Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine reduces the risk of omicron infection by 31% among children age 5-11 and by 59% among children age 12-15, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Need A Doctor? New Survey Shows 90% Want Help From Drug Makers
New Press Ganey research shows nearly 90% of Americans want drug and device manufacturers to offer online provider directories. But meeting consumer needs is easier said than done.
True Covid Pandemic Death Toll Could Be Three Times Higher Than Official Count, Study Finds
More than 18 million people died during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, which is more than would have been expected from past trends, researchers found.
More Patients Waiting Two Years For Hospital Care In England Than Ever Before
Policymakers want to eliminate two-year waits for non-urgent treatment. But the number of patients waiting continues to increase.
DOJ Has Brought Charges Over $8 Billion In Alleged Fraud From Covid Relief
The DOJ appointed a new director to handle ongoing Covid-19 fraud investigations.
Mask Mandate On Airplanes, Public Transportation Extended Until April 18
The extension comes even as mask mandates have now been lifted in every state nationwide.
Another CDC Study Supports Masks In Schools. So Why Are We Dropping Masks Rather Than Caring For Vulnerable People?
With masks considered an essential for preventing Covid-19, why are schools abandoning them now? Children and vulnerable people remain at risk.
A New Process Of SARS-CoV-2 Variation Uncovered: Intragenomic Recombination
The new phenomenon involves intragenomic rearrangements in which segments of various lengths of the untranslated region at the proximal 5’ end of the virus, in particular the 5’-leader sequence, are duplicated and translocated into the coding portion o…
Health Insurer Anthem To Rebrand Company As ‘Elevance Health’
The large health insurer Anthem intends to become Elevance Health, Inc. in a major rebranding designed to focus the company on “whole health” of customers and patients.
Covid Year 3 Will Be Better, Experts Agree, Unless Rich Countries Ignore The Pandemic Elsewhere
The worst of the pandemic is behind us, experts told Forbes, in part because the first two years provided valuable tools for the continued fight against both Covid and future disease epidemics.
