Brief19

Briefings Archive

Period:
RESEARCH
  • Pfizer/BioNtech data from Israel. Four key takeaways including why the second dose matters
POLICY
  • Eli Lilly facing staff complaints at its drug manufacturing sites
RESEARCH
  • Neuropsychiatric symptoms prevalent among those with long covid-19
POLICY
  • New goal set for US vaccinations: 70 percent by the Fourth of July
RESEARCH
  • Emergency clinicians took an economic hit during the pandemic
POLICY
  • US Food and Drug Administration set to expand Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine to adolescents ages 12-15
RESEARCH
  • Teen vaping use, already on decline, stayed lower during pandemic. No change in teen tobacco and alcohol use, study finds
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
  • Post-vaccination attitudes reveal that there is still room for education
  • Pediatric hospitalizations decreased during the spring and summer of 2020
  • Middle seats: bad. Airport-based testing: good
POLICY
  • New CDC guidance on public masking
  • Changes sought to address missed coronavirus vaccine doses
  • More details emerge on US aid to India as coronavirus crisis intensifies
  • US to share vaccine oversupply with the rest of the world
RESEARCH
  • School closures and pediatric wellbeing. Caregivers are worried, but hospitalization data do not yet bear out concerns
POLICY
  • Changes sought to address missed coronavirus vaccine doses
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