COVID-19 vaccination coverage increased from 36.1 to 60.2 percent from January to April 2021, then slowed, reaching 70.0 percent as of Sept. 15
Brazil’s Yellow Fever Challenges Continue Regardless of Weather
Although yellow fever is not a contagious disease, the diffusion pattern described by Brazilian researchers in a new study is known as “spread by contagion.’
This term refers to the virus transmission through contiguous and nearby areas.
Yellow fever is a non-contagious viral disease with two transmission cycles, sylvatic (in wild animals) and urban, between people.
Sylvatic yellow fever circulates among monkeys, and in Brazil, it is also transmitted by mosquitoes that bite an infected monkey who then infect others.
mRNA Vaccine Booster Shots Authorized for Adults
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., announced her endorsement of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) expanded COVID-19 vaccination recommendation on November 19, 2021.
Booster vaccinations, third doses, are now authorized for all adults ages 18 years and older, who received an mRNA vaccine, at least six months after their second dose.
Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Less Likely to Be Vaccinated
Decreased likelihood of vaccination also seen in association with death, mechanical ventilation among patients hospitalized with COVID-19
ICU Bed Occupancy During COVID-19 Linked to Increase in Excess Deaths
If ICU bed use reached 75 percent capacity nationwide, an excess of 12,000 deaths would be expected two weeks later
Access to Care Disrupted for Young Adults With Diabetes in COVID-19
Young adults with diabetes also report lower intention of receiving COVID-19 vaccination compared with those 60 years or older
Concerns Raised About COVID-19 Chronic Olfactory Dysfunction
Research needed on how to treat olfactory dysfunction lasting six months or longer as a symptom of long-term COVID-19
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 Nov. 15 to 19, 2021. This …
FDA Approves Both Pfizer, Moderna Boosters for All Adults
Any adult who received a second dose of either vaccine at least six months earlier should be able to get a booster as soon as this weekend