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CDC ACIP Recommendations for Covid 19 Vaccine for 2024
The CDC ACIP recommended implementation of the 2024 Covid-19 vaccine and the timeline is in the implementation slide set. CDC plans to use CDC Everything messages. Insurance plans, including Medicare, will cover the cost.
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CDC Advisory Committee Makes New Recommendations for RSV Vaccine
I looked at one slide set for the Respiratory Syncitial Virus (RSV) vaccine. I didn’t watch the meeting. The ACIP Adult RSV Work Group Clinical Considerations powerpoint presentation recommend transitioning away from the shared clinical decision-making (SCDM) component for getting the RSV vaccine. Slide 4 seems clear: “All adults aged 75 years and older should…
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Reminder: CDC ACIP Meeting June 26-28 on Vaccines Including Covid-19 and RSV
Just a reminder about the upcoming CDC ACIP meeting on vaccines, including RSV and Covid-19.
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Great Rounding@Iowa Podcast on Preventing & Managing Heat-Related Illness
The Rounding@Iowa podcast has many fascinating and helpful episodes, not the least of which is this one on heat-related illness. The days are getting hotter and we need to pay close attention to what happens in our bodies when exposed to excessive heat.
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Cicada-Geddon in Eastern Iowa
A couple of days ago I saw one of the many news items about the 17 year (and 13 year) cicadas invading Eastern Iowa this summer. But I haven’t seen any mention of the sex-crazed, fungus-infected zombie cicadas announced in April. So, you can relax. Try noise-cancelling headphones.
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June CDC ACIP Meeting on Covid and Other Vaccines
There’s an upcoming meeting of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) June 26-28, 2024. They’ll discuss the new Covid-19 vaccine and several other vaccines including RSV.
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About That Artificial Intelligence…
I’ve got a couple of things to get off my chest about Artificial Intelligence (AI). By now, everyone knows about AI telling people to put hot glue on pizza and whatnot. Sena and I talked to a guy at an electronics store who had nothing but good things to say about AI. I mentioned the…
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FDA VRBPAC Meeting: Vaccine Targeting Lineage JN.1 for Fall 2024
I didn’t get a chance to watch the June 5th FDA advisory committee meeting on the new vaccine formulation for Covid-19 for this fall. There is a nice summary on the Minnesota CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy). The committee unanimously upvoted the selection of the JN.1 lineage strain (which includes JN.1, KP.2…
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FDA VRBPAC Meeting on Covid Vaccine for Fall of 2024
The voting question for today’s FDA VRBPAC Meeting on the Covid Vaccine strain for this fall is: “For the 2024-2025 Formula of COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., does thecommittee recommend a monovalent JN.1-lineage vaccine composition?Please vote “Yes” or “No” or “Abstain.” The FDA Selection of the 2024-2025 Formula for COVID-19 vaccines briefing document has a…
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Svengoolie Movie: The Tingler!”
We saw the 1959 movie “The Tingler” starring Vincent Price on the Svengoolie show last Saturday. Price plays a prison pathologist, Dr. Warren Chapin, who’s trying to scientifically study a parasitic creature called the tingler (tingles up and down your spine means you’re scared right out of your mind!). It sits on your spine and…
Go Retire Psychiatrist 