...hospitals are still about as full as they’ve ever been during the pandemic – at least three-quarters of available beds across the country were in use for all of 2022 – and that doesn’t seem likely to change any time soon. ...
Some 96.3% of people aged 80 and over in England were likely to have antibodies at the start of December 2022, up from 89.2% in early September.
For 75 to 79-year-olds, the proportion stands at 95.8%, up from 87.4%. ...
The figures are “likely a result of the vaccination booster campaign”, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which has published the data.
A study yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine shows women and racial minorities were underrepresented in both COVID-19 clinical treatment trials and in disease prevention trials.
The research was conducted by a team from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, as well researchers from Beijing and London.