Bivalent booster is 4x better against BA.5 in older adults, Pfizer says
EnlargeGetty | Future Publishing The new bivalent COVID-19 booster spurred neutralizing antibody levels that were fourfold higher against the omicron...
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LA County Seeing Rise in COVID Metrics, Prompting Fears of Winter Surge
After months of decline, Los Angeles County health officials have reported a sharp increase in the average daily number of...
Rudy Gobert placed in health and safety protocols
The Timberwolves were without Rudy Gobert for Saturday's game against Houston as Gobert entered the league's COVID health and safety...
Most Disney Shows, Including ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ & ‘9-1-1’, Drop Covid Vaccine Requirement After Company Lifts U.S. Mandate
Disney no longer requires vaccinations for the casts of all of its U.S. productions, as well as those who come...
2 Colorado men charged for fraudulently obtaining nearly $1 million each in COVID relief funds
Federal prosecutors in Denver have accused a 59-year-old Idaho Springs man and a 58-year-old Littleton man of fraudulently filing for...
COVID Bivalent Booster Better vs Omicron Subvariants: Pfizer
Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The COVID-19 bivalent Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine triggers...
Scientists made mini brains and infected them with coronavirus. What they saw could explain Long COVID
In a new study published in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers from Sweden and a Harvard-affiliated hospital in Boston tried to find...
U.K. researchers cure man who had coronavirus infection for over 400 days
Researchers in Britain say they have used genetic sequencing to help cure a man who was infected with the coronavirus...
Former ‘911’ Actor’s Suit Against Disney Over Vaccine-Related Firing Whittled Down by Judge
A federal judge has trimmed a lawsuit from Rockmond Dunbar, a former actor on 911, over his dismissal from the...
Opinion | China’s ‘zero-covid’ policy isn’t working
A semblance of normal life has returned to many places after the pandemic, thanks to vaccines and other measures. People...