Michael Erman, Reuters, August 14, 2023 A new COVID vaccine is due out next month, but health experts and analysts say it is likely to be coolly received even as hospitalizations from “Eris“, a variant of the Omicron form of …
US government tells vaccine makers to price updated COVID shots reasonably
Reuters, July 13, 2023 COVID vaccine makers should price their updated shots for the fall at a reasonable rate that would reflect the benefits they received through government investments, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on …
U.S. FDA proposes shift to annual COVID vaccine shots
Reuters, January 23, 2023 The U.S. health regulator on Monday proposed one dose of the latest updated COVID-19 shot annually for healthy adults, similar to the influenza immunization campaign, as it aims to simplify the country’s COVID-vaccine strategy. The U.S. …
Rising flu cases drive up U.S. hospitalizations, CDC says
Susan Heavey, Reuters, December 6, 2022 The United States is experiencing the highest levels of hospitalizations from influenza that it has seen in a decade for this time of year, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and …
Factbox: What are the new BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 coronavirus variants, and why it matters
Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters, November 4, 2022 New offshoots of the dominant BA.5 subvariant of Omicron known as BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are gaining ground in the United States as the SARS-Cov-2 virus that triggered the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve. The …