As we head into the third winter of the pandemic, only about 13% of American adults — less than 11% of Americans overall — have received the bivalent…
Read more Confused about COVID boosters? Here’s what the science and the experts say about the new generation of shots.China’s zero-COVID strategy was back in the headlines on Monday, after the country announced its first COVID deaths in nearly six months, announced new restrictions in the capital…
Read more China announces first COVID deaths in months and unveils restrictions in Beijing and GuangzhouA fresh analysis of data on the immune response generated by the bivalent COVID-19 booster showed strong results against the newer omicron sublineages, Pfizer and German partner BioNTech…
Read more Pfizer and BioNTech updated booster shows strong results against new omicron sublineages in fresh analysis of dataChinese authorities have locked down Peking University after finding a single COVID case, evidence of their continued commitment to the country’s zero-COVID policy. Beijing reported more than 350…
Read more China locks down Peking University over one COVID case, showing commitment to zero-COVID policyIf 80% of children ages 5 and older get their COVID booster shots by the end of 2022, it could prevent about 29 million missed days of school…
Read more A robust booster campaign could prevent millions of missed school days among children ages 5 to 17, report findsChina counted more than 10,000 fresh COVID cases on Friday sparking further restrictions on movement, but also eased some travel requirements in a move welcomed by financial markets.…
Read more China eases some travel requirements in move welcomed by markets, even as it counts 10,000 new COVID cases in a dayShares of Chinese travel and consumer companies gained ground in Hong Kong after Beijing eased some Covid-19 restrictions, improving the outlook for sectors directly hit by the pandemic…
Read more Chinese travel, consumption stocks rally as Beijing eases COVID rulesThe head of the World Health Organization said a close to 90% decline in COVID deaths globally compared to nine months ago is “cause for optimism,” but urged…
Read more WHO says 90% decline in COVID deaths since Feb. is ’cause for optimism,’ while urging vigilance against new variantsThe southern Chinese manufacturing hub of Guangzhou is the latest to see lockdowns amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, as the government presses ahead with the strict zero-COVID…
Read more Manufacturing hub Guangzhou is latest Chinese city to face lockdowns as COVID cases riseChina’s strict zero-COVID policy was making headlines Monday after Apple and iPhone manufacturer Foxconn said over the weekend that restrictions are crimping production and will delay shipments of…
Read more All eyes on China as Apple and Foxconn outline zero-COVID issues. Meanwhile, cases are rising again in the U.S.Apple Inc. said Sunday that it now expects lower shipments of its high-end iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max devices than it did previously, as COVID-19…
Read more Apple warns that iPhone 14 Pro shipments will be hit by China production snagsFirst the good news: Pfizer Inc. and Germany-based partner BioNTech SE said updated trial data for their omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent booster showed a “substantially higher” immune response in…
Read more Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent booster shows higher immune response, but new COVID cases climb back above 40,000 a dayChinese officials are trying to quell an outcry over the death of a 3-year-old boy from a quarantined residential compound that added to public anger at anti-virus controls…
Read more China aiming for less disruptive COVID policies, reports sayThe global tally of COVID-19 cases fell 17% in the week through Oct. 30 from the previous week, while the death toll fell 5%, the World Health Organization…
Read more Weekly tally of COVID cases and deaths continues to fall; Moderna lowers vaccine-sales outlook by as much as $3 billionHospitalizations are rising again in New York City with the spread of new COVID-19 subvariants that are better at evading immunity. Cases of flu and respiratory syncytial virus,…
Read more Hospitalizations on the rise in New York City as new COVID strains spread rapidlyThe omicron sublineages named BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 continued to spread in the U.S. in the week through Oct. 29, accounting for 27.1% of new cases nationwide, according to…
Read more New omicron subvariants accounted for more cases in New York region in latest week than BA.5, CDC data showsA number of young children are being hospitalized because of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and it’s happening at an unusual time of year and among older children…
Read more COVID-19 may be to blame for the surge in RSV illness among children. Here’s why.The omicron sublineages named BQ.1 and XBB do not appear to have immune escape mutations that warrant being designated as variants of concern, a World Health Organization advisory…
Read more WHO panel says no evidence yet that new omicron subvariants are more dangerous than others that are circulatingAlmost three years since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and the Chinese city of Wuhan is again in partial lockdown, as it sticks with a strict zero-COVID…
Read more Almost three years into the pandemic, Chinese city of Wuhan is again in partial lockdown to stem latest outbreak of casesPresident Joe Biden will receive his updated COVID booster on Tuesday and will urge Americans to get the shot, which targets both the original virus and omicron variants…
Read more Biden to get updated COVID booster on Tuesday; less than 10% of eligible Americans have had the shot so far
