Vaccinations

People with HIV at higher risk of COVID reinfection: CDC A new CDC study found people with HIV were more likely to be reinfected with COVID than those without HIV. ABC News ABC News

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Rates of reinfection were higher among people with HIV (6.7%) than among people without HIV (5.2%).

People with HIV are more likely to have completed a primary COVID vaccine series plus a booster before their reinfection -- 31.8% versus 27% for those without HIV.

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EU sets up new mechanisms to stave off medicine shortages The European Commission on Tuesday launched some short-term measures to prevent medicine shortages this winter and the next as a stop-gap while a proposed pharmaceutical rules overhaul is hashed out by the EU's key legislative arms. Julia Payne Reuters

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COVID-19 vaccine uptake in pregnancy linked to previous vaccine acceptance Advanced maternal age, obesity, Asian race, and private insurance were all correlated to COVID-19 vaccine uptake. CIDRAP

Pregnant patients who accepted recommended tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) and flu vaccines in pregnancy were more likely to also get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a new study in the Journal of Infection.

Should you get a COVID booster? Here are 7 things to consider. When and whether to get a COVID booster should depend on your health status, risk tolerance, timing of last infection and other personal factors, experts say. Yahoo News

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