Surveys spotlight pregnant women's drop in confidence over COVID vaccines Spanish-speaking Hispanic women had the highest self-reported rate of any COVID-19 vaccination. CIDRAP

A new study details dramatically lower confidence in COVID-19 vaccine safety in pregnant and recently pregnant women in 2023 compared to 2021, despite evidence to the contrary, according to findings published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.

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Feds Have Seized More Than $1.4 Billion From Fraudulent Covid Relief Recipients Three years into its work, a federal task force has seized more than $1.4 billion in Covid-19 fraud, but it’s likely only a fraction of the total losses. James Farrell Forbes

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City-Country Mortality Gap Widens Amid Persistent Holes in Rural Health Care Access - KFF Health News People in their prime working years living in rural America are 43% more likely to die of natural causes, like diseases, than their urban counterparts, a disparity that grew rapidly in recent decades, according to a new federal report. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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Pfizer’s RSV vaccine shows potential to protect high-risk adults ages 18-59, widening possible use

A vaccine from Pfizer showed the potential to protect adults ages 18 to 59 who are at increased risk of getting severely sick from respiratory syncytial virus in a late stage clinical trial, the company said Tuesday.

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