COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Under 12 Could Come This Fall: Fauci
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Many parents hoping for COVID-19 vaccines for their children younger than 12 years may get their wish this fall, according to Anthony Fauci, M.D., director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Inf…
Learn MoreWHO Says Africa Will Get 30 Percent of COVID-19 Vaccines It Needs by February
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In Africa, only 4 percent of people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.Leaders had once hoped to have 60 percent of people living on the continent vaccinated this year. That now appears unlikely. …
Learn MoreIsraeli Data on Booster Shots to Be Published This Week in Major Journal
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) – New data out of Israel, to be published this week, could bolster the notion that a third booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine significantly lowers a recipient’s odds for severe illness.The data are scheduled …
Learn MoreU.K. Approves COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 12+
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — While in the United States preteens and teens aged 12 to 15 years have been eligible for COVID-19 vaccines since the spring, the vaccines are only now becoming available for that age group in the United King…
Learn MoreAmerican Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Aug. 31-Sept. 3
The annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons was held from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 in San Diego and attracted approximately 5,000 participants from around the world. The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and mana…
Learn MoreCOVAX Cuts Global COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Estimates by a Quarter
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Fewer COVID-19 vaccine doses than expected will be available through the global COVAX program, affecting many less-affluent nations waiting on these doses.The United Nations forecast last week that it would h…
Learn MoreAppeals Court Backs Florida Ban on School Mask Mandates
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The law on whether or not students in Florida schools will be required to wear masks has changed again. On Friday, the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee reinstated the state’s ban on school mask m…
Learn MorePhysician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician’s Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Sept. 6 to 10, 2021. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted sou…
Learn MoreFDA Bans Sale of Nearly a Million E-Cigarettes
FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced that it had rejected the applications of nearly a million electronic cigarettes and related products.
But it also delayed a decision on the fate of …
Los Angeles Is First Major School District to Mandate Vaccines for Students 12+
FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Los Angeles has become the first major school system in the United States to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for all students 12 and older.
The Los Angeles Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to requir…