Briefings Archive
Period:
(Week in Review)
POLICY
- Biden administration moves to financially incentive vaccination
- FDA finds unsanitary conditions at Emergent BioSolutions plant, a Johnson & Johnson vaccine production site
- Coverage from above for coronavirus vaccines
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigating breakthrough infections
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
- Preliminary evidence points to safety of covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy
- Pregnancy and covid-19. More data show them to be a risky combination
- The downstream effect of vaccine hesitancy: outbreaks in nursing homes
(Week in Review)
POLICY
- Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause still in effect
- Medicare sequestration suspended through 2021
- US approaching full vaccine eligibility
- Supreme Court blocks California's restrictions on religious gatherings in private homes
- An end to mask reuse? CDC and FDA move away from recycling guidance, as shortages end
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
- Past covid-19 infection does not fully protect against future infection; vaccines required
- Inhaled steroids may prevent disease progression in mild covid-19
- AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine link to dangerous blood clotting disorder looks real and rare. Should it be avoided? Maybe in young adults in some circumstances
RESEARCH
- AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine link to dangerous blood clotting disorder looks real and rare. Should it be avoided? Maybe in young adults in some circumstances
POLICY
- An end to mask reuse? CDC and FDA move away from recycling guidance, as shortages end
- Pfizer seeks expansion of emergency use authorization for its vaccine
(Week in Review)
POLICY
- Medicare and Medicaid starts to collect payments from its pandemic hospital lifeline program
- Vaccine mandates for healthcare workers
- Federal government investing in evidence
- Federal bailout money disproportionately benefited wealthy hospital systems
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
- Adverse reactions to the first dose of a covid-19 vaccine does not preclude a second dose
- Sex disparities in covid-19 mortality vary across racial groups in the United States
- Moderna mRNA vaccine shows durable antibody response six months later
- Excess deaths from covid-19 in the United States
(Week in Review)
POLICY
- The Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launch the Covid-19 Community Corps
- US Food and Drug Administration further expands testing availability
- With 100 million vaccine doses given, Biden announces goal to have "90/90" percent plan
- You've been vaccinated. Do you need a vaccine passport?
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
- More evidence of vaccine efficacy among essential workers. Real world data matches trials
- AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine may, or may not, be associated with blood clot formation
- Covid-19 pandemic effect on maternal and pregnancy outcomes
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