CDC advises updated COVID vaccine for everyone over 6 months of age
Jun 28, 2024
Americans 65 and older account for two-thirds of COVID hospitalizations and 82% of in-hospital deaths, yet only about 40% of Americans in that age group were immunized with the COVID vaccines that were...
Pfizer plans to charge more than $100 per COVID-19 shot in 2023
Oct 24, 2022
People with Medicare or Medicaid and those with private health insurance likely would get the vaccine for free.
CDC relaxes COVID-19 vaccination rules for foreign travelers
Apr 28, 2023
Another federal agency, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, announced that healthcare workers would be considered “fully vaccinated” with the one bivalent dose.
Wide variance seen in booster uptake among vaccinated U.S. adults
Aug 29, 2022
Disparities were seen by geographic, sociodemographic and occupational subgroups.
Supreme Court hears arguments on Biden’s vaccine mandate for big business
Jan 07, 2022
The court also was hearing arguments on separate vaccine mandate for most heathcare workers.
mRNA COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness lower during delta strain era
Aug 20, 2021
Adjusted effectiveness was 53.1% against infection in nursing home residents during the period when delta strain was predominant.
CDC panel: Add COVID-19 shot to routine vaccine schedule
Oct 21, 2022
An advantage to having COVID-19 shots on the vaccine schedule is that insurance providers typically will cover recommended vaccines.
Plant-based recombinant COVID-19 vaccine found to be effective
May 04, 2022
Vaccine efficacy ranged from 69.5% against symptomatic infection to 78.8% against moderate-to-severe disease.
Nobel Prize for medicine awarded to COVID-19 vaccine pioneers
Oct 02, 2023
The prize panel said that their discovery ‘fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system.’
How will new federal legislation cut drug costs?
Aug 12, 2022
Under the law, Medicare will now be allowed to negotiate the cost of some drugs, and vaccines will be free for Part D recipients.