Brief19

Briefings Archive

Period:
RESEARCH
  • Vaccines may be helpful for those with persistent post-covid-19 symptoms
POLICY
  • Expanded federal support for coronavirus testing
RESEARCH
  • Vaccine Breakthrough Infinitesimally Small
POLICY
  • Intelligence community continues to question virus's origins
RESEARCH
  • Editor's note
  • Looking ahead: a new framework for tackling mental health challenges during and after the covid-19 pandemic
POLICY
  • New funding for pediatric mental health announced under American Rescue Plan
RESEARCH
  • How Utah's testing strategy might help keep schools open
POLICY
  • Free covid-19 information for India. Why we stepped up
RESEARCH
  • Masks mandates and improved ventilation systems decreased infections in schools. Plexiglass barriers? Not so much
POLICY
  • Some vaccine sites have closed, complicating the march towards the end of the pandemic
RESEARCH
  • Antibodies still good after 6 months in patients with end-stage kidney disease
POLICY
  • Vaccination uncertainty for people with compromised immune systems complicates return to normal
RESEARCH
  • Rural vaccination numbers far lower than urban peers in US
POLICY
  • Over 100 million Johnson & Johnson doses on hold for inspection
RESEARCH
  • Colchicine trial comes up empty for covid-19. RECOVERY trial again delivers answers
POLICY
  • Paying for long-hauler care among covid-19 survivors
RESEARCH
  • Telemedicine use during the covid-19 pandemic: yet another inequity
POLICY
  • Biden announces commitment to share 80 million vaccine doses around the world
RESEARCH
  • Both Pfizer/BioNtech and Moderna vaccines remain active against India variants
POLICY
  • White House to invest in public health. Details of the American Rescue Plan unveiled
(Week in Review)
POLICY
  • CDC changes mask guidelines for the vaccinated. What can you do? Everything
  • Herd immunity seen as less likely. US seeks more modest goals for pandemic management
  • Renewed push for healthcare provider litigation protection during the pandemic
  • Unemployment benefit restrictions return as many states struggle to fill open jobs
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
  • Vaccine acceptance and disparities among incarcerated people
  • Study claiming smokers less likely to get covid-19 retracted
  • Ibuprofen and other "NSAIDs" appear safe in patients with covid-19
  • Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine data indicates 100 percent reduction in SARS-CoV-2 among US children ages 12-15. Will it save any lives? Almost certainly
RESEARCH
  • A possible treatment for rare vaccine-induced blood clotting emerges
POLICY
  • Uber and Lyft: But for Uber and Lyfting you to a vaccine center
  • CDC changes mask guidelines for the vaccinated. What can you do? Everything
RESEARCH
  • Vaccine acceptance and disparities among incarcerated people
POLICY
  • Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response issue covid-19 redux
RESEARCH
  • Study claiming smokers less likely to get covid-19 retracted
POLICY
  • Renewed push for healthcare provider litigation protection during the pandemic
RESEARCH
  • Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine data indicates 100 percent reduction in SARS-CoV-2 among US children ages 12-15. Will it save any lives? Almost certainly
POLICY
  • Unemployment benefit restrictions return as many states struggle to fill open jobs
RESEARCH
  • Ibuprofen and other "NSAIDs" appear safe in patients with covid-19
POLICY
  • Herd immunity seen as less likely. US seeks more modest goals for pandemic management
(Week in Review)
POLICY
  • Biden administration in favor of loosening patent protections for coronavirus vaccines
  • US Food and Drug Administration set to expand Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine to adolescents ages 12-15
  • New goal set for US vaccinations: 70 percent by the Fourth of July
  • Eli Lilly facing staff complaints at its drug manufacturing sites
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
  • Pfizer/BioNtech data from Israel. Four key takeaways including why the second dose matters
  • Neuropsychiatric symptoms prevalent among those with long covid-19
  • Emergency clinicians took an economic hit during the pandemic
RESEARCH
  • US testing in the early pandemic. Just how bad were we?
POLICY
  • Biden administration in favor of loosening patent protections for coronavirus vaccines
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
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