FDA Authorizes Another Covid Booster Shot for People Over 65
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized an additional round of bivalent booster shots …
Tag: Coronavirus Omicron Variant
Biden Receives Updated Covid Booster and Urges Americans to Follow Suit
While many younger, healthier Americans already have significant protection against Covid-19 from past vaccinations and …
Flu and Other Infections Return as Covid Cases Rise
For more than two years, shuttered schools and offices, social distancing and masks granted Americans …
As White House Presses for Booster Shots, Americans Are Slow to Get Them
BALTIMORE — The new coronavirus booster shots have found a modest number of takers at …
FDA Authorizes Updated Covid Booster Shots For Kids 5 to 11
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators broadened access to updated coronavirus booster shots on Wednesday to include …
People Exposed to Covid May Need to Take as Many as Three At-Home Tests
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a new recommendation on Thursday that asymptomatic people …
U.K. Approves Covid Booster Vaccine That Targets Two Variants
British regulators on Monday approved the country’s first Covid-19 booster vaccine to target two coronavirus …
CDC Signs Off on Updated Booster Shots That Address Omicron
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended that the …
F.D.A. Authorizes Updated Covid Booster Shots Targeting Omicron Subvariants
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized the first redesign of coronavirus vaccines since …
The Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 have together become dominant in the U.S.
The milestone comes less than six months since they were first detected in South Africa, and as the federal government considers an Omicron-specific booster dose for adults in the fall.
F.D.A. Panel Recommends Agency Clear Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines for Young Children
Neither Pfizers nor Modernas pediatric doses have been tested against the subvariants that may soon be dominant in the U.S.
You Can Get Covid Again. Heres What to Know About Reinfection
Some reinfection questions, answered.
Moderna Says Its Revised Covid Vaccine Works Better Against Omicron
A significantly stronger immune response against Omicron is seen, but it remains unclear how an updated vaccine will fare against future versions of the virus.
Revised Moderna Vaccine Works Better Against Omicron, Trial Suggests
The findings indicate that the updated vaccine produced a significantly stronger immune response against Omicron, but it is unclear how it will fare against future versions of the virus.
More Omicron Versions Gain Ground U.S., According to C.D.C. Estimates
The spread of the subvariants adds more uncertainty to the trajectory of the pandemic in the United States.