The FDA accepted Biologics License Applications and granted priority review for both Pfizer and GSK’s RSV older adult vaccine candidates last year following positive data from phase 3 trials.
Government health officials are on alert due to a lethal type of avian influenza that’s devastated poultry farms in recent weeks.
Two months after Pfizer’s covid vaccine was authorized for children ages 5 to 11, just 27% have received at least one shot, according to Jan. 12 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Only 18%, or 5 million kids, have both doses.
The total number of Americans who have died of COVID-19 in 2021 has just exceeded the number of COVID deaths in 2020, according to data from Johns Hopkins University and the CDC.
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Participants in a CDC study were over five times more likely to have COVID-19 if they were unvaccinated and had a prior infection compared to those who were vaccinated without previous infection.
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According to CDC data, only 31% of pregnant people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and vaccination rates vary markedly by race and ethnicity.
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The CDC will launch a new center designed to advance the use of forecasting and outbreak analytics in public health decision making.
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Researchers measured how effectively masks blocked the number of aerosol particles from a masked source.
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A new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows non-COVID-19 respiratory viruses are on the rise.
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The CDC is monitoring more than 200 people for potential exposure to monkeypox after an individual who contracted the disease in Nigeria arrived at a Texas airport.
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The CDC is looking into a case of an unusual virus called monkeypox in a traveler coming from Nigeria, according to a report from CNN Health.
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The CDC and DHHS have awarded 59 jurisdictions with $200 million to bolster support and enhance the disease intervention specialists (DIS) workforce.
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COVID-19 hospitalization rates increased recently for teens, and a sizable proportion of those hospitalized were admitted to the intensive care unit.
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Massachusetts infectious disease physicians are reporting a resurgence in cases of the common cold and the flu after the state lifted mask mandates.
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The CDC recently released a health advisory due to an unusual increase in the spread of the respiratory syncytial virus (RVS) in southern states.
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