Moderna to ask FDA to authorize Covid-19 vaccine in children 6 months to 6 years

Wed, 2022-03-23 09:13 — mike kraft

Moderna to ask FDA to authorize Covid-19 vaccine in children 6 months to 6 years Moderna announced it will ask the FDA to authorize its Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in children aged 6 months to 6 years, a group for which there are currently no authorized Covid vaccines. Helen Branswell STAT

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Officials say U.S. has exhausted funds to buy potential fourth vaccine dose for all Americans

Tue, 2022-03-22 18:11 — mike kraft

White House officials say U.S. has exhausted funds to buy potential fourth vaccine dose for all Americans As a congressional stalemate stretches into its third week, officials warn it will hurt pandemic readiness. Washington Post

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US flying blind to potential COVID-19 resurgence as states scale back on testing, data reporting

Tue, 2022-03-22 17:46 — mike kraft

US flying blind to potential COVID-19 resurgence, experts say, as states scale back on testing, data reporting In the wake of a flurry of warnings from officials over a potential COVID-19 resurgence in the United States, there are growing concerns among health experts that dwindling access to public data, the shuttering of COVID-19 testing sites and with an increasing number of people using at-home tests instead, it could leave the nation vulnerable to unforeseen upticks. Since last summer, dozens of states and the federal agencies have opted to scale back on regular data reporting.

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A third of U.S. COVID now caused by Omicron BA.2 as overall cases fall

Tue, 2022-03-22 17:22 — mike kraft

A third of U.S. COVID now caused by Omicron BA.2 as overall cases fall About one-in-three COVID-19 cases in the United States are now caused by the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant of the coronavirus, according to government data on Tuesday that also showed overall infections still declining from January's record highs. Michael Erman,Bhanvi Satija Reuters

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Could the Covid-19 vaccine become a yearly shot? Some experts think so

Tue, 2022-03-22 11:30 — mike kraft

Could the Covid-19 vaccine become a yearly shot? Some experts think so Some scientists think we might be rolling up our sleeves each year not just for flu shots but for Covid-19 jabs too. Jacqueline Howard, CNN CNN

(CNN) Some scientists think we might be rolling up our sleeves each year not just for flu shots but for Covid-19 jabs too.

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OPINION: UK Covid cost-cutting will put blinkers on the country's best Covid research

Tue, 2022-03-22 10:45 — mike kraft

Covid cost-cutting will put blinkers on our best Covid research Analysis: several world-leading studies to guide future Covid care depend on widespread testing now threatened by government cuts the Guardian

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No country met air quality standards in 2021, new WHO report says

Tue, 2022-03-22 10:12 — mike kraft

No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021, new report says Bangladesh remained the most polluted country, and New Delhi continued as the world’s most polluted capital, the data showed. NBC News

SHANGHAI — Not a single country managed to meet the World Health Organization’s air quality standard in 2021, a survey of pollution data in 6,475 cities showed on Tuesday, and smog even rebounded in some regions after a COVID-related dip.

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Seafood workers at higher risk for COVID-19--study

Tue, 2022-03-22 09:53 — mike kraft

UNH Report: Seafood workers at higher risk for COVID-19

Workers in the seafood industry were twice as likely to contract COVID-19 than employees in other food industries, according to a new study from the University of Hampshire.

Tight working conditions on vessels, as well as in seafood processing factories, appears to have played a direct role.

“You have people working, just like in any food processing, in really close quarters, working side by side together, on these food lines,” said Easton White, assistant professor of biological sciences at UNH, who led the study.

White said fishers faced challenges using PPE while onboard vessels, where a wet environment made the use of masks less effective.

The report, published in the journal PeerJ, based its findings on media reports and documented outbreaks between April 2020 and July 2021. ...

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High Death Rate in Hong Kong Shows Importance of Vaccinating the Elderly

Tue, 2022-03-22 09:35 — mike kraft

The first time the Omicron variant breached Hong Kong’s coronavirus defenses, in late 2021, the city stamped it out, cementing its status as one of the world’s most formidable redoubts of “zero Covid.”

But a few weeks later, Omicron came to the metropolis again, this time causing an outbreak among cleaners at a public-housing estate that spiraled out of control. The conflagration of resulting cases is now killing people at a rate exceeding that of almost any country since the coronavirus emerged.

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