No word on a timeline on when exactly tourist travel might open up or details on how it would occur
CDC Issues Updated Summer Camp Guidelines
When activities must be indoors, spaces should be well ventilated and windows should be kept open
Measles Under-Vaccinations Forecast Health Risks in the Americas
As Vaccination Week in the Americas 2021 prepares to launch, the WHO’s PAHO urges countries to close the immunization gap that resulted in hundreds of thousands of children missing vaccinations in 2020.
The 2021 theme – “Vaccines bring us closer” – needs to focus on closing the current immunization breach.
The PAHO’s call for stepped-up immunization coincides with the Vaccination Week in the Americas and World Immunization Week immunization campaigns during April 24-30, 2021.
Pre-IPO Company Launches Phase 3 COVID-19 Vaccine Study
A specialty vaccine company based in France announced it had initiated a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial for its inactivated, adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate, VLA2001.
VLA2001 is currently the only whole virus, inactivated, adjuvanted vaccine candidate in clinical trials against COVID-19 in Europe.
Severe Maternal Morbidity, Mortality Up With COVID-19 in Pregnancy
Asymptomatic women with COVID-19 diagnosis only have increased risks for maternal morbidity and preeclampsia
Single-Dose Ad26.COV2.S Effective Against COVID-19
Also effective against cases in South Africa, which mainly comprised infections caused by the 20H/501Y.V2 variant
Few SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections Reported at SNFs
22 infections identified among 12 residents and 10 staff members at 15 skilled nursing facilities; no facility-associated secondary transmission reported
FDA Moves to Resume Use of J&J COVID Vaccine
Johnson & Johnson has agreed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to add a warning label to the vaccine
Physician’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 April 19 to 23, 2021. This …
Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines Effective Against New NYC Variant
Studies add to growing evidence that the two vaccines protect against all coronavirus variants identified so far