New variants are poised to keep Covid-19 circulating at high levels throughout the summer
The next influx of infections will probably come from the newer Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, two closely related viruses...
Vaccines
News Scan for Jun 01, 2022
3 doses of same, different vaccines protect against mild, severe COVID-19Three COVID-19 vaccine doses offer good protection against infection and...
New study documents pliable influence of partisan media
Partisan media outlets like Fox News pose a hazard to democracy by denying their viewers’ access to information detrimental to...
Omicron is outrunning the vaccines designed to fight it
Efforts to update COVID vaccines can't seem to keep up with changes in the virus itself. State of play: New...
AMA announces CPT update for pediatric COVID-19 vaccine candidate
June 01, 2022The American Medical Association (AMA) announced an update to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)® code set, to now include the...
COVID vaccines: Novavax says India, Europe, South Korea to supply global doses for 2022
Novavax (NVAX) is awaiting the outcome of a June 7 meeting of the FDA's vaccine advisory committee, which could finally...
Coronavirus Today: Why things are getting worse
Good evening. I’m Karen Kaplan, and it’s Tuesday, May 31. Here’s the latest on what’s happening with the coronavirus in...
WHO: COVID “getting worse, not better” in North Korea
LONDON – A top official at the World Health Organization said the U.N. health agency assumes the coronavirus outbreak in...
COVID-19 cases in Mississippi have risen slightly in May
Mississippi's COVID-19 numbers are on the rise with 533 new cases reported by the Mississippi State Department of Health between Jan. 1...
Gridlock could delay COVID funds until fall — or longer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is headed for “a lot of unnecessary loss of life," the Biden administration says, if...