Will the virus SARS-CoV-2 become endemic like the flu, or can it be eliminated with vaccine-induced herd immunity? Herd immunity is when a large part of the population is immune to a specific disease. If enough people are resistant to the cause of a disease, such...
The agency’s investment of $600 million to 12 domestic test manufacturers will supply 200 million home tests. Each household can order 4 free tests to detect the currently circulating COVID-19 variants. In 6 previous rounds, the website helped connect people with more than 1 ...
The homemoleculartests delivered by that program – Pfizer's Lucira test for COVID-19 and flu – are more sensitive than other kinds of at-home rapid antigen tests that had been shipped from the USPS orders. That program is set to wind down in mid-April, a spokesperson for the NIH's ...
Maniar says he doesn't know if an annual COVID-19 shot would be a better match for the coronavirus than the flu shots are for circulating strains of influenza, but says technology has developed to the point "we're able to address new variants in a pretty timely way." People could get ...
One of the cats was tested after it showed mild respiratory signs, although its owners were not confirmed to have Covid-19. The virus may have been transmitted to this cat by mildly ill or asymptomatic household members or through contact with an infected person outside its home, the CDC ...
“We certainly are treating COVID just like we would treat flu or hand, foot and mouth” disease, said Colagrosso, CEO of A Place To Grow Children’s Center in Oak Hill. As for kids without symptoms who test positive for COVID? Most parents have sto...
"We certainly are treating COVID just like we would treat flu or hand, foot and mouth" disease, said Colagrosso, CEO of A Place To Grow Children's Center in Oak Hill. As for kids without symptoms who test positive for COVID? Most parents have stopped testing kids unless they have symp...
That might sound a little melodramatic until you recall that it is ultimately the very point of Britain'sCOVID-19test and trace strategy. The sooner we detect the disease and marshal that information to prevent infected people passing COVID on to their contacts, the...
“Vaccine manufacturers are already beginning to develop modified vaccines to basically address these mutations. That may result in an additional booster dose that may be needed to prevent COVID-19, but it’s too early to say," he said. “We just don’t know if they’re going to get re...
“Vaccine manufacturers are already beginning to develop modified vaccines to basically address these mutations. That may result in an additional booster dose that may be needed to prevent COVID-19, but it’s too early to say," he said. “We just don’t know if they’re going to get re...