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What — if anything — does the Project Veritas COVID-19 mutation video mean for Pfizer?
What — if anything — does the Project Veritas COVID-19 mutation video mean for Pfizer?
Jack O'Brien
January 27, 2023
12:48 pm

A video released this week features an alleged Pfizer executive saying that the drugmaker is exploring ways to mutate the COVID-19 virus.

An unsettled debate: COVID vaccination remains polarizing in the U.S.
An unsettled debate: COVID vaccination remains polarizing in the U.S.
MM+M Staff
January 27, 2023
10:30 am

The results of a recent survey varied wildly by ethnicity, household income, mother’s education level and, perhaps least surprisingly, uptake of flu vaccines.

FDA yanks EUA for AstraZeneca’s Evusheld as COVID variants continue to evolve
FDA yanks EUA for AstraZeneca’s Evusheld as COVID variants continue to evolve
Jack O'Brien
January 26, 2023
3:04 pm

AstraZeneca said it will continue to work with the FDA and other health authorities to “collect, assess and share relevant data” regarding Evusheld and COVID-19 variants.

Florida Gov. DeSantis falsely claims bivalent booster boosts chances of covid infection
Florida Gov. DeSantis falsely claims bivalent booster boosts chances of covid infection
Yacob Reyes, PolitiFact, KHN
January 26, 2023
11:00 am

As he proposed to extend the state’s ban on mandates for covid vaccines and face masks, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis lobbed a flurry of criticism at President Joe Biden and “the medical establishment.”

Nevada’s new governor vilified lobbyist’s influence in COVID lab scandal, then asked him to help with budget
Nevada’s new governor vilified lobbyist’s influence in COVID lab scandal, then asked him to help with budget
Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica
January 25, 2023
11:30 am

Gov. Joe Lombardo once called his predecessor’s support of an error-prone COVID-19 testing lab the “biggest scandal in our history” but then brought in the lobbyist who pulled strings to get that lab licensed to help prepare his state budget.

Latino teens are deputized as health educators to sway the unvaccinated
Latino teens are deputized as health educators to sway the unvaccinated
Heidi de Marco, KHN
January 24, 2023
2:10 pm

Community health groups in California and across the country are training teens, many of them Hispanic or Latino, and deputizing them to serve as health educators at school, on social media, and in communities where covid vaccine fears persist.

What older Americans need to know about taking Paxlovid
What older Americans need to know about taking Paxlovid
Judith Graham, KHN
January 18, 2023
12:00 pm

The message from infectious disease experts and geriatricians is clear: Seek treatment with antiviral therapy, which remains effective against new covid variants.

Medicare keeps spending more on COVID-19 testing. Fraud and overspending are partly why.
Medicare keeps spending more on COVID-19 testing. Fraud and overspending are partly why.
Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica
January 3, 2023
2:15 pm

Medicare’s COVID-19 testing costs reached over $2 billion in 2022. The growing costs concern some experts, who say financial incentives and a lack of regulation early in the pandemic led to fraud and overspending.

Five things for pharma marketers to know: Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Five things for pharma marketers to know: Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Jack O'Brien
January 3, 2023
5:00 am

Baby formula imports set to face tariffs again in 2023; U.S. will require negative COVID tests for travelers from China; XBB variant now dominant COVID strain in Northeast.

Shining a light on health equity
Shining a light on health equity
Melissa Fleming
December 29, 2022
11:45 am

Campaigns focused on diversity in clinical trials and addressing implicit bias.

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