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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Just over 1.35 million children under age 12 years have received the COVID-19 vaccine since it was approved on Nov. 2, putting them behind the initial pace set by 12- to 15-year-olds in the spring, based on data from the Centers

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Healthcare workers in a recent Medscape poll largely favored getting a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for themselves, but numbers varied by their healthcare role. Respondents in health business/administration topped the list among those likely to get the booster, at 85%. Physicians

(Reuters) – Deaths and infections related to COVID-19 have declined across the Americas for the eighth consecutive week, the Pan American Health Organization said, adding that a very high percentage of hospitalized cases now were unvaccinated people.FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks are seen at the Kazansky railway station amid the outbreak of the coronavirus

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell(Reuters) – The United States has administered 419,020,753 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 514,925,015 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Hospitals in Missouri were inundated with COVID-19 patients last summer when a group opposed to a mask mandate that had already expired gathered enough signatures to trigger a recall vote against the mayor who enacted it. Now

(Reuters) – Signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) seen in frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic may be linked to trauma that occurred earlier in their lives, according to a study from Oxford University. About three-fourth of the 103 healthcare workers assessed reported a trauma that was unrelated to their work during the pandemic,

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A device inspired by the electrical sparking of battery-free gas lighters could lead to more efficient and cheaper delivery of vaccines. What to know: Electroporation, which can deliver substances such as DNA directly into cells, is commonly utilized only in research

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children between 12 and 18 years old who have received solid-organ transplants appear to mount a better immune response than their adult counterparts after a standard two-dose vaccination against COVID-19, clinicians in the U.S. report. Nearly three-fourths of the pediatric transplant recipients they studied had a “positive and protective” antibody

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Countries should grant entry to vaccinated travelers regardless of which shot they received to prevent discrimination and facilitate business, a top official of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. With vaccination rates on the rise, countries are facing fresh questions about how to contain the spread of COVID-19

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With the governor of Texas leading the charge, conservative Republicans in several states are moving to block or undercut President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for private employers before the regulations are even issued. The growing

FILE PHOTO: Syringes filled with a doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen at a pop-up community vaccination center at the Gateway World Christian Center in Valley Stream, New York, U.S., February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc and BioNTech have asked U.S. regulators to approve emergency use of their COVID-19

(Reuters) -Shares of Novavax Inc fell 16% after a report from Politico said the company faces significant hurdles in proving it can manufacture its experimental COVID-19 vaccine that meets regulators’ quality standards, resulting in production delays.FILE PHOTO: A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed Novavax logo in this illustration taken January

FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, “COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only” and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic(Corrects paragraph 4 RIC of CanSino Biologics) KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia has granted conditional approval for the COVID-19 vaccine made

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Deaths from COVID-19 infections in the United States are dropping after a summer surge of the Delta variant. Axios reported that COVID deaths are down about 13% over 2 weeks, with the virus claiming about 1,800 American lives daily. Infections are

FILE PHOTO: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern participates in a televised debate with National leader Judith Collins at TVNZ in Auckland, New Zealand, September 22, 2020. Fiona Goodall/Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoWELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that the country’s biggest city Auckland will remain in lockdown for another

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Several Republican state lawmakers are urging easier access for Alaskans to ivermectin amid the pandemic, though ivermectin is not authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration for preventing or treating COVID-19. Senate Majority Leader Shelley Hughes

Britain will offer additional COVID-19 shots to participants in clinical trials for coronavirus vaccines that have not yet been approved in order to let them travel, the health ministry said on Friday. People enrolled in trials for shots made by the likes of Novavax and Valneva have been in limbo, as the shots have not been approved,

FILE PHOTO: Vials of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are seen in the town of Ricany near Prague, Czech Republic, February 25, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo(Reuters) -People who got Johnson & Johnson Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine as a first shot had a stronger immune response when boosted with vaccines from

NEW YORK (AP) — A COVID-19 vaccination requirement for teachers and other staff members took effect in New York City’s sprawling public school system Monday in a key test of the employee vaccination mandates now being rolled out across the country. Mayor Bill de Blasio said 95% of the city’s roughly 148,000 public school staffers

LONDON (Reuters) – A patchwork of campaigns for an extra COVID-19 shot are being rolled out across the European Union even before the region’s drug watchdog rules on whether they are safe and effective.FILE PHOTO: A health worker prepares a booster dose of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, as vaccinations jump in Italy after the