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COVID Trends Continue, but Severity Remains Low
Key Points: In today’s Recommendation for Industry, we discuss the current data on COVID case rates and hospitalizations. Read more below. FDA committee approves Moderna COVID vaccine for kids 6 to 17. Previously only Pfizer was approved for ages 5-17 and the CDC had recommended that age range receive a single-dose booster. The CDC reports…
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Monkeypox: What It Is and How It Spreads
Key Points: In today’s Recommendation for Industry, we discuss the recent monkeypox outbreak. Read more below. In-utero COVID exposure tied to language, motor delays by 1 year. Infants born to mothers infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy were more likely to receive a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 1 year of age, regardless of whether they were born…
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COVID U.S.: Surge Moving Westward; BA.4 and BA.5 Increasing
Key Points: In today’s Recommendation for Industry, we discuss the westward movement of COVID and increase of BA.4 and BA. 5 in the U.S. Read more below. Reporting Home COVID Test Results Can Be Confusing. Here’s How to Do It. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “strongly encourages” everyone who self-tests to report their…
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Defending Against Infectious Disease
Key Points: In today’s Recommendation for Industry, we discuss defending against infectious disease. Read more below. COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy may protect infants. The COVID-19 vaccination has shown through a study performed by JAMA Internal Medicine that it can protect babies for their first 4 months of life. Protection for infants was 33% during the…
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Cases Seem to be Improving and Moving Across the Country
Key Points: In today’s Recommendation for Industry, we discuss how cases seem to be improving and moving across the country, as shown through the CDC community levels map and our weekly matrix. Read more below. Global COVID-19 cases fall 11%, deaths drop 3%. Since January, cases have steadily fallen over the world. Some areas of…
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Virus Update: COVID Masks, Hepatitis Outbreak
Key Points: In today’s Recommendation for Industry, we discuss COVID masking and the Hepatitis A outbreak. Read more below. Vaccines lower risk of long COVID 15%, death by 34%, data show. The vaccines were shown to be the most effective for lung disorders and blood clots. Those who tested positive for COVID-19 after vaccination faced…
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COVID Showing Stable and Declining Global Rates
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss COVID-19 trends stabilizing and declining. Read more below. The CDC released research done on post-COVID conditions among adult COVID-19 survivors aged 18-64 and younger than 65, here are some results: Another figure shows additional areas of the body that were included in the research conducted. Independent…
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Prepare Your Business for Omicron Variant Reinfections
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss COVID-19 variants, BA.4 and BA.5. Read more below. Despite what many of us might like to believe, COVID-19 has not gone away. South Africa recently identified two new subvariants of Omicron – designated BA.4 and BA.5. These subvariants have now spread to several other countries, including…
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Levels Increasing, but Significantly Lower than Early 2022
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the trends of COVID based on TAG’s weekly matrix and the CDC community levels mapping. Read more below. Four global regions around the world have seen a rise in COVID-19 cases, including in the Eastern Mediterranean region, Western Pacific, The Americas, and the African region. The…
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Keeping Ill Workers Home Reduces Transmission of Both Infectious and Foodborne Diseases
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss keeping ill workers home to reduce both infectious and foodborne diseases. Read more below. To handle the rise in COVID-19 cases, the U.S. government is again sending free COVID-19 tests to U.S. households. In this 3rd round of free at-home tests, you will receive 8 tests…