Flu vaccine uptake varies by sociodemographic factors in CKD patients
Sep 26, 2023
Just under three-quarters of patients with chronic kidney disease receive flu vaccines
Aging services leaders urge Biden administration to prioritize homebound seniors for vaccines
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 12, 2021
Four leading aging services organizations this week pressed the Biden administration to prioritize certain vulnerable older Americans, such as homebound seniors and home health care workers, in the vaccination...
Reformulated booster shots ready by September, White House says
Jul 29, 2022
The Biden administration is working on contracts for the reformulated booster doses.
Antibody levels after COVID-19 vaccination inversely linked to body weight
May 23, 2022
An inverse correlation was sustained for up to six months following two doses of BNT162b2 (Pfizer–BioNTech) in a small cohort of healthy young and middle-aged adults.
Nation’s largest nurses union takes aim at CDC over new mask guidance
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 18, 2021
National Nurses United (NNU) slammed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on its new COVID-19 guidance.
FDA approves updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
Oct 04, 2023
The updated shot is expected to better target variants that are circulating now and help prevent hospitalization and death from the virus.
Help home care workers receive their shots
By
Liza Berger
Apr 09, 2021
If we want to prevent future illness of patients and staff and defeat the virus, we need to make it possible for home care workers to have access to this potentially lifesaving treatment.
mRNA Vaccine more effective booster to ChAdOx1 nCoV-19
Oct 22, 2021
“Our study shows a greater risk reduction for people who received an mRNA vaccine after having received a first dose of a vector-based, as compared to people having received the vector-based vaccine...
FDA could approve Pfizer booster shots for all adults this week
Nov 17, 2021
More than 30 million Americans already have gotten booster shots.
No sign Supreme Court will block COVID-19 vaccination mandates, legal expert say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 15, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday in a 6-3 ruling to hear a challenge to New York’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers on religious grounds, and a legal expert says evidence is mounting that...