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Moderna combination Covid, flu vaccine moves to final stage trial after positive data

Moderna combination Covid, flu vaccine shows positive data (cnbc.com)

 

  • Moderna on Wednesday said its combination vaccine targeting Covid and the flu will move to a final stage trial after showing positive results in an earlier study.
  • The biotech company is hoping its shot, mRNA-1083, can win approval from regulators in 2025. 

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Drug prices: Major drugmakers agree to negotiate drug prices with U.S. government

Major drug companies including Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb have committed to participate in Medicare drug price negotiations with the federal government, the Biden administration said Tuesday.

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Survey indicates resistance to COVID booster shots affected by prior infections, fear of side effects and doubts about usefullness

Only 20% of Americans eligible for COVID-19 boosters get them, and today in Vaccine, researchers published the results of a new survey of 2,000 US adults to understand why uptake is so low.

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Novavax's updated protein-based Covid-19 vaccine approved by U.S. FDA

This vaccine is effective against EG.5, the currently dominant coronavirus strain in the United States, and like Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA vaccines, it has been updated to target the XBB Omicron subvariant.

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Britain’s COVID-19 response inquiry second phase focuses on political decisions

Best results from home Covid-19 tests come several days after symptoms --study

 

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Paxlovid cuts hospitalization, death only in COVID patients with weak immune systems -- Canadian study

 

...in JAMA Network Open, an observational Canadian study ties the antiviral drug combo nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) to a lower risk of hospitalization or death only in very high-risk COVID-19 patients with weakened immune systems.

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WHO authorizes a second malaria vaccine. Experts warn it’s not enough to stop the disease spreading

Analysis: Impact of Misinformation, and Mistrust on Use of Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

Sepsis associated with COVID-19 infections higher among adults than previously realized-study

...in JAMA Network Open, researchers provide new evidence that the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2–associated sepsis among hospitalized adults is higher than previously thought, but deaths from the condition became less frequent as the pandemic progressed.

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U.S. Covid markers decline overall with hospitalizations down but deaths up in some states; WHO also reports declines

US COVID markers show more declines

Most of the measures the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses to track COVID-19 activity declined last week, except for deaths, which are often a lagging indicator, according to the group's latest data updates. The levels reflect a recent drop in COVID activity, following several weeks of a slow summer rise from very low levels.

...the World Health Organization (WHO) posted its latest monthly update, which it cautions is based on limited data, with cases and deaths reported from only 96 countries and even fewer countries regularly reporting hospitalizations and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. It also said its assessments are limited by reduced testing and delays in reporting.

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It May Be Too Soon to Call It Covid Season

Why It's Too Soon to Call It Covid Season | WIRED

...experts on the front lines and doing data analysis say it’s too soon to declare that Covid has achieved seasonality. Looking back over the previous three years, they do see patterns: a spike at some point in the summer, such as the arrival of the Delta variant in 2021, and a spike sometime in the late fall or winter, such as the Thanksgiving surge of Omicron later that year. But those spikes haven’t occurred at the exact same time from year to year, and it’s possible they didn’t all arise for the same reasons.

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Nobel Prize in medicine won by two scientists for ‘groundbreaking findings’ on mRNA Covid-19 vaccines

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for work on mRNA Covid vaccines by Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman | CNN

This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their work on mRNA vaccines, a crucial tool in curtailing the spread of Covid-19.

The Nobel Prize committee announced the prestigious honor, seen as the pinnacle of scientific achievement, in Sweden on Monday.

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‘Eris’ COVID Infections Increase as New COVID-19 Hospitalizations Decline

CDC issues update on COVID-19 vaccine recomendations

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