A healthcare worker prepares a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, Janua...
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A New Covid Vaccine That’s Effective Against Omicron Could Hit The Market This Year
Topline Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline are hoping to launch their latest Covid vaccine later this year after trials found it to be particularly effective against the omicron variant, promising news for th...
Have You Been Vaccinated And Had A Covid Infection? You’re Probably Best Protected Against Omicron, Study Suggests.
Topline A previous Covid infection provided more “durable” protection against infection with the omicron variant than two or three doses of Pfizer or Moderna’s vaccines—but protectio...
Moderna’s Booster Shot Targeting Omicron And Original Strain Could Be Available Late Summer After Promising Trials
Topline Moderna is hoping to launch a new Covid booster shot this Fall that targets both the original coronavirus strain and omicron variant after promising early results from clinical trials, the com...
Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine Protection Against Omicron Fades Just Weeks After Second And Third Doses, Study Finds
Topline Immunity against the omicron coronavirus variant fades rapidly after a second and third dose of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, according to peer reviewed research published in JAMA Ne...
WHO says omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants have spread to over a dozen countries
coronavirus impact business and economy Mf3d | E+ | Getty Images Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 have been detected in more than a dozen countries, helping fuel sporadic Covid outbreaks across the w...
Omicron May Be Less Likely To Cause Smell Loss Than Other Covid Variants, Researchers Say
Topline Anecdotal evidence suggests that the coronavirus omicron variant may be less likely than other variants to cause smell loss, a common Covid-19 symptom with potentially serious implications for...
China Faces Omicron ‘Tsunami’ If It Abandons Controversial Zero-Covid Policy, Researchers Warn
Topline China faces an omicron “tsunami” that could overwhelm hospitals and kill more than 1 million people if it abandons its “zero-Covid” strategy, according to a new study published in Nature Medic...
Antibodies From Covid Vaccines May Be Weaker Against Omicron, Study Finds
Topline Antibodies produced by Covid-19 vaccines and booster shots may be less effective at defending against the omicron variant than previous coronavirus strains, a study by researchers at Johns Hop...
White House Advisor Calls For ‘Caution, But Not Overreacting’ As Covid Cases Jump 50%
Topline Daily U.S. Covid-19 cases have risen by over 50% in the last two weeks, but hospitalizations remain near pandemic lows, leading White House Covid-19 advisor Dr. Ashish Jha to encourage “care a...
NY Gov. Hochul warns omicron subvariants driving spike in infections
Kathy Hochul, governor of New York, speaks during a news conference in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. Mark Kauzlarich | Bloomberg | Getty Images Two mutated strains of the highly transmissible ...
87% Of Kids Hospitalized With Covid During Omicron Wave Were Unvaccinated, CDC Says
Topline About 87% of children hospitalized with Covid-19 when the omicron variant was dominant were unvaccinated, according to a study released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...
New Covid vaccine’s omicron results improve on current shots
A healthcare worker fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Giorgio Companies site in Blandon, PA where the CATE Mobile Vaccination Unit was onsite to administer Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines...
Covid Cases Rise In 32 States Amid New Virus Strain—But White House Says Vaccines Are ‘Holding Up’
Topline Covid-19 cases are rising in more than half of all states due to the new coronavirus subvariant, but White House Covid-19 advisor Dr. Ashish Jha said Sunday the vaccines are still “holding up”...
WHO tracks omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants as they spread through Africa and Europe
Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are circulating at low levels in several countries within Southern Africa and Europe, according to the World Health Organization. The two subvariants of the highly c...
Omicron More Likely To Cause Upper Airway Infections Among Children Than Previous Covid Varieties, Study Says
Topline The omicron variant is more likely than other coronavirus variants to cause upper airway infection (UAI) among children, which puts them at risk of heart attack and other severe complications,...
Pfizer May Have Omicron-Optimized Covid Vaccine Ready By Fall, CEO Says
Topline Pfizer and BioNTech could finish work by the fall on a new version of its Covid-19 vaccine that can better protect against the omicron variant while still being effective against other known s...
Improve Your Portfolio’s Health By Investing In Health Care Stocks
Investors have weathered an incredible storm of volatility so far in 2022. The year started with a rapid surge of COVID driven by the Omicron variant, supply chain issues continued to plague the globa...
Covid outbreaks in New York and D.C. infect senior officials as omicron BA.2 variant sweeps the U.S.
A man is given a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at pop-up testing site in New York, April 11, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Covid infections are rising again in the U.S. with outbreaks in New ...
New omicron XE variant detected in Japan as UK cases rise
As of April 5 2022, 1,125 cases of XE — a new scombinant subvariant — have been identified in the U.K., up from 637 on March 25. Dominic Lipinski | Pa Images | Getty Images Japan has reported its firs...
As Stars Catch Covid, Broadway Braces For A Chaotic Month
Daniel Craig, currently playing the title role in MACBETH on Broadway. (Photo by Max … [+] Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images) Getty Images Not even James Bond can dodge Covid. Daniel Craig is one of sev...
UK has detected a new Covid variant. Here’s what we know so far about omicron XE
According to the Office for National Statistics, 4.9 million people in Britain, or 1 in 13, were infected with Covid-19 as of March 26 — a record high since its survey began in April 2020. Bloomberg |...
Here’s What We Know About Omicron XE — The New Covid Variant Found In The U.K.
Topline A new Covid-19 variant that combines two different omicron strains has been identified in the United Kingdom, and it could be the fastest-spreading Covid variant yet, according to early data f...
CDC director says high immunity in U.S. population provides some protection against omicron BA.2
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday said there is enough immunity in the U.S. population to provide some protection against the more contagious omicron BA.2 subvariant, which could help stave of...
Dr. Scott Gottlieb believes omicron BA.2 subvariant unlikely to cause ‘national wave’ in U.S.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Tuesday that he believes the U.S. this spring will avoid a “national wave” of infection related to the more contagious omicron BA.2 subvariant. However, the...
More contagious omicron BA.2 is on track to displace others in U.S.
A resident receives a Covid-19 swab test during a mobile clinic at Saint Paul MB Church in Cleveland, Mississippi, on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Rory Doyle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The more contagious ...
We Cannot ‘Boost Our Way Out’ Of The Covid Pandemic, Experts Warn
Topline U.S. officials greenlit second booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid vaccines last week in an effort to bolster waning immunity ahead of a potential surge of cases driven by t...
BA.2 Omicron Variant Becomes Dominant In U.S., CDC Says
Topline The highly transmissible BA.2 Omicron variant comprised more than half of COVID-19 infections last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, as experts say they bel...
More contagious omicron BA.2 Covid subvariant dominant in the U.S., CDC says
A woman takes a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a pop-up testing site in New York City, January 12, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The more contagious omicron subvariant, BA.2, is now the dom...
U.S. Covid Cases Plateau After Months Of Declines—And Rise In Some States
Topline Daily coronavirus infections plateaued across the United States last week—and are on the rise in several states—following weeks of steadily declining case counts, even as Covid-19 hospitalizat...