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New data published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) show routine vaccine uptake among kindergarteners across the United States during the 2019-20 school year was high, approximately 95%—but the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to bring that number down.
Six of 11 deceased patients—all but one of whom had COVID-19—had SARS-CoV-2 RNA in their corneas, but live virus was not detected, according to a study published today in JAMA Ophthalmology.
The WHO says further investigation is under way into two new variants recently detected in Brazil.
"The severity of your disease doesn't seem to predict how you're going to respond down the road."
Biden is also sending Anthony Fauci, MD to speak at the WHO's executive board meeting.
A 1% increase in a county's income inequality is associated with a 3% rise in COVID-19 deaths.
Twenty-eight–day in-hospital mortality rates decreased from 29.9% to 19.7% for adult COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) patients over the first wave of the pandemic, according to an Annals of Internal Medicine study published yesterday.
Truly revolutionary flu vaccines and equitable distribution are key goals.
The world added more than 2 million new COVID-19 cases in the past 3 days.
Overcoming obstacles to better flu vaccines requires collaboration through innovative approaches on a broad scale.
More than 60% of Americans prioritize public health over the economy.
The risk of death was 2 to 3 times higher, depending on how close the ICU was to capacity.
The report aims to strengthen COVID-19 response now as well as prepare for future pandemics.
COVID-19 infection rates in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers are higher than those in the general population and eclipse those of surrounding communities, according to a research letter published today in JAMA Network Open.
The University of Oxford announced today that it has received £100 million ($136 million USD) from the chemical manufacturing company Ineos to launch a new institute to study antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Rapid exponential rises in cases are occurring in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chile.
The CDC warns the new B117 variant could well be the dominant strain within 2 months.
"We're sparing no effort in getting Americans vaccinated," Biden says.
Black Americans may expect to die 2.10 years sooner, and Latinos 3.05 years earlier.
Pregnant women with COVID-19 are more likely to experience complications such as heart attacks or blood clots, though the absolute increased risk is small, according to a JAMA Internal Medicine research letter today.
These findings highlight the need for risk mitigations, the authors write, adding that pregnant women should also be included in COVID-19 vaccine and treatment trials.
