On Sept. 24, the CDC issued updated interim guidance allowing certain people at highest risk for COVID-19 to receive a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 (now marketed as Comirnaty) booster shot. Specifically, the CDC endorsed the recommendation of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for booster shots. The CDC recommends the following individuals should receive a booster shot […]
On Sept. 27, Gov. Newsom signed Executive Order N-16-21 , which extends protections for health care providers that experience a privacy breach during the good faith provision of telehealth services. These protections were originally instituted in Executive Order N-43-20, which was set to expire on Sept. 30, but will now remain in place for the […]
On Sept. 24, CDPH issued a state public health officer order requiring COVID-19 immunization providers to request each patient’s mobile phone number and email address. If the patient does not provide this information, the provider must tell the patient that: They are not required to provide this information to receive the vaccine. Not providing the […]
On Sept. 24, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (SFWTF) issued guidance on President Biden’s executive order mandating that federal contractors and subcontractors must ensure their employees are vaccinated against COVID-19. The SFWTF is led by the White House COVID-19 Response Team, the General Services Administration, and the Office of Personnel Management. Specifically, the guidance clarifies […]
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced Sept. 28 that it will allow unvaccinated health care workers to continue to work if a facility is experiencing a critical staffing shortage. CDPH will release an All Facilities Letter (AFL) — perhaps as early as Sept. 29 — clarifying the state public health officer order that […]
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On Sept. 17, a key advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a limited endorsement of Pfizer vaccine boosters. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted unanimously to endorse a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination for two categories of people: those 65 and older, and those […]
Hospitals and health systems participating in the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) COVID-19 Vaccination Program should have received a letter from Tomas Aragon, MD, DrPH, director and state public health officer, outlining CDPH’s need to prepare for the increased vaccine demand volume for COVID-19 boosters and likely expansion of initial vaccines to include children […]