Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

ACOG Recommends Moms Get COVID Vaccines

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has released clinical guidance for vaccination during pregnancy to protect against influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID-19—at least some of which is in contrast to what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have recently framed up for the forthcoming cold-and-flu season. Specifically, ACOG recommends that all women who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or nursing should receive …

Committee Considering Risk-Based COVID Vaccine Guidelines

One of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s work groups is considering backpedaling universal COVID-19 vaccine recommendations—the current thinking—in favor of recommendations based on individual risk for the occurrence of more severe disease. If the suggestion advances, guidance would still call for adults aged 65 years and older as well as anyone with underlying health risks to receive at least 2 doses of the COVID vaccine every year. However, anyone outside of the high-risk …

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