Five Priorities for Global Pandemic Preparedness to be discussed at WHO meeting

On 27 February, World Health Organization member states will meet to commence formal negotiations on a global pandemic preparedness agreement – unofficially turning the page from responding to COVID-19 to readying ourselves for future health emergencies.

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Moderna's COVID vaccine will remain free for all consumers, even those uninsured

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A rare Marburg outbreak sparks a race to test vaccines and drugs

A Marburg fever outbreak in Equatorial Guinea is galvanizing efforts to test drugs and vaccines for a virus that currently has none. But every day counts, warned experts who gathered virtually on Tuesday to try to chart a course for the work.

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Bird flu spreads to new countries

U.S. nursing home residents still lag in getting Covid booster shots

Three years into the pandemic, nursing home residents are still in Covid’s crosshairs (msn.com)

Federal health agencies worked to get more nursing home residents and staff to take the latest Covid booster all winter, creating social media hashtags, putting money into vaccine hotlines and flagging the worst performing facilities to states.

But their decision to scale back on two vaccine interventions that were critical in getting residents and staff protected from Covid during the first vaccine rollout in late 2020 and 2021 has left the job mostly to facilities, resident advocates say, with disappointing results.

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Long Covid results in organ impairment for 60 per cent of patients--study

COVID antivirals not related to rebound or worse outcomes --study

EU expected to push for annual COVID shots

Local U.S. governments planning to use Covid relief funds to ease medical debtss

...To address the problem, an increasing number of municipal, county and state governments are devising plans to spend federal coronavirus pandemic relief funds to eliminate residents’ medical debt and ease those debt burdens.  ...

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COVID-origins investigations: WHO shelves 2nd phase, House Republicans summon Fauci and other officials for their hearings

The World Health Organization (WHO) has quietly shelved the second phase of its much-anticipated scientific investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, citing ongoing challenges over attempts to conduct crucial studies in China, Nature has learned. ...

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Yellen says U.S. counties should use COVID funds for housing, job training

COVID vaccination rate low among older people, especially in poorer nations--study

The COVID Pandemic Is Not Over For Older Persons

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For older Americans, the pandemic still poses significant dangers. About three-quarters of Covid deaths have occurred in people over 65, with the greatest losses concentrated among those over 75.

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U.S. Company recalls 56,000 COVID-19 rapid tests

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Universal Meditech Inc. has initiated a nationwide recall of 56,300 Skippack Medical Lab SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test Kits. The company says they were distributed without “appropriate premarket clearance or approval” which could lead to inaccurate results since their performance was not properly evaluated by the FDA.

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Two new studies indicate Paxlovid's usefulness in helping prevent hospitalization, death in COVID outpatients

Two new studies, one from the United States and one from Canada, suggest that the oral antiviral drug Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) is effective in lowering the odds of hospitalization or death from the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant.

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