Women with higher stress levels, greater financial insecurity were especially likely to postpone or end their pregnancy plans
NIH Spending Nearly $470 Million on ‘Long-Haul COVID’ Study
Goal is to uncover why some people have prolonged symptoms or develop new or returning symptoms after recovering from COVID-19
Government Buys More Monoclonal Antibody Treatments to Ward Off Shortage
Biden administration has also taken over distributing the therapeutics to help avoid shortages and to ensure equitable distribution
BNT162b2 Elicits Lower Antibody Levels Than mRNA-1273 Vaccine
Levels of IgG to SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain also lower with BNT162b2 for those aged 50 years and older versus younger than 50
Vaccine Effectiveness High for Preventing COVID-19 Hospitalization
Two studies show vaccine effectiveness is lower for ≥75s, but remains high among veteran population during delta predominance
Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Discussed
Vaccine efficacy substantially higher against severe disease than against infection; no evidence seen for declining protection against severe disease
COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Under 12 Could Come This Fall: Fauci
Vaccines could be authorized by the FDA this fall for children ages 5 to 11 years
WHO Says Africa Will Get 30 Percent of COVID-19 Vaccines It Needs by February
African Union envoy for COVID-19 vaccines said export restrictions and intellectual property rights should be lifted to allow vaccine production within Africa
Israeli Data on Booster Shots to Be Published This Week in Major Journal
Data scheduled to be published in New England Journal of Medicine, ahead of FDA advisory panel meeting
Health Care-Associated Infection Up During COVID-19 Pandemic
Increases seen in national standardized infection ratios for CLABSI, CAUTI, VAE, MRSA bacteremia