The summer COVID-19 surge is being linked at least in part to more people gathering inside to escape the heat. Should you get a booster now or wait for new versions to come out in the fall? Here’s what the experts are saying. - Videos from The Weather C
Booster shots can help improve immunity against COVID-19 after protection from standard vaccination has decreased with time, medical experts told the Shanghai Infectious Diseases Forum on Saturday. Leading experts, health officials and...
In what has become a pattern of spreading vaccine misinformation, the Florida health department is telling older Floridians and others at highest risk fromCOVID-19to avoid most booster shots, saying they are potentially dangerous.Clinicians and scientists denounced the message aspolitically fueled scar...
MORE: What to know about the updated COVID vaccines coming this fall Because viruses evolve as they infect people, the CDC has recommended updated COVID vaccines each year. Last fall's booster was designed to target the omicron variant circulating in 2023. This year, mRNA vaccines...
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former FDA commissioner, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that despite the summer surge of COVID, the "timing is about right" for the rollout of the new COVID booster and free tests that will be av
Or "maybe COVID is more tolerant of humidity or other environmental conditions in the summer," said Caitlin Rivers, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University. Because viruses evolve as they infect people, the CDC has recommended updated COVID vaccines each year. Last fall's booster was desig...
“The challenge for COVID is what variant do you pick” when modifying a vaccine, he said. “How often does it change?” Once that’s decided, would people who’ve already received the original COVID-19 vaccine get a booster shot to protect against variants of concern while vaccine-naive...
Medically reviewed byMelisa Puckey, BPharm. Last updated on Dec 16, 2024. How effective is Merck's molnupiravir COVID-19 capsule? Official answer byDrugs.com Molnupiravir(Lagevrio, MK-4482, EIDD-2801) is Merck's antiviral capsule that has been used successfully in studies to treat mild...
People infected with the omicron variant show poor immunity boosting against future covid-19 infection, researchers have found.1 This may explain why breakthrough and repeat infections have been a common feature of the omicron wave of the pandemic, even among people who have been triple vaccinated...
“Wake up, sheep. The NBA is already mandating the vaccine booster now. This won’t ever end, we [are] going to make 100% healthy people get COVID shots every six months for the rest of their lives?” Along the same vein, Inner Sports founder Garret Kramer tweeted, “On what planet...