Pfizer, BioNTech will vaccinate summer Olympians; Moderna says its vaccine is 96% effective in adolescents: Today s COVID-19 updates John Bacon, Elinor Aspegren and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY
USOPC will not track or mandate vaccines for Olympians, athletes still eager for shots
The troubled Tokyo Games may get a boost from the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
The companies announced Thursday that they will donate COVID-19 vaccine to athletes and officials involved in this summer s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan.
Delivery of initial doses is expected to begin at the end of May to ensure participating athletes and staff receive second doses ahead of arrivals in Tokyo. The Summer Olympics are scheduled to begin July 23. The Paralympics begin about a month later. The Games had been scheduled for last summer but were postponed one year because of the pandemic.
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New analysis from IHME highlights the true toll of the pandemic
SEATTLE, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Globally, COVID-19 has caused approximately 6.9 million deaths, more than double what official numbers show, according to a new analysis by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington School of Medicine. IHME found that COVID-19 deaths are significantly underreported in almost every country. The updated analysis shows that the United States has had more COVID-19 deaths to-date than any other country, a total of more than 905,000. By region, Latin America and the Caribbean and Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia were hardest hit in terms of total deaths. This figure only includes deaths caused directly by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, not deaths caused by the pandemic s disruption to health care systems and communities.
Not ready to take off your mask? You re not alone
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Hello and welcome to Coronavirus Watch. This is reporter Rachel Wegner.
Last week, the official word came: If you re vaccinated, you can finally ditch your mask in certain social settings. One might expect the announcement to be met with waves of relief and an immediate shift in behavior. For some there was.
But others remain quietly hesitant even though it s safe, they don t want to take off their masks yet.
According to the new CDC guidelines, fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to wear a mask outside except in crowded settings and can unmask during small outdoor
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Pfizer and Moderna vaccines safe for pregnant people, major study confirms
The report strengthens the CDC’s recommendation that anyone pregnant be offered the vaccine and sets the stage for more “paradigm-changing” vaccine trials during pregnancy.
ByTara Haelle
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As each of the FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines became available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consistently asserted that they should not be withheld from people who are pregnant and want the vaccine. But since all the clinical trials excluded people who were pregnant, no safety data was available for those who had to make that choice.
Now, since tens of thousands of people have chosen to get vaccinated while pregnant, the largest retrospective study yet provides strong evidence of the mRNA vaccines’ safety during pregnancy. The findings come soon after research confirmed the seriousness of COVID-19 during pregnancy, including an increased risk of preterm birth and stillbirth. Two otherstud