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Updated COVID-19 Vaccines Are Officially on the Way
This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved updated mRNA vaccines for COVID-19. The vaccines are intended to increase people’s protection from the latest circulating variants of the coronavirus, which has started to cause a recent uptick in illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will soon issue its own recommendations on…
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Anti-Vaxxers Spread Lies Online About Betty White’s Death
Anti-vaccine activists have spent the past few days spreading lies about Betty White, the beloved actress who passed away at 99 years old on Dec. 31. But contrary to internet rumours, Betty White didn’t die after getting a COVID-19 booster shot.
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Omicron: Most Common Symptoms, When to Get Tested, and Latest Booster Data
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in the United States. Reported covid-19 cases are sharply rising in highly immunized cities like New York, and experts expect the variant to become the dominant form of the virus seen in the U.S. in as little as a few weeks, following the pattern seen in…
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Early Data on Omicron: There’s Good News and Bad News
The first glimmers of data on the Omicron variant of the coronavirus are starting to come in, and the verdict is decidedly mixed. Early experiments have found that antibodies from vaccinated people are clearly less able to neutralise Omicron in the lab, if not rendered completely useless. But antibodies generated through natural infection and vaccination…