Gov. Pritzker’s Order on COVID Guidelines Now Includes Change for Masking in Illinois
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker updated an executive order surrounding COVID masking guidelines Friday. The change to the order shifts one...
Vaccines
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...
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...
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....
Biden Covid officials scramble to plan for Omicron subvariant threat
A patient receives a Covid-19 booster at the Southwest Senior Center on Sept. 9, 2022 in Chicago. Officials are hopeful...
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Serum Institute to produce Ebola vaccine for use in Uganda outbreak
SummaryCompaniesNo proven vaccine found yet for Sudan strain of EbolaUganda has seen 19 deaths and 54 cases since last monthIndian...
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...