FDA OKs Pfizer boosters in kids; WHO weighs in on second boosters
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today gave the thumbs-up to the emergency use of Pfizer COVID-19 boosters in kids...
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U.S. government is offering free COVID tests again, as cases rise 57% from two weeks ago; FDA authorizes booster for children aged 5 to 11 – MarketWatch
The federal government is again offering Americans free COVID-19 test kits through the mail, allowing for up to eight more...
News Scan for May 17, 2022
Machine-learning models may detect patients at risk for long COVID-19Machine-learning models created by a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported research...
Pfizer Documents Show Vaccine Is Highly Effective, Contrary to Social Media Posts – FactCheck.org
SciCheck Digest The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine showed a final efficacy of 91% against symptomatic illness in its phase 3 trial....
Pfizer documents do not reveal dangers of Covid-19 vaccine – AFP Factcheck
Copyright AFP 2017-2022. All rights reserved. Social media posts and online articles have made a series of inaccurate claims about...
Trained scent dogs detect airline travelers with COVID-19
"Sniffer dogs" may be able to use their highly developed sense of smell to single out people infected with COVID-19,...
Five things to know about long COVID – The Hill
COVID-19 cases are rising again — and some of them could lead to the condition known as long COVID, which...
‘Direction We’re Heading’: Chicago Could Soon Reach High COVID Level: Top Doc – NBC Chicago
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise around the United States, Chicago's top doctor says she expects the city could soon...
Montgomery Co. recommends masks again with COVID surge ‘lasting longer than expected’ – WTOP
Residents in Montgomery County, Maryland, are being urged to wear masks when indoors, to get tested for COVID-19 when returning...
Virulently anti-vax Eric Clapton tests positive for COVID – The Hill
Eric Clapton — one of the most prominent opponents of vaccination mandates — says he’s postponing performances after testing positive...