CD, Rfk Jr. and Vaccine
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After federal health officials made abrupt changes to US Covid-19 vaccine recommendations for pregnant women last month, there’s new confusion and uncertainty about who can get the shots — and some reports that patients were turned away when they tried to get vaccinated.
About 48% of fully vaccinated COVID patients suffered kidney damage during their infection, compared with 42% unvaccinated patients. But nearly 16% of unvaccinated patients had kidney damage so severe they required dialysis, compared with 11% of vaccinated patients.
In recent years COVID shots joined flu shots as an annual offering at most neighborhood pharmacies. But the current administration has thrown that into uncertainty
COVID-19 appears to be on the rise in some parts of California as a new, highly contagious subvariant—featuring "razor blade throat" symptoms overseas—is becoming increasingly dominant.
Meissner was previously listed in April as a consultant to the RSV vaccines work group for the CDC committee, before Kennedy fired its advisers.
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A new COVID-19 strain has been reported in dozens of countries, including the U.S. Here's what you should know about it.
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Medindia on MSNHow the COVID-19 Vaccine Shields Your Kidneys from Severe DamageVaccination lowers the risk of long-term kidney damage in hospitalized Covid patients * Immunized patients are less likely to require continuous renal replacement //therapy * Unvaccinated individuals face higher mortality during and after hospitalization Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who had received a coronavirus vaccine before contracting the virus and later developed acute kidney injury showed improved health outcomes compared to those who were not vaccinated ( ref1 ).
Now that Covid vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant people, boosters could be a lot more expensive this fall. Here’s why.
Premier Danielle Smith announced that Albertans would need to start paying for COVID-19 vaccines — and this includes frontline medical staff. Two health-care workers' unions are calling for the premier to put a pause on the new plan.
Wisconsin health officials say RFK Jr.'s recent pullback of COVID-19 vaccine advice for kids and pregnant women isn’t based on new evidence.
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNSix Questions About Covid-19 Vaccines, AnsweredRecent vaccination announcements have led to some confusion. Four physicians weigh in on who should get vaccinated and when
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Daily Maverick on MSNCovid bullying — civil society slams Big Pharma’s non-disclosure vaccine dealsDuring the Covid-19 pandemic, South African and Colombian civil society organisations initiated strategic litigation against their governments to gain transparency on confidential vaccine contracts with pharmaceutical companies.