...