When can I get the COVID-19 booster shot? Booster shots are recommended for people aged 18 and older who received a Johnson & Johnson vaccine at least two months ago. Certain groups may also get a booster shot i
(see the GA stats page click on the "deaths" over the chart to compare cases to fatalities) If this seems confusing, it's due to the greater availability of testing, so as so many more people find out they have or had COVID but were largely asymptomatic, the number of reported cases...
Unfortunately, no.Expertsdon’t know whether a positive COVID-19 antibody test means that a person is or will become immune to the COVID-19 virus. As mentioned above, many peopledon’t become immuneafter being sick with an Omicron subvariant. People may still make antibodies while they’re...
As university students head back abroad for the fall, they wonder whether to get booster shots months after first getting vaccinated. ByRayna Song Jun 23, 20213-min read#Coronavirus#living abroad#education Like many Chinese students heading back to countries with high COVID-19 infection rates, Ch...
Taking all three shots simultaneously could be ideal for people who may not have the time to make the multiple trips. "By far the biggest benefit of getting all three together is convenience," Alhassani said. Someresearcheven shows that many people don't come back when they have to t...
health officials try to get COVID-19 vaccines to people more quickly, it’s already time for some people to get their second shots. So who's keeping track to make sure you get the correct second dose, and on time? And who can see that information? It’s one of the many...
especially as it’s expected that people will have to get booster shots perhaps every few years. Updating the vaccines is a process that should just take weeks to months in terms of design, though scientists are stressing that the infectious diseases and regulatory comm...
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, reduced incidence of many viral and bacterial infections has been reported in children: bronchiolitis, varicella, measles, pertussis, pneumococcal and meningococcal invasive diseases. The purpose of this opinion paper is to discuss various situations that ...
Because there are many different strains of norovirus, it has been difficult to make avaccine. However, this is an active area of research, and there are somevaccinesthat have shown promise in mouse (murine) models. Vaccine trials are now beginning in humans, but there is no commercial vacci...
As case data became less useful, experts turned back to hospitalizations. This time though, hospitalizations were more complicated: Because omicron was less likely to cause severe COVID-19 symptoms than past variants, there was uncertainty about how many people hospitalized with COVID-19 were actual...