This fall, millions of Americans might be lining up for yet another kind of COVID vaccine: their first-ever dose that lacks the strain that ignited the pandemic more…
Read more What Should Go Into This Year’s COVID Vaccine?March 31, 2023 – An antiviral therapy in early development has the potential to prevent COVID-19 infections when given as a nasal spray as little as 4 hours…
Read more Nasal COVID Treatment Shows Early Promise Against Multiple VariantsAfter months and months of SARS-CoV-2 subvariant soup, one ingredient has emerged in the United States with a flavor pungent enough to overwhelm the rest: XBB.1.5, an Omicron…
Read more How Worried Should We Be About XBB.1.5?Dec. 16, 2022 – It’s a story perhaps more appropriate for Halloween than the festive holiday season, given its troubling implications. Four Omicron subvariants of the virus that…
Read more Rise of ‘Alarming’ Subvariants of COVID Predicted for WinterDec. 13, 2022 – COVID-19 vaccinations prevented 3.2 million deaths and 18.5 million hospitalizations in the United States from December 2020 through November 2022, according to a new report…
Read more COVID Vaccines Saved More Than 3 Million U.S. Lives Since 2020China’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.The 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 showsThe two newly identified omicron subvariants, dubbed BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, are spreading fast in the New York region and could account for about 37% of new cases, according…
Read more Two new COVID variants are spreading fast in New York region and could account for about 37% of new casesOct. 18, 2022 – Move over, BA.5. There are some new kids in town and no one is sure yet if we should be worried. But there is…
Read more New COVID Subvariants Rising: How Concerned Should We Be?Oct. 5, 2022 – Anthony Fauci, MD, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, said this…
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