COVID-19: Vaccines and Therapeutics
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said some people may wish to receive their second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine up to eight weeks after the first, especially males aged 12 to 39.
As part of a national CDC study, Intermountain Healthcare research shows COVID-19 vaccine boosters are highly effectively in preventing hospitalization and death.
In this Advancing Health podcast, Jeffrey Flaks, CEO of Hartford HealthCare, and Rebecca Stewart, vice president of content strategy, discuss the health system’s efforts to connect with the community during the pandemic, build trust and get people vaccinated.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released Medicare payment codes effective Feb. 11 for administering the monoclonal antibody bebtelovimab, effective against the omicron COVID-19 variant.
VacciNATION: How Hartford HealthCare Is Improving Care and Getting People Vaccinated in the Pandemic
COVID-19 has demonstrated that in health care, change is not only necessary, it’s happening every day — leading to better access, better outcomes and a more pleasing patient experience.
Receiving two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy might help prevent your infant from being hospitalized for COVID-19 in the first six months after birth, according a study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
During the omicron wave, the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine was 87% effective at preventing emergency and urgent care visits and 95% effective at preventing hospitalizations in adults who received a third dose in the prior two months, according to a study released by the Centers for Disease…
Pfizer will delay asking the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for children under age 5 until it has clinical trial data on a third dose in this age group, which it expects in early April.
As the state with the highest percentage of its population vaccinated, Vermont continues to urge that children become vaccinated and everyone receive a booster.
As rural health care leaders from the AHA and other health care organizations convened at AHA’s Rural Health Care Leadership Conference this week, a robust discussion took place over the role hospital and health system trustees can play in building confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines in their rural…