by Jordana Choucair | Nov 22, 2021 | Life Sciences
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE said that their COVID-19 vaccine was 100 percent effective at preventing infections among adolescents ages 12 to 15 within four months of their second doses, and that the shot showed no safety concerns for at least six months afterward. The...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 22, 2021 | Life Sciences
A group of 15 human rights organizations is pushing President Biden to ensure that an intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines is enacted at the World Trade Organization. In a letter, the group says that access to the shots remains limited in low-income...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 22, 2021 | Payers
A new analysis from the Better Medicare Alliance found that the number of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans offering recently expanded supplemental benefits increased by 43 percent from 2021 to the 2022. Overall, MA plans that offered at least one of the five expanded...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 22, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN that fully vaccinated families don’t need to wear masks during holiday celebrations, noting that children ages 5 to 11 can be “fully vaccinated by the time we get to the Christmas holidays.” He also warned that getting a...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 19, 2021 | Inequities and SDOH
A new Commonwealth Fund report found that Black Americans in almost every state were more likely than white Americans to die from preventable and treatable health conditions. Only six states – Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Hawaii, and...
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