Drug Topics

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Immunizations against influenza, COVID-19, and RSV are lower than they were this time last year, and hospitalizations have increased across all age groups.

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Drug Topics

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Researchers addressed the prevalence of RSV and its associations with immunization, infection, and hospitalization amongst older adults.

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Drug Topics

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Patients with SCD are more vulnerable to hospitalization due, in part, to SCD’s impact on the spleen, which filters infections in the blood and is a crucial organ for the immune system.

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Drug Topics

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Vaccination program has also prevented more than 18 million hospitalizations, saved $1 trillion in medical costs.

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Vaccines Hospitals 247

Drug Topics

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Findings by researchers at Epic, the electronic health record company, show that the benefits extend to people ages 50-64.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

How many employees have hospitals lost to vaccine mandates? Here are the numbers so far. Thu, 09/23/2021 - 15:38.

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Pharmacy Times

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

RSV vaccination was 75% effective in preventing RSV-associated hospitalizations among adults aged 60 years and older.

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Pharmacy Times

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

RSV vaccination is approximately 77% to 81% effective against hospital and emergency department encounters among older adults.

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Pharmacy Times

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Increasing vaccine coverage among adults at highest risk could lessen associated hospitalizations and severe outcomes caused by RSV.

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Pharmacy Times

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Study results show that the updated BNT162b2 XBB vaccine is effective in preventing hospitalizations or emergency department visits associated with COVID-19 complications.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 25, 2022

During the surge caused by the Delta variant, a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine reduced infections and COVID-19-related hospitalizations and deaths among patients in long term care facilities.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Conflicting federal, state COVID-19 vaccine requirements have hospitals trapped in noncompliance. Fri, 10/15/2021 - 15:49.

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Hospitals Vaccines 118

Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Commonwealth Fund: COVID-19 vaccine prevented more than 18M hospitalizations, 3M deaths. Tue, 12/13/2022 - 15:04.

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Hospitals Vaccines 118

STAT

JUNE 17, 2024

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Merck’s new pneumococcal vaccine for adults 18 and older.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 19, 2022

CDC: Bivalent vaccine cuts risk of COVID hospitalization by half. Mon, 12/19/2022 - 15:28.

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Pharmacy Times

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Though both vaccines remain effective at preventing severe illness, Moderna’s mRNA-1273.222 vaccine was found to be significantly more effective among adults with underlying medical conditions.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

KFF: Delta cases, hospitalizations lead to uptick in vaccinations. Mon, 09/27/2021 - 16:21.

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Pharmacy Times

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23, Pneumovax 23; Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp) demonstrates effective reductions in the risk of hospitalizations.

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Pharmacy Times

MARCH 3, 2025

New results shed light on the ineffectiveness of the combination antiviral therapy in patients vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Vaccines Hospitals 131

STAT

AUGUST 24, 2024

Anthony Fauci, former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is recovering at home after being hospitalized for nearly a week for West Nile virus infection. Covid-19 response, spent six days in hospital as doctors tried to figure out what was responsible for his illness. Fauci, a leader of the U.S.

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STAT

DECEMBER 12, 2022

to receive a Covid-19 vaccine outside of a clinical trial. A study released Tuesday by the Commonwealth Fund shows that in those two years, the Covid vaccines have averted over 3 million deaths in the U.S. Without vaccines, the country would have experienced four times as many deaths, 1.5 The vaccines also saved the U.S. $1

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 30, 2022

Hospitalization and interprofessional team management, particularly the involvement of a pharmacist, are essential in vaccination coverage for patients with diabetes.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

CMS to require staff at hospitals and other facilities to get COVID-19 vaccine or risk funding loss. Thu, 09/09/2021 - 16:40.

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Drug Topics

OCTOBER 27, 2024

In case you missed it, this week we had stories about the FDA approval of Pfizer's RSV vaccine, vaccines and COVID-19 hospitalization in children, race-based disparities in multimodal analgesia, and more.

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Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Vaccines reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection and hospitalization, but a recent study suggests that misinformation could make adults hesitant to vaccinate children 5 to 11 years of age.

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The standard advice — get your shots, get them at the same time, don’t wait too long to roll up your sleeves — is designed to maximize convenience and compliance, in a way that is manageable for the delivery enterprise, say experts familiar with the enormous effort it takes to turn vaccines into vaccinations.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 20, 2021

White House says it's prepped to deliver millions of kids' COVID vaccines to pediatricians, children's hospitals, pharmacies. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 11:59.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Rural hospital COVID-19 vaccination rates remain stubborn despite surge linked to delta variant. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 14:15.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

MARCH 25, 2025

During the COVID-19 pandemic, broad immunization was key, so the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided funding for free vaccines. And while COVID-19 vaccines are still typically free for people who have health insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid, uninsured individuals may still need to pay $80$200 and up for it.

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STAT

APRIL 18, 2024

A new startup focused on creating vaccines for cancers, influenza, and potentially even HIV launched Thursday with $54 million in funding. Altschuler and Ziff’s relationship goes back to the mid-2010s, when Altschuler was chief executive of the well-known research hospital Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, or CHOP.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

An experimental influenza vaccine developed using messenger RNA technology appears capable of inducing what should be a protective immune response against all known subtypes of flu, at least in animals. If the work is translated into humans it could turn out to be a version of a long-sought universal vaccine. Read the rest…

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Pharmacy Times

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

RSV vaccines were 80% effective in preventing hospitalization, ICU admission, and death among adults aged 60 years and older.

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STAT

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Children’s hospitals were spared from the worst ravages of the pandemic, putting them in a much stronger financial position than their acute-care peers. The result, according to a new Fitch report , is children’s hospitals have more cash and stronger margins than larger hospitals.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

MARCH 11, 2025

For pharmacists with the will, time and support to get involved in clinical research, the benefits are many not only for them, but also for their patients, teams and hospitals. With a workforce under pressure, getting involved in clinical trials and pilot research projects might be the last thing on hospital pharmacists minds.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

OCTOBER 24, 2023

PENBRAYA (meningococcal groups A, B, C, W and Y vaccine), the first and only pentavalent vaccine that provides the broadest serogroup coverage of any meningococcal vaccine available in the US for meningococcal disease in individuals aged 10 to 25 years old, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 2, 2021

Zebra Technologies healthcare lead Chris Sullivan discusses the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and how technology can streamline the process to combat new variants. . While the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has signified the first signs of light at the end of the tunnel, the reality is that this public health crisis is still far from over.

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STAT

MARCH 7, 2024

A new monoclonal antibody product to protect against respiratory syncytial virus was 90% effective at preventing little children from being hospitalized with RSV, according to new data from the first season it was in use.

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Hospitals Vaccines 145