Biden-Harris Administration Secures 66 Million Doses of Moderna’s Variant-Specific COVID-19 Vaccine Booster for Potential Use in Fall and Winter 2022
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), today announced an agreement to purchase 66 million doses of Moderna’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster candidate for potential use in the fall and winter. This contract announcement follows a recommendation by the FDA last month that vaccine manufacturers […]
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Assessing the Shift in Global Health Care Equity Following the Peaks in the Devastation From COVID-19
Pharmacy Times interviewed Daniel Gagnon, VP of Global UPS Healthcare, on a vaccine equity panel discussion at the UPS Impact Summit in Atlanta, which was held at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Alana Hippensteele: Hi, I’m Alana Hippensteele with Pharmacy Times. Joining me is Daniel Gagnon, VP of Global UPS Healthcare, who […]
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WHO releases global COVID-19 vaccination strategy update to reach unprotected
The global COVID-19 vaccination rollout is the biggest and fastest in history but many of those at greatest risk remain unprotected – only 28% of older people and 37% of health care workers in low-income countries have received their primary course of vaccines and most have not received booster doses. Health care workers, over 60s […]
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International Community Health Services supports COVID-19 safety with…Minecraft!
International Community Health Services supports COVID-19 safety with…Minecraft! By Stacy Nguyen, journalist, designer, and community member International Community Health Services (ICHS) is a nonprofit community health center that offers affordable health care services to anyone in need. They serve thousands of patients every year at multiple locations across our region. ICHS was founded in 1973, […]
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Biden-Harris Administration secures 3.2 million doses of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine
Latest vaccine will provide an additional option for the American public, pending FDA Emergency Use Authorization and CDC recommendation The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the Department of Defense (DOD), today announced that it has secured 3.2 million doses of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine. The protein-based, adjuvanted vaccine will be […]
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The gender pay gap in the health and care sector a global analysis in the time of COVID-19 – World
Attachments Women in the health and care sector earn 24 percent less than men The most comprehensive global analysis of gender pay inequalities in the health and care sector finds that women face a larger gender pay gap than other economic sectors. GENEVA – Women in the health and care sector face a larger gender […]
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COVID-19 was third leading cause of death in the United States in both 2020 and 2021
Media Advisory Tuesday, July 5, 2022 What COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States between March 2020 and October 2021, according to an analysis of national death certificate data by researchers at the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. The study appears July 5 in JAMA […]
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Covid-19 reinfections may increase the likelihood of new health problems
The study, which is based on the health records of more than 5.6 million people treated in the VA Health System, found that, compared with those with just one Covid-19 infection, those with two or more documented infections had more than twice the risk of dying and three times the risk of being hospitalized within […]
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