Unvaccinated people are 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than fully vaccinated people, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study. Unvaccinated people are also five times more likely to be infected with the virus. (CNBC Weekly)
President Biden urged employers in the private sector to mandate vaccinations for their workers. “If you’re a business leader, a nonprofit leader, a state or local leader who has been waiting for full FDA approval to require vaccinations, I call on you now to do that – require it,” Biden said. (Politico)
Novartis’ CD19-targeting therapy, Kymriah, failed to show significant improvement in survival among non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients in a Phase III trial. The therapy aimed to treat second-line aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (Endpoints News)
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has dropped the recommended diabetes screening age from 40 to 35. The new recommendations would make 40% of Americans eligible for diabetes screening. (STAT)
The U.S. has a higher percentage of unvaccinated seniors compared to other wealthy countries, leaving a large number of older Americans vulnerable to hospitalization and death. Most COVID-19 deaths are still among older people. (The New York Times)
