New York Post -
September 8, 2021
The National Institutes of Health has announced a $1.67 million study to investigate reports that suggest the COVID-19 vaccine may come with an unexpected impact on reproductive health. … But even in the early days of vaccine rollout, some women were noticing irregular periods following their shots, as reported first by the Lily in April.
NPR -
September 8, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is "completely incorrect" to suggest vaccines are a personal choice with no broad implications, says Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease authority. … Vaccines have been the solution to public health crises such as smallpox, polio and measles, Fauci said — but they rely on wide adoption to work, he added.
NBC News -
September 8, 2021
Amid a surge in Covid cases across the country, medical disinformation in Spanish persists on AM radio, social media and closed messaging apps, where people claim that masks do not work and that the vaccines are dangerous and part of the “global reset.” … A common theme is to compare international government responses to the pandemic to Nazi Germany, with groups claiming lockdowns as well as mask and vaccine mandates are the beginning of global tyranny.
ABC News -
September 8, 2021
Instead of "vaccine hesitant," a more accurate term explaining lagging vaccine rates in communities of color is "vaccine deliberate" -- waiting and seeing if concerns about the vaccine can be mitigated, according to a report from First Draft -- an organization focused on combating online misinformation -- though arguably, some may see little difference between the two phrases.
ABC News -
September 8, 2021
[President] Joe Biden is set to deliver remarks Thursday on a new strategy to stop the spread of the contagious delta variant, White House officials confirmed Tuesday. "On Thursday the president will speak to the American people about his robust plan to stop the spread of the delta variant and boost vaccinations," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. In the remarks, "the president will lay out a six-pronged strategy," involving both the public and private sectors, she added.
The Hill -
September 8, 2021
The CDC's COVID Data Tracker revealed on Tuesday that 95.19 percent of counties in the U.S. are seeing “high” rates of transmission, meaning there were at least 100 new cases reported per 100,000 people in the past seven days. Around 2 percent of counties are seeing “substantial” and “low” rates of transmission, and less than 1 percent of counties are seeing “moderate” rates of transmission.
TODAY -
September 7, 2021
The US logged 40 million COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, as the fourth wave brought on by the delta variant continues to spread throughout the country. The country has recorded 40,000,070 cases and 651,690 deaths, according to the latest NBC News tally. On Sunday, the U.S. recorded 35,355 news cases and 279 deaths.
CNBC -
September 7, 2021
Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine booster shots will likely be ready by the Biden administration’s Sept. 20 target date, but third Moderna doses may not start then, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. Moderna may not get regulatory approval in time for a rollout that week.
PEOPLE -
September 7, 2021
Unvaccinated adolescents were ten times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than fully vaccinated ones as the delta variant surged in the U.S., according to a new report from the CDC. The study looked at hospital data from 14 different states between June 20 and July 31 … During that time, the number of unvaccinated kids aged 12 to 17 who were hospitalized with COVID-19 was 10.1 times higher than those who were fully vaccinated.
AP -
September 7, 2021
The resurgence of COVID-19 this summer and the national debate over vaccine requirements have created a fraught situation for the nation’s first responders, who are dying in larger numbers but pushing back against mandates.
USA Today -
September 7, 2021
At least 1,000 schools across 35 states have closed for in-person learning because of COVID-19 since the beginning of the school year, according to Burbio, a New York-based data service that is tracking K-12 school reopening trends. Schools listed in the company's tracker have closed for anywhere from one day to several weeks. Most temporarily moved to remote learning. Others temporarily closed with no instruction.
CNN -
September 7, 2021
Nearly 18 months after Congress came to the rescue of jobless Americans, its historic expansion of the nation's unemployment benefits system expired nationwide this weekend. Lawmakers, who extended the three pandemic programs in December and March, are not expected to renew them again. … More than 8 million people are now left with no unemployment compensation at all…
Fox News -
September 7, 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top disease expert in the U.S., said in an interview Sunday that health officials are keeping an eye on the COVID-19 Mu variant to see if it emerges to become more dominant. He said the Delta variant makes up for over 99% of the cases in the U.S. The Mu variant has mutations that "indicate that it might evade the protection from certain antibodies."
CNN -
September 1, 2021
Two senior leaders in the US FDA’s vaccine review office are stepping down, even as the agency works toward high-profile decisions around Covid-19 vaccine approvals, authorizations for younger children and booster shots. The retirements of Dr. Marion Gruber, director of the Office of Vaccines Research and Review at FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, and Dr. Philip Krause, deputy director of the office, were announced in an internal agency email sent on Tuesday and shared with CNN by the FDA.
Fox News -
September 1, 2021
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine more than doubled the level of antibodies compared to the Pfizer vaccine, according to a study of healthcare workers in Belgium, researchers found. A research letter published in JAMA drew from 2,499 healthcare workers who received two doses of either the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine or Moderna’s shot.
ABC News -
September 1, 2021
[Following] Pfizer's full approval, the U.S. saw a 17% increase in the number of Americans getting vaccinated with their first dose. In the week prior to the full approval, an average of about 404,000 Americans were initiating vaccination each day. As of Monday, approximately 473,000 Americans were getting their first shot each day.