CDC Stops Issuing New COVID Vaccination Cards
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Wallet-friendly cards showing proof of COVID vaccinations served a purpose early in the pandemic, but they’re on their way out. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped printing the car…
Learn MoreCDC Stops Issuing New COVID Vaccination Cards
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Wallet-friendly cards showing proof of COVID vaccinations served a purpose early in the pandemic, but they’re on their way out. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped printing the car…
Learn MoreIn Early Trial, Promising Results for Moderna’s Combo COVID-Flu Vaccine
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Moderna Inc. announced Wednesday that it has seen positive early results with a new vaccine that would guard against four strains of flu plus COVID-19.In interim findings from a Phase 1/2 trial, the vaccine s…
Learn MoreWhy So Many Americans Aren’t Getting COVID Boosters
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — More than 80% of eligible Americans did not get a COVID-19 booster shot last fall. Now, a new study reveals the reasons for the hesitation.Nearly 40% of survey participants said a prior COVID-19 infection fac…
Learn MoreCOVID-19 Infection, Vaccination Have Little Effect on Migraine Worsening
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 infection and vaccination have a negligible effect on migraine worsening, despite patient reports of migraine worsening, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in the European Journal of Neuro…
Learn MoreFDA Approves Updated Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Federal regulators on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to an updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, giving Americans a more traditional alternative to two recently revamped mRNA vaccines.Adolescents and adults who have …
Learn MoreFDA Approves Updated Novavax COVID Vaccine
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Federal regulators on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to an updated Novavax COVID vaccine, giving Americans a more traditional alternative to two recently revamped mRNA vaccines.Adolescents and adults who have pre…
Learn MoreOtorgan Premio Nobel de Medicina a pioneros de la vacuna contra COVID
MARTES, 3 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — El Premio Nobel de este año en Fisiología o Medicina ha sido otorgado a dos científicos que, años atrás, sentaron las bases para la investigación de ARNm que hizo posible las vacunas contra el COVID-19….
Learn MoreMaternal COVID-19 Vaccination Provides Some Protection for Infants
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Maternal COVID-19 vaccination provides some protection against COVID-19-related hospitalization among infants, especially those aged younger than 3 months, according to research published in the Sept. 29 issue…
Learn MoreNobel Prize for Medicine Awarded to COVID-19 Vaccine Pioneers
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — This year’s Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to two scientists who laid the groundwork years ago for the mRNA research that made COVID-19 vaccines possible.Katalin Karikó, M.D., the 13th …
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