White House Covid czar calls on seniors to get omicron booster now – ‘It literally could save your life’
White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha addresses the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. July...
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What to Know About COVID-19 Variants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1
With another potential COVID-19 surge looming, experts are turning their attention to a pair of new variants that are steadily...
What is the latest news in COVID-19 vaccines?
Vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus are the best tools for providing protection against serious disease, hospitalization, and death resulting from...
CDC officials describe intense pressure, job threats from Trump White House
Trump appointees oversaw a concerted effort to restrict immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border during the pandemic, change scientific reports and...
India’s made-in-the-USA nasal Covid vaccine
.cms-textAlign-left{text-align:left;}.cms-textAlign-center{text-align:center;}.cms-textAlign-right{text-align:right;} INNOVATORS Nasal vaccines have long been used to control the flu, raising the prospect they could work for Covid-19....
How COVID-19 Is Lowering Life Expectancies Around the World
COVID-19 has caused an inordinate number of deaths around the world so far, causing life-expectancies to plunge. Historically, countries have...
CDC identifies new COVID variants that accounted for 11.4% of new cases in week ending Oct. 15
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a new COVID variant dubbed BQ.1 and a descendant called BQ.1.1 have...
Should my child get the bivalent booster? A pediatrician weighs in.
Last week, the Federal Drug and Food Administration (FDA) authorized emergency use of the bivalent booster shots for children as...
Moderna CEO: Not everyone will need an annual COVID booster
The COVID-19 booster market is starting to look more like an annual flu season than it did in the first...
Survey: Noncommunicable Diseases Still Underestimated, Only 59% View Diabetes As Very Harmful
Is it possible to underestimate the biggest killer in the world? In a word, yes. In two words, unfortunately yes....