By Stephen Feller
The FDA on Monday approved and authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech that target omicron XBB subvariants of SARS-CoV-2.
The agency fully approved the monovalent messenger RNA vaccines for people aged 12 years or older and authorized them for emergency use among people aged 6 months to 11 years. Read more in Healio.
By Jared Kaltwasser
Vaccines were safe in transplant recipients, but their efficacy was affected by immunosuppressive therapies.
People who undergo kidney transplantation appear to have better outcomes from COVID-19 compared with those waiting for transplants, according to a new review.
However, the report also found that the immunosuppressive regimens associated with the procedure can complicate efforts to protect patients from the virus. The report was published in Cureus. Read more from the American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC).
The CDC has recently streamlined its guidance for COVID-19 vaccines and Evusheld, a preventive COVID-19 treatment, known as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), for people who are moderately or severely immunocompromised, including people who are kidney transplant recipients. Read the full article from National Kidney Foundation here.