Panelists at a virtual congressional briefing, including James Kublin, MD, addressed critical questions about new diagnostic technologies, vaccine and treatment development, and the long-term impact of COVID-19 on patients who have recovered from the disease.
Infections in fully vaccinated people account for 0.1 percent of hospitalizations and 0.8 percent of deaths.
VA becomes the first federal agency to actually issue a mandate.
Researchers described outcomes for 3 patients in Canada who were treated with high-dose IVIG for vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia after receiving the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine.
COVID-19 deaths have fallen sharply as vaccination rates have surged in recent months.
37.1 percent of adolescent and young adult cancer survivors report vaccine hesitancy; higher odds of hesitancy for females.
Success in prisons could convince some in the general public to get vaccinated.
Considerable variation seen in magnitude of antibody response, from 5 to 7,882 AU/mL, following two doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
Side effects among adolescents who received the Moderna vaccine were similar to those reported in adults.
In latest KFF survey, 62 percent of respondents said they had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
