Pope Francis on Sunday highlighted victims of the Mpox virus in his weekly prayers and called on governments and the pharmaceutical industry to do more to get vaccines to the worst hit countries, according to AFP.

Has anyone been trying to get the new covid vaccines yet? Interested in hearing your experiences, especially with insurance coverage

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Earlier this year, U.S. FDA broke with advisers and World Health Organization (WHO) to elect for COVID shots targeted at KP.2 variant, not JN.1 Was that the right move? U.S. FDA's Peter Marks told reporters that early data from labs suggests "modest additional amount of protection" tinalexander.github.io/notes/2024/08#…

For those asking why the FDA has not approved the Novavax coronavirus vaccine, FDA officials say they can't comment and have referred reporters to Novavax. And this is the Novavax statement

An update on a mixed picture for COVID trends from CDC this week, with some regions seeing steeper declines while others still inching up For now, all regions still at levels that are "very high" of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID1… x.com/alexander_tin/…

The CDC has at last updated its Bridge Access Program page to clarify free vaccines for uninsured people are no longer available People who saw the older version went to get shots assuming the program was still in place until the end of the month

The FDA has approved Novavax's updated coronavirus vaccine. The company says it could be available to consumers as early as late next week washingtonpost.com/health/2024/08…

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The CDC is urging everyone to get new coronavirus vaccines, but people without health insurance now have to pay up to $200 out of pocket. I talked to a dozen people without health insurance about the tough choice between vaccination and paying bills washingtonpost.com/health/2024/09…

"If I want to eat and pay bills, then I can’t afford to pay $200." For millions of uninsured Americans, the cost of COVID vaccines now make getting protected out of reach. And as Fenit Nirappil reports, some local health offices have few doses to share. washingtonpost.com/health/2024/09…