COVID boosters are back: what scientists say about whether to get onedoi:10.1038/d41586-023-02840-xMariana LenharoNature
Will the fall 2023 COVID vaccine boosters work for new COVID variants? They're expected to be effective. Vaccine makers say they expect the upcoming rollout of new COVID-19 vaccine and booster shots next month will work for EG.5 and FL.1.5.1 as well, since they are closely related to...
While the public has grown accustomed to calling additional shots "boosters," health officials are nowmoving away from the word "booster,"instead calling this year's shots the "2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine" or simply the"updated COVID-19 vaccine."This clarification helps distinguish previous addit...
The CDC believes at this time that symptoms of COVID-19 may appear in as few as 2 days or as long as 14 days after exposure. This is based on what has been seen previously as the incubation period of MERS-CoV viruses and what they are learning from the current COVID-19 cases. If...
Same when I took my son there, I know the same can happen to him... however, this is STILL the safest option, by far. The risk of dying by COVID or causing others to die or having a prolonged hospital stay is MUCH higher, as the numbers are showing. This is true not only for...
Most COVID-19 deaths to date have been related to frailty rather than just age, weakened immune systems and co-morbidities such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity
Does the COVID booster have side effects? The side effects are predicted to be similar to those of previous COVID-19 boosters. For instance, with last year's booster, the most common side effect was “a bit of a sore arm,” says William Schaffner, M.D., an infectious disease specialis...
Federal regulators are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 vaccine's connection to rare cases of myocarditis or another type of heart inflammation called pericarditis. Those potential side effects should not dissuade people from getting vaccinated, Di Palo and Lloyd-Jones said. ...
According to the CDC, all existing variants are offshoots of the Omicron strain, which first emerged in late 2021. CNN: How worried should people be? Wen: It depends on the individual and their medical and personal circumstances. Sleep apnea raises risk of long...
Omicron sends COVID cases soaring across U.S.01:47 With theOmicron variantof thecoronavirusnow dominant across the U.S., federal health officials are pleading with adults to wear masks andget a booster shotin hopes of curbing a feared surge in hospitalizations. ...