Alice Park, TIME, July 13, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic will forever be associated with unprecedented lockdowns and inconveniences such as wearing masks in public. And that’s largely because health experts had no idea exactly where the SARS-CoV-2 virus was lurking, …
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 …
The plan to dodge another tripledemic
Sabrina Moreno, Axios, July 6, 2023 Vaccines to stave off the flu, a new COVID variant and now, respiratory syncytial virus could help avert another tripledemic this fall. Unless the public is too crisis-fatigued to care. Why it matters: Last year’s convergence of seasonal …
Three Vaccines for Fall: What You Need to Know
Apoorva Mandavilli, The New York Times, July 5, 2023 Most Americans have had one or more shots of the flu and Covid vaccines. New this year are the first shots to protect older adults from respiratory syncytial virus, a lesser-known …
Sick? You’ll Need Multiple Tests to Rule Out COVID
Cara Murez, US News and World Report, July 5, 2023 For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors have told patients who get a negative result after taking a rapid antigen test at home to test again 48 hours later. A …