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Pfizer to brief Biden health officials on COVID-19 vaccine booster shot possibility

Pfizer representatives will meet with federal health officials on Monday to discuss the possibility of a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, a meeting that comes less than a week after the Biden administration reaffirmed its position that the two-shot regimen is enough for now. THE COVID-19 VARIANTS HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WATCHING Present at the meeting will… Read More »

Two different assessments of COVID-19 pandemic news coverage

June 24, 2021 Posted By Categories Gary Schwitzer is the founder and publisher of HealthNewsReview. He has covered health care news almost exclusively since 1973. Here is his online bio.  He tweets as @garyschwitzer or as @HealthNewsRevu. Two new journalistic analyses of 2020-2021 pandemic news coverage were released this week.  I was interviewed in each of them. Science… Read More »

Hospitals sustain COVID-19 recovery but costs spike above pre-pandemic levels

Dive Brief: Providers are continuing to recover from the economic trauma inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that recovery remains uneven, according to the latest monthly hospital and physician reports from Kaufman Hall. Overall, patient volumes and revenue have made dramatic leaps compared to a year ago, when the country was all but shut down… Read More »

Bangladesh to receive 2.5m Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses under COVAX

The doses are expected to arrive within seven to 10 days under global vaccine-sharing programme COVAX, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Friday.      The government agreed to receive the doses following a proposal by the COVAX platform, co-led by the World Health Organization.   “This is very good news at this moment,” Maleque said. This will… Read More »

GSK, Bayer stand by CureVac following ‘disappointing’ COVID-19 vaccine trial flop

CureVac’s late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial flop clearly showed that not all pandemic shots are alike. But where does that leave the German biotech and its Big Pharma partners? For one, ongoing collaborations with Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline aren’t going anywhere for now, the companies said following the interim results drop late Wednesday.  CureVac reported that its first-gen pandemic shot, known… Read More »

Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, flu shot coadministration likely ‘viable strategy,’ company says

Maryland-based biotech company Novavax on Monday announced its experimental COVID-19 vaccine remained effective when coadministered with an approved flu shot. Researchers and drug makers are interested in studying coadministration and associated safety and efficacy, or giving multiple vaccines to a person during one visit, to ease logistics and help patients catch up on missed vaccinations,… Read More »