by Jordana Choucair | Nov 28, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
White House health officials are projecting cautious optimism regarding the state of the COVID-19 pandemic and the spread of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the U.S. The White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator, Ashish Jha, said on ABC’s...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 23, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Biden administration launched a six-week push to increase Americans’ COVID-19 booster vaccinations heading into the holiday season. The campaign will focus on reaching seniors and the communities that were hardest hit by COVID-19 by expanding access, increasing...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 15, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
Health officials say they’re planning to push this week for people to get boosted against COVID-19 to maximum protection around Thanksgiving. Thus far, overall uptake remains low. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 15, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Biden administration plans to request roughly $10 billion in public health funds from Congress before the end of the year, including about $8.25 billion for COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and related response efforts. The request, which is reportedly being...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 14, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The U.S. COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is expected to remain in place through mid-January. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra committed to providing stakeholders 60 days’ notice before lifting the PHE so they can prepare for a return to...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 4, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
New CDC data indicate that alcohol-induced deaths surged about 26 percent in the first year of the pandemic, after annual increases of about 7 percent. From 2019 to 2020, deaths from alcohol-induced acute pancreatitis increased 50 percent, deaths from mental and...
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