Top news of the week: 19.07.2022.
Health Policy Journal: COVID-19 Special Issue now available
A compilation of lessons learned from the COVID-19 response is now available in a Special Issue of the journal Health Policy.
Effectiveness of 2, 3, and 4 COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Doses Among Immunocompetent Adults During Periods when SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 and BA.2/BA.2.12.1 Sublineages Predominated — VISION Network, 10 States, December 2021–June 2022
This report describes the effectiveness of 2, 3, and 4 COVID-19 ...
Over 50s to be offered COVID-19 booster and flu jab this autumn
Everyone aged 50 and over will be among those offered a COVID-19 booster and a flu jab this autumn under plans to increase protection against respiratory viruses ahead of winter.
Covid-19: MPs call for greater efforts to reach the unvaccinated and partially vaccinated
MPs have called on NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to redouble efforts to reach the almost three million adults in England who remain unvaccinated against covid-19 as ...
The gender pay gap in the health and care sector a global analysis in the time of COVID-19
This report provides an analysis of the gender pay gap in the health and care sector using representative survey data from wage employees from countries in all geographic regions and income ...
Pediatric HIV Case Identification Across 22 PEPFAR-Supported Countries During the COVID-19 Pandemic, October 2019–September 2020
This report describes HIV testing among children and adolescents ...
Incidence, risk factors, natural history, and hypothesised mechanisms of myocarditis and pericarditis following covid-19 vaccination: living evidence syntheses and review
Objectives To synthesise evidence on incidence rates and risk factors for myocarditis and pericarditis after use of mRNA vaccination against covid-19, clinical presentation, short term and ...
As it happened: UK Covid cases jump by almost 30% as pressure grows on NHS
The weekly figures come as the NHS grapples with rising Covid admissions, staff sickness and extreme heat warnings.