Chad De Guzman, Time, May 29, 2023 Last week when a Chinese senior health adviser projected 65 million COVID-19 cases per week in China by June, some health experts sounded the alarm. China has been facing a new COVID-19 wave fueled by the …
COVID hospitalizations reach new record low nationwide, CDC says
Alexander Tin, CBS News, May 26, 2023 The number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 has fallen to a new record low nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. For the first time, preliminary figures from the CDC totalled just 8,256 …
False claim CDC reported spike in HIV-related diseases after COVID-19 vaccines | Fact check
Chris Mueller, USA Today, May 25, 2023 A May 22 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a screenshot of a tweet that claims a government agency reported a massive increase in certain illnesses after the COVID-19 vaccines were introduced. “BREAKING: …
FDA advisers support approval of RSV vaccine to protect infants
Scott Hensley and Rob Stein, NPR, May 18, 2023 Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended that the agency should approve the first vaccine to protect infants from RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus. But some of the experts expressed …
A COVID Test Medicare Scam May Be a Trial Run for Further Fraud
Susan Jaffe, KFF Health News, May 18, 2023 Medicare coverage for at-home covid-19 tests ended last week, but the scams spawned by the temporary pandemic benefit could have lingering consequences for seniors. Medicare advocates around the country who track fraud …