COVID-19 vaccines tweaked to better match today's omicron threat are expected to roll out in a few weeks but still up in the air is how much benefit the booster shots will offer, who should get one—and how soon. Pfizer and rival Moderna both asked U.S. regulators this week toauthori...
If you’re curious to find out if you’ve been infected, there are ways to find out. There’s a blood test that can look at your T-cells. This test — called aT-cell receptor (TCR) assay— can tell if your body fought a COVID-19 infection. A TCR assay can also detect if you...
That effort got a lift with 28 million U.S. kids 5 to 11 years old noweligiblefor child-sized doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Moves elsewhere, like Austria’s recent decision torequireall adults to be vaccinated and even the U.S. authorizing booster shots for all adults ...
businesses, schools and government agencies across the country are requiring proof of full vaccination -- someincluding booster shots. In some cases, these mandates just apply to employees, but in others, customers and visitors must show they're up-to-date on their doses, too....
Brands are facing various challenges when they come to the decision to launch a product or campaign, especially during Covid. Take fashion weeks for example - there is growing uncertainty around the future of fashion shows and how people will be able to attend in-person events safely. Moreover...
Free COVID vaccine for people with insurance Under federal law, plans are required to coverCOVID-19 vaccinesat no cost to you through providers within your insurer's network. If there are no vaccinators in your network who can offer the shots, insurers are required to cover the service ou...
In America, there have been no deaths and are unlikely to very many. By comparison, the ordinary flu (did you get your flu vaccination shot?) has already killed 187 children in America since January 1st. See this page for a compassion of COVID-19, the flu and automobile accidents See...
For instance, she said, the CDC could post a warning on its website advising people not to take mRNA vaccines. That scenario is not so far-fetched — Florida’s surgeon general hasdiscouraged the publicfrom getting COVID-19 booster shots based onunscientific concernsabouthow mRNA vaccines work...
pertussis due to anti-COVID-19 measures. However, even if the incidence of the disease strongly decreased since the introduction of booster vaccines, the bacterium is still circulating especially in adults and the elderly as shown by sero-epidemiological studies conducted in various countries. This ...
Public health officials are urging eligible Americans to take all three shots so the nation can avoid another "tripledemic" of Covid, flu and RSV.