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5,800 Vaccinated Americans Contract COVID-19

About 5,800 people who have been vaccinated against coronavirus have become infected anyway, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells CNN. Some became seriously ill and 74 people died, the CDC said. It said 396 — 7% — of those who got infected after they were vaccinated required hospitalization, reports CNN.

Breakthrough cases

This is the CDC’s first public accounting of breakthrough cases, and the agency is searching for patterns based on patient age and gender, location, type...

https://mfame.guru/5800-vaccinated-americans-contract-covid-19/

Medically Necessary: Johnson & Johnson pause will slightly slow down vaccine rollout

The Federal Emergency Management Agency was forced to shut down some vaccine clinics because of the pause on the use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo: FEMA)

This is an excerpt from the April 15, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

What happened? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine after a few recipients developed blood clots.

— Six women had blood clots after receiving the vaccine. One died and another is in critical condition, according to NPR.

— Right now, the CDC says these adverse...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/medically-necessary-johnson-johnson-pause-will-slightly-slow-down-vaccine-rollout

Nearly 85% Fewer J&J Vaccine Doses to States

The U.S. government will allocate nearly 85% fewer Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses to states next week, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), due to uneven production related in part to problems at a Baltimore manufacturing plant, reports reuters.

Department of Health and Human Services

Allocations will fall to 785,500 doses from 4.95 million doses this week. The data does not include a federal retail pharmacy program.

An official from the U.S....

https://mfame.guru/nearly-85-fewer-jj-vaccine-doses-to-states/

Navy Has Given 35% of Active-Duty Sailors COVID-19 Vaccines

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Emily Pierce, left, from Bremerton, Washington, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Information Systems Technician 1st Class Correy Bushman, from Rochester, Minnesota, assigned to the John C. Stennis, during a Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic led vaccination effort in conjunction with Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. US Navy Photo

The Navy has vaccinated approximately 35 percent of its...

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/08/navy-has-given-35-of-active-duty-sailors-covid-19-vaccines

Medically Necessary: Fight over timing for second doses continues

This is an excerpt from the April 5, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

Fight over timing for second doses continues

The fight: Since the beginning of the vaccine rollout, some scientists have argued that the U.S. should delay second doses of COVID-19 vaccines to allow more people to get some protection from the initial first dose.

  • Armed with more data and real-world examples, some public health officials are renewing their calls to delay...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/medically-necessary-fight-over-timing-for-second-doses-continues

Medically Necessary: Infrastructure plan directs billions to health care

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg meet with bipartisan members of the House to discuss infrastructure. (Official White House photo by Adam Schultz)

This is an excerpt from the April 1, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

The plan: The infrastructure plan proposed by the White House this week includes billions of dollars for the health care industry.

  • The White House’s infrastructure plan is just a proposal. Congress will have to approve any...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/medically-necessary-infrastructure-plan-directs-billions-to-health-care

Medically Necessary: Rideshare companies angle for a bigger piece of the health care supply chain

This is an excerpt from the March 25, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

Good afternoon. Medically Necessary is a newsletter by Matt Blois about the health care supply chain — how we get drugs, devices and medical supplies to health care providers and patients.

Rideshare companies angle for a bigger piece of the health care supply chain

A driver for the non-emergency medical transportation company Veyo helps a patient get to a doctor’s...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/medically-necessary-rideshare-companies-angle-for-a-bigger-piece-of-the-health-care-supply-chain

Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines May Prove To Be Unreliable Against Variants

Despite the theoretical potential of inactivated virus vaccines to offer a lead over other Covid-19 vaccine technologies against variants of concern, experts said they are unlikely to be a long-term solution, reports Clinical Trials Arena.

Infections variants 

Despite the theoretical potential of inactivated virus vaccines to offer a lead over other Covid-19 vaccine technologies against variants of concern, experts said they are unlikely to be a long-term solution. While it is logical...

https://mfame.guru/inactivated-sars-cov-2-vaccines-may-prove-to-be-unreliable-against-variants/

Pharma firms working together to make each other’s vaccines

Visual inspection of vaccine vials at a Merck production facility. (Photo: Copyright © 2009-2020 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, U.S.A. All rights reserved.)

This is an excerpt from the March 16, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

Good afternoon. Medically Necessary is a newsletter by Matt Blois about the health care supply chain — how we get drugs, devices and medical supplies to health care providers and patients.

Pharma firms working together to make each other’s vaccines

Visual inspection of vaccine vials at a Merck production facility. (Photo: Copyright © 2009-2020 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.,...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/pharma-firms-working-together-to-make-each-others-vaccines

Medically Necessary: Stimulus bill has billions for vaccine distribution, executive orders signal supply chain focus and Merck helps J&J produce vaccine

U.S. Capitol Building

This is an excerpt from the March 2, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

Good afternoon. Medically Necessary is a newsletter by Matt Blois about the health care supply chain — how we get drugs, devices and medical supplies to health care providers and patients.

Stimulus bill has billions to boost vaccine distribution

The COVID-19 stimulus bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives includes billions of dollars for the vaccine...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/medically-necessary:-stimulus-bill-has-billions-for-vaccine-distribution-executive-orders-signal-supply-chain-focus-and-merck-helps-j;j-produce-vaccine

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