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Monovalent COVID booster protects well against Omicron, but it wanes over 6 months --study

Fri, 2023-03-03 09:36 — mike kraft
Monovalent COVID booster protects well against Omicron, but it wanes over 6 months The COVID-19 booster was 74% effective against Omicron infection compared with the primary vaccine series for 3 months, but protection waned to 36% after 6 months. CIDRAP
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Pfizer/BioNTech seeks U.S. nod for updated COVID vaccine as booster in kids under 5

Wed, 2023-03-01 17:10 — mike kraft
Pfizer/BioNTech seeks U.S. nod for updated COVID vaccine as booster in kids under 5 Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE have applied for emergency use authorization of their Omicron-adapted COVID-19 vaccine in the United States as a booster dose for children aged six months through four years, the companies said on Wednesday. The Omicron-adapted vaccine is currently authorized by the U.S.
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California ends its formal COVID-19 state of emergency, marking an end to the pandemic era

Tue, 2023-02-28 09:21 — mike kraft
Newsom rescinds California's COVID-19 state of emergency, marking an end to the pandemic era California's COVID-19 state of emergency ends Tuesday, bringing a symbolic close to a challenging chapter of state history and of Gov. Gavin Newsom's political career. YahooNews

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The Democratic governor declared the state of emergency three years ago, giving himself broad executive powers to protect Californians from an unpredictable and deadly virus. After previously resisting GOP pressure to end the emergency as conditions improved, Newsom now says California is finally ready to move forward.

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Not enough data to support multiple annual COVID boosters, U.S. CDC advisory group says

Fri, 2023-02-24 17:18 — mike kraft
Not enough data to support multiple annual COVID boosters, U.S. CDC advisers say There is not sufficient evidence to recommend more than one COVID-19 booster shot a year for older people and those with weakened immune systems, an expert advisory group to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday. Aditya Samal Reuters

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COVID-19 vaccination may lower risks of heart attack, stroke if infected--study

Thu, 2023-02-23 10:50 — mike kraft
COVID-19 vaccination may lower risks of heart attack, stroke if infected - UPI.com Researchers linked COVID-19 vaccination with fewer heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular issues among people who later got COVID-19. UPI

COVID-19 shot may protect a person from more than the virus alone, new research suggests.

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COVID pills fail to prevent infection among household members

Wed, 2023-02-22 09:42 — mike kraft
Merck's COVID pill fails to prevent infection among household members Merck & Co Inc said on Tuesday its COVID-19 pill was not effective at cutting the risk of coronavirus infections in people living with someone infected with the virus. Reuters Reuters

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WHO experts are evaluating new COVID varients to determine need for iupdayed vaccines

Wed, 2023-02-22 09:37 — mike kraft
WHO says independent panel of experts is evaluating evidence on new COVID variants to determine whether vaccines need to be updated The World Health Organization said Tuesday its expert panel on COVID vaccine composition is currently evaluating evidence on new variants of the virus to determine whether vaccines need to be updated.
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Analysis: old coronavirus variants are unlikely to come back but new ones are not necessarily worse

Tue, 2023-02-21 10:19 — mike kraft
Could old coronavirus variants ever come back? The virus is evolving through a "continual game of cat and mouse between the virus and our immune systems," an epidemiologist explained. YahooNews

What happened to the variants that once wreaked havoc? “For all intents and purposes, we can consider them gone,” said David Dowdy, an epidemiology professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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Long Covid: New study examines the relationship between Long COVID symptoms and specific variants

Fri, 2023-02-17 17:44 — mike kraft
New study examines the relationship between Long COVID symptoms and specific variants Researchers are learning more about who gets long COVID and why. YahooNews

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Researchers are learning more about who gets long COVID and why.

A new CDC funded study released this week, researchers examined the relationship between long COVID and variants.

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Adults hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infections died at 1.5 times the rate of those who had influenza --study

Fri, 2023-02-17 09:48 — mike kraft
Omicron hospital illness 54% deadlier than flu hospital cases, study finds Adults hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infections in Switzerland died at 1.5 times the rate of those diagnosed as having influenza A or B. CIDRAP

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Analysis of a subgroup of patients hospitalized primarily for COVID-19 or flu found that the risk of death was 2.5 times higher, and the likelihood of ICU admission was 1.7 times higher, among Omicron than flu patients.

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