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U.S. CDC releases autumn 2024 COVID and flu vaccination recomendations

Fri, 2024-06-28 09:03 — mike kraft

CDC Recommends Updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 and Flu Vaccines for Fall/Winter Virus Season | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC

CDC Newsroom Press releases, advisories, telebriefings, transcripts and archives. CDC

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Congo authorities approve two mpox vaccines to try to contain outbreak

Thu, 2024-06-27 10:00 — mike kraft
Exclusive: Congo authorities approve mpox vaccines to try to contain outbreak Authorities in the Democratic of Congo have approved the use of two mpox vaccines to try to tackle an upsurge in cases and a dangerous new strain spreading in the country. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

...The Congo has seen 20,000 cases and more than 1,000 deaths from mpox, mainly among children, since the start of last year.

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RSV: German vaccine panel endorses Astra-Sanofi's RSV shot for infants

Thu, 2024-06-27 09:52 — mike kraft
German vaccine panel endorses Astra-Sanofi's RSV shot for infants Germany's influential vaccine advisory panel said on Thursday all infants in the country should receive AstraZeneca and Sanofi's antibody therapy to protect them against the common respiratory infection RSV. Reuters Reuters

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U.S. CDC narrows recomendation for RSV shots to persons over 60.

Wed, 2024-06-26 19:13 — mike kraft
US CDC narrows age recommendation for RSV shots in US The U.S. CDC on Wednesday narrowed its recommendation for use of respiratory syncytial virus vaccines in older adults this year and held off on recommending their use for adults under age 60. Michael Erman Reuters

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Gavi Includes Ebola, Meningitis, Rabies and Hepatitis B Vaccines in its Portfolio for high risk countries

Tue, 2024-06-25 12:24 — mike kraft

Gavi Includes Ebola, Meningitis, Rabies And Hepatitis B Vaccines In Its Portfolio - Health Policy Watch (healthpolicy-watch.news)

Gavi Includes Ebola, Meningitis, Rabies And Hepatitis B Vaccines In Its Portfolio - Health Policy Watch Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, announced last week that it will offer high risk countries the option of obtaining preventative Ebola vaccines, particularly for Health Policy Watch

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Finland to become first nation to start bird flu vaccinations for humans

Tue, 2024-06-25 11:02 — mike kraft

 

Finland to start bird flu vaccinations for humans, in world first Finland plans to offer preemptive bird flu vaccination as soon as next week to some workers with exposure to animals, health authorities said on Tuesday, making it the first country in the world to do so. Reuters Reuters

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Latest XBB COVID-19 vaccine offers protection against hospitalization, deaths --study

Mon, 2024-06-24 20:06 — mike kraft
Latest XBB COVID-19 vaccine offers protection against hospitalization, deaths Today, JAMA Internal Medicine published a study calculating the protection offered by the latest Pfizer COVID-19 XBB vaccine compared to older vaccines against COVID-associated hospitalization and emergency department (ED) or urgent care (UC) visits.  CIDRAP

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The authors compared outcomes among those who had received an updated XBB vaccine and those who had not received an XBB vaccine of any kind, regardless of prior COVID-19 vaccination or infection history.

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Cancer patients gain from staying current on COVID-19 boosters-- Spanish study

Fri, 2024-06-21 13:14 — mike kraft
Study suggests cancer patients should stay current on COVID-19 boosters Yesterday in Nature Communications a study shows cancer that patients who are up to date on vaccines and have received COVID-19 boosters are more protected against death and serious complications than unvaccinated patients. CIDRAP

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CDC Has 1M Bird Flu Tests Ready, but Experts See Repeat of Covid Missteps

Thu, 2024-06-20 17:58 — mike kraft
‘We’re Flying Blind’: CDC Has 1M Bird Flu Tests Ready, but Experts See Repeat of Covid Missteps - KFF Health News Three months into the U.S. bird flu outbreak, only 45 people have been tested. Laboratories that are the foundation of diagnostic testing have yet to get approval to detect the bird flu virus. They say their path forward has been slowed by miscommunication and uncertainty from the CDC and FDA. khnoonat KFF Health News
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Vaccines: Gavi, Macron, Afrcan leaders seek more vaccines for Africa, world's poorest children

Thu, 2024-06-20 11:28 — mike kraft
Vaccine group Gavi seeks $9 billion to immunise world's poorest children The global vaccine organisation Gavi wants $9 billion from governments and foundations to fund immunisation efforts in the world’s poorest countries over five years, it said on Thursday. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

 

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