COVID-19: Vaccines and Therapeutics

As of now, most school districts have opened or plan to reopen this month or next, so the return to in-person schooling is underway. Many kids — not to mention their parents — eagerly await the day.  
In a federally funded study that enrolled more than 500 patients from U.S. hospital emergency departments, administering COVID-19 convalescent plasma to high-risk COVID-19 outpatients with early symptoms did not prevent disease progression, according to final results reported in the New England…
COVID-19 vaccine booster shots will be widely available to the American public, starting next month, according to a joint statement from Biden administration health officials.
The American Medical Association published a Current Procedural Terminology code for providers administering a potential third dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky, M.D., authorized a third, additional dose of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for people with moderately to severely compromised immune systems. This includes people who have:
Geisinger’s creative, responsive approach to messaging is keeping its patients, communities and health care teams informed about COVID-19 vaccination.
St. James Healthcare’s chief medical officer shares exactly what’s required to stop the delta variant, as COVID-19 cases increase in Butte, Mont.
A patient at Bristol Regional Medical Center in Tennessee documented his hospitalization with COVID-19 on social media.
There’s a lot of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. Get the facts from the experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association.
The Food and Drug Administration announced amendments of Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorizations to allow for the use of a third, additional dose for certain immunocompromised individuals.