modern announced the first results on Wednesday On an updated coronavirus vaccine targeting the Omicron variant, he calls it our “pioneer candidate” for the fall to serve as a US booster shot. The firm’s researchers tested a booster dose that combined the original vaccine with a vaccine specifically targeting Omicron, the variant that became dominant […]
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Revised Moderna Vaccine Works Better Against Omicron, Trial Proposal
modern announced the first results on Wednesday On an updated coronavirus vaccine targeting the Omicron variant, he called it our “pioneer candidate” for the fall to serve as the US booster. The firm’s researchers tested a booster dose that combined the original vaccine with a targeted vaccine specifically against Omicron, the variant that became dominant […]
More Omicron Versions Gain US Ground According to CDC Estimates
Omicron subvariants, known as BA.4 and BA.5, now represent 13 percent of new coronavirus cases, up from 7.5 percent a week ago and 1 percent in early May. according to new estimates From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The spread of subvariables adds further uncertainty to the trajectory of the pandemic in the […]
Mortality Rates Rise in Older People During the Omicron Wave
Despite strong vaccination levels among older people, Covid killed them at much higher rates this winter during the Omicron wave than last year, taking advantage of the long delays since their last vaccination and the variant’s ability to circumvent immune defenses. The wave of death in older people this winter belied the relative softness of […]
Omicron Was More Severe in Unvaccinated Children 5-11 Years Old
Unvaccinated children ages 5 to 11 are hospitalized with Covid at twice the rate of vaccinated children during the winter months, according to the Omicron variant surge, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. reported on Tuesday. The study was: last to show He said that although the vaccines have lost some of their effectiveness […]
Omicron Blunt Vaccine Protection in Adolescents
Researchers reported Wednesday that, in another twist to the debate about how best to protect children from the coronavirus, Covid vaccines offered reduced protection against hospitalizations among children 12 and older during the recent Omicron surge. The efficacy of the vaccine against hospitalization remained stable in children aged 5 to 11 years and adolescents aged […]
Sinovac Booster Provides Elderly Stronger Protection Against Omicron,
Two doses of China’s Sinovac vaccine gave the elderly only moderately high levels of protection against severe illness and death from Covid-19, but a third dose significantly strengthened their defenses. New study by scientists in Hong Kong. The study is based on patients infected during the current devastating period. Omicron wave in Hong Kongserves as […]
What We Know About the ‘Secret’ BA.2 Omicron Variant
As the Omicron coronavirus surge wanes, researchers keep an eye out for a highly contagious disease. Subvariant known as BA.2. While it doesn’t appear to have the capacity to drive a large wave of new infections, the variant could potentially slow the current decline in Covid cases and make treatments more difficult. Here’s what we […]
Until recently it was the ‘secret’ Omicron: Here’s what we know about it
As the Omicron coronavirus surge wanes, researchers keep an eye out for a highly contagious disease. Subvariant known as BA.2. While it doesn’t appear to have the capacity to drive a large wave of new infections, the variant could potentially slow the current decline in Covid cases and make treatments more difficult. Here’s what we […]
Experts Say New ‘Deltacron’ Variant Is Rare and Similar To Omicron
In recent days, scientists have reported that a hybrid of Omicron and Delta coronavirus variants has emerged in many countries in Europe. What is known so far about the hybrid, which received the nicknames Frankensteinian Deltamicron or Deltacron. How was it found? In February, Scott Nguyen, a scientist at the Washington DC Public Health Laboratory, […]
