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Pharmaceutical companies have been withholding $1.4 billion in advance payments for COVID-19 vaccine doses that were never delivered as demand for vaccines in developing countries plummeted, according to The New York Times. Gavi, a…

With the monkeypox vaccine being in high demand and available doses being gobbled up by wealthy countries, Jamaica is set to receive just 3,500 doses by month-end.Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton provided the update…

Comment on this storyCommentHealth and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency on Thursday in an effort to galvanize awareness and unlock additional flexibility and funding to…

WASHINGTON — The shortage of vaccines to combat a fast-growing monkeypox outbreak was caused in part because the Department of Health and Human Services failed early on to ask that bulk stocks of the vaccine it already owned be bottled…

On March 1, 2022, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.Anne M. Hause, PhD1; James Baggs, PhD1; Paige Marquez, MSPH1; Winston E. Abara, MD1; Babatunde Olubajo, MS1; Tanya R. Myers, PhD1; John R. Su, MD1; Deborah…

Previous guidance said the second doses should be administered three weeks after the first shot of the Pfizer vaccine or four weeks after the first shot of the Moderna vaccine. The vaccines remain safe and effective at their original…

CDC graphs show in detail the protection vaccines gave from hospitalization. As Omicron spread in the US, hospitalization rates in December were much lower for…

SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake County Health Department said Sunday they have 2,000 appointments for COVID-19 vaccines available to Utah residents for the week beginning April 26, 2021.You can register for an appointment at the Salt Lake…

UK officials are close to finalizing a deal to purchase tens of millions more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in time for a third booster dose to be given to the elderly this autumn, the Sunday Times…

FOR SNOW COMING UP SHORTLY. LAURA: MORE IOWANS CONTINUE TO GET VACCINATED THIS WEEKEND, AS THE NUMBER OF DOSES ADMINISTERED IN IOWA CLIMBS INTO THE MILLIONS. KCCI’S KAYLA JAMES TAKES A LOOK AT WHERE IOWA STANDS TODAY IN THE…