Staff Writer, NPR, June 25, 2022 Pfizer announced Saturday that tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and works — just days before regulators debate whether to offer Americans updated booster shots this fall. Read …
COVID-19 vaccines saved nearly 20 million lives in a year, study says
Staff Writer, CBS News, June 24, 2022 Nearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if international targets for the shots had been reached, researchers reported Thursday. Read the …
CDC Recommends Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine for Children and Adolescents
Staff Writer, CDC, June 24, 2022 Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine be used as an option for children ages 6 through 17 years, …
Statewide COVID-19 infections rose modestly last week while Davidson County infections drop
Frank Gluck, The Tennessean, June 23, 2022 Confirmed statewide COVID-19 infections rose modestly last week to a seven-day average of 1,912, up from the previous week’s 1,866, as of Saturday. Davidson County’s seven-day average dropped to 210.1, down from 239.9. The number …
Moderna says bivalent vaccine appears to work against omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5
Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, June 22, 2022 An updated version of Moderna’s Covid-19 booster shot appears to work against the fast-spreading omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, the company said in a news release Wednesday. The bivalent vaccine, which Moderna has said it …