by Jordana Choucair | Dec 30, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
Most people don’t report the results of their home rapid tests, raising questions about the accuracy of public case counts. Thus far, some local health departments have set up systems for people to report results from rapid at-home tests and at least one at-home test...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 30, 2021 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain has extended temporary protections against opioid-related litigation for the Sackler family members who own Purdue Pharma until February 1. In September, Drain had approved Purdue’s reorganization plan and underlying settlement,...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 30, 2021 | Life Sciences
Health officials are considering redefining what it means to be “fully vaccinated.” The current standard for “fully vaccinated” —two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna shots, or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson shot — is substantially less effective against...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 30, 2021 | Life Sciences
Johnson & Johnson announced that two clinical trials found that its booster shot offered strong protection against Omicron. Data from one real-life study from South Africa showed vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization from Covid-19 rose to 85 percent after...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 30, 2021 | Life Sciences
The FDA issued an emergency use authorization of an at-home COVID-19 test manufactured by Siemens Healthineers. Acting chief FDA scientist Jacqueline A. O’Shaughnessy wrote that it was “reasonable” to conclude that the Siemens test was “effective in...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 29, 2021 | D.C. News
A federal court denied the state of Oklahoma’s lawsuit attempting to block enforcement of the Pentagon’s vaccine mandate for federal employees. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and Attorney General John O’Connor claimed that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin...
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