Risks for hospitalization, ICU admission, death up for N501Y-positive variants; even more pronounced with delta variant
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Excess Mortality Up During Pandemic
Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, Latino persons also disproportionately affected by non-COVID-19 excess deaths
Acute Myocarditis Rare After COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination in Adults
Incidence of myocarditis 5.8 cases per 1 million adults after the second dose; safety signal for increased myocarditis seen in young men
Adults With Disability Less Likely to Have Received COVID-19 Vaccine
Unvaccinated adults with disability more likely to report higher endorsement of vaccine as protection, difficulties accessing vaccine
U.S. Nursing Home Deaths Rise as Delta Spreads
American Health Care Association says infections are largely the result of a high number of cases in the surrounding community
J&J to Ask FDA to Approve Its COVID-19 Booster Shot
Company has said that a second dose, given two months after the first, increases the vaccine’s effectiveness
U.S. Passes 700,000 COVID-19 Deaths
Most of the last 100,000 Americans to die from the disease did so in a period where vaccines were widely available
EU Drug Regulator Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots
Agency also gave its backing to an additional dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines to people with severely weakened immune systems
REGEN-COV Reduces Risk for COVID-19 Hospitalization, Death
Among outpatients with COVID-19 at high risk, risk for hospitalization, death reduced with monoclonal antibody combo versus placebo
COVID-19 Deaths Up for Kidney Waitlist Candidates, Transplant Recipients
11 percent of deaths in 2020 in kidney transplant-waitlisted candidates were attributed to COVID-19