Reasons why doses may be marked as wasted include a cracked vial, an error diluting the vaccine, a freezer malfunction
Most Highly Allergic People Can Be Safely Immunized Against COVID-19
Algorithm enables immunization of most individuals, with 0.7 percent developing anaphylactic reaction after one BNT162b2 dose
Individuals With COVID-19 Most Infectious Around Symptom Onset
Individuals are most infectious in the two days before and three days after symptom onset
U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Climb in August
Only 20 percent of American adults now say they will not get immunized, the lowest number ever
Two Top Officials in FDA Vaccine Review Office to Retire
Retirements come as agency mulls decisions about COVID-19 vaccine approvals, authorizations for younger children, and booster shots.
CDC: Unvaccinated Should Not Travel This Labor Day Weekend
Agency urges fully vaccinated people to travel with precautions, take infection risk into consideration
Monoclonal Antibody Therapy May Cut COVID-19 Hospitalizations
Lower hospitalization rates seen at 14, 21, 28 days for high-risk patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who received casirivimab-imdevimab
CDC Recommendations for Influenza Vaccination Updated for 2021-2022
ACIP makes no preferential recommendation when more than one licensed, recommended vaccine is available
Risk for Hospitalization, ED Use Up With SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant
Risk increased for being admitted to the hospital or attending emergency care within 14 days with delta variant
42.4 Percent of U.S. Teens Have Received at Least One COVID-19 Shot
Vaccination coverages vary by state, with rates of one dose or more ranging from from 20.2 percent in Mississippi to 70.1 percent in Vermont