Authors: U.S. CASE COUNT: As of July 27, 2021, more than 34.5 million COVID-19 cases and more than 611,000 deaths have been reported, according to Johns Hopkins University. Among children, about 4.13 million cases and at least 349 deaths have been reported as of July 22, according to AAP data. VACCINATIONS: About 56.8% of the U.S. population has received […]
Authors: Lindsey R. Baden, M.D., Hana M. El Sahly, M.D., Brandon Essink, M.D., Karen Kotloff, M.D., Sharon Frey, M.D., Rick Novak, M.D., David Diemert, M.D., Stephen A. Spector, M.D., Nadine Rouphael, M.D., C. Buddy Creech, M.D., John McGettigan, M.D., Shishir Khetan, M.D., et al., for the COVE Study Group* Vaccines are needed to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and to protect persons who are at high risk for […]
Authors: Meghna Rao The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that individuals with autoimmune diseases and those with weakened immune systems receive the COVID-19 vaccines; however, no solid data are currently available regarding their safety specifically in populations with autoimmune conditions.1 On the other hand, researchers have indicated that patients with autoimmune and inflammatory […]
Authors: Tom T. Shimabukuro, M.D., Shin Y. Kim, M.P.H., Tanya R. Myers, Ph.D., Pedro L. Moro, M.D., Titilope Oduyebo, M.D., Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, M.D., Paige L. Marquez, M.S.P.H., Christine K. Olson, M.D., Ruiling Liu, Ph.D., Karen T. Chang, Ph.D., Sascha R. Ellington, Ph.D., Veronica K. Burkel, M.P.H., et al., for the CDC v-safe COVID-19 Pregnancy Registry Team* Many pregnant persons in the United States are receiving messenger RNA (mRNA) […]
Authors: Kate Larsen SAN FRANCISCO — Anecdotal evidence from women around the country has led to questions about how COVID-19 vaccines may affect women’s menstrual cycles. When ABC7 News reporter, Kate Larsen, posted the question on social media, it became clear that a lot of women are experiencing cycle changes, and are wondering if it’s […]
Authors: Alexander G Mathioudakis 1 2, Murad Ghrew 3 4 5, Andrew Ustianowski 5 6, Shazaad Ahmad 7, Ray Borrow 8, Lida Pieretta Papavasileiou 9, Dimitrios Petrakis 10, Nawar Diar Bakerly An online survey was conducted to compare the safety, tolerability and reactogenicity of available COVID-19 vaccines in different recipient groups. This survey was launched in February 2021 and ran for 11 days. Recipients of a first COVID-19 vaccine dose ≥7 days prior […]
How COVID-19 Vaccines Work COVID-19 vaccines help our bodies develop immunity to the virus that causes COVID-19 without us having to get the illness. Different types of vaccines work in different ways to offer protection. But with all types of vaccines, the body is left with a supply of “memory” T-lymphocytes as well as B-lymphocytes […]
The fully vaccinated have finally been given a “get out of jail free card” from the CDC, while those who suffered through the covid infection remain personae non gratae. The National Institutes of Health published a study on June 18, 2020 of the evidence of protective antibodies in those who have been infected with covid. […]
Axios reported on May 6 that 20 of the United States have declined in reported cases of COV19 and only 10 have increased slightly. The sharpest declines were reported in NJ (40%) and Connecticut (30%). The New York Post reported that as of May 2, less than 1.5 % of NY State’s population tested positive […]
The Los Angeles Times reports on an 80 year old clinical psychologist who contracted COVID one month after receiving the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, and died in intensive care. Because he had been vaccinated, his doctors did not think to test him for the virus until he was hospitalized. The CDC estimates that […]