Pfizer and BioNTech SE announced positive preliminary results from the phase 1/2 study evaluating the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of escalating doses of the vaccine candidate BNT162b1 against COVID-19.
Routine vaccination should not be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to interim guidance released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Researchers sought to determine whether the Columbia Protocol is an effective tool to reduce suicide among black adolescents.
Face-mask use by the public, in combination with physical distancing and periods of lockdown, can mitigate the spread of the new coronavirus.
Mitigating the spread of a virus as infectious as SARS-CoV-2 requires having ample and accurate diagnostic tests available. However, in the United States, community transmission began to occur before adequate testing measures could be implemented.
New polices, including testing for hepatitis C virus (HCV) during pregnancy, may increase HCV identification in the pediatric population by addressing gaps in maternal HCV testing.
Unrecognized asymptomatic and presymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections might contribute to transmission in long-term care facilities.
The World Health Organization has released interim guidance for long-term care facilities aimed at preventing COVID-19.
Lower use of low-dose aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in blacks vs whites may partly account for racial discrepancies in the incidence of ischemic cardiac death.
Data collected from wearable devices significantly improved the real-time surveillance of influenza-like illness.
