CDC says JN.1 variant accounts for 39%-50% of COVID cases in US
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that COVID subvariant JN.1 accounts for 39% to 50% of cases in the United States as of Dec.…
US FDA advises COVID vaccine makers to develop shots aimed at XBB.1.5 variant
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday it has advised manufacturers that are updating their COVID-19 vaccines to develop monovalent shots to target the XBB.1.5 subvariant. So-called…
Restaurant Industry Financial Security in Danger of Being Wiped Out by Delta Variant
Association letter to Congressional Leadership urges adequate funds to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund Washington, DC (-) The National Restaurant Association and its state restaurant association partners have sent a letter to…
Great News! Boston University just created a deadlier COVID-19 variant that is immune to vaccines
BOSTON, MA – Boston University is under fire for performing what some experts are calling gain-of-function research after a report that they have successfully made the COVID-19 virus even more deadly and…
Reinfection, severe outcome more common with BA.5 variant; virus spike protein toxic to heart cells
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to…
Pfizer/BioNTech say Omicron-based COVID shots improve response vs that variant
By Michael Erman NEW YORK – Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Saturday that a booster dose of updated versions of their COVID-19 vaccine, modified specifically to combat the Omicron coronavirus…
Moderna CEO: COVID variant vaccine to be ready for shipping in August
LONDON – Moderna’s COVID-19 variant vaccine will be ready to ship in August as the company has been making shots ahead of approval, Chief Executive Stephane Bancel told Reuters on Wednesday, adding…
Worldwide COVID cases surpass 500 million as Omicron variant BA.2 surges
By Kavya B and Aparupa Mazumder (Reuters) – Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 500 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, as the highly contagious BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron surges in many…
New Jersey Governor Murphy Won’t Completely Rule Out Return to Masking as New COVID Variant Spreads
TRENTON, NJ – As COVID-19 cases statewide drop to lows not seen since last spring, Governor Phil Murphy this week warned of a new strain of omicron that appears to be affecting…
White House: Omicron BA.2 COVID variant has circulated in U.S. for some time
WASHINGTON – The White House said on Monday that the Omicron BA.2 sub-variant of COVID-19 had been circulating in the United States for some time, with roughly 35,000 cases at the moment,…
New Jersey Department of Health identifies Omicron ‘stealth variant’ but should you worry?
TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Department of Health this week reported cases of a COVID-19 omicron stealth variant but right now, the science and health community knows little about the effects…
Omicron infections slowing where variant first hit, says regional agency
BRASILIA -COVID-19 infections and deaths in the Americas are still increasing, but the rise in infections seems to be slowing down in places hit earliest by the Omicron variant, the Pan American…
Chinese Officials Call To End Overseas Deliveries Because Of Omicron Variant
Officials in Beijing have urged for an end to overseas deliveries, saying that the Omicron coronavirus variant can spread by opening packages that originate in other countries, BBC News reported. The officials…
Dr. Fauci says vaccine’s failure to stop variant infections was ‘communication error’ despite claims otherwise
Dr. Anthony Fauci now suggests that Americans who thought their two-dose COVID-19 vaccination and booster shots were going to keep them protected from contracting the virus is nothing more than a communications…
Biden Says COVID Rapid Test Shortage Not His Administration’s Fault Because Latest Variant Was Such A Surprise
President Joe Biden deflected blame for the COVID-19 rapid test shortage amid a surge of cases from the Omicron variant, arguing the new strain was too unexpected to prepare for. Biden addressed…
The next COVID-19 variant is scheduled to be ‘pi’ which is an ‘irrational’ and ‘infinite’ number
When the World Health Order named the Omicron variant, it intentionally skipped two Greek letters from the previous delta variant. The WHO has been going alphabetically but after Mu, they were presented…
Pfizer predicts 2nd booster shot in early 2022 to protect against so far, mild omicron variant
This week, Dr. Anthony Fauci said America will soon change the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ to include those people with their first round of vaccinations, plus a booster shot. Less than a…
Energy company Omicron dealing with the fallout from latest COVID-19 variant, omicron
When the founder of the energy company Omicron named his company back in 1984, Rainer Aberer never thought one day his company might share a name with a variant of a virus…
Governor Hochul says omicron variant ‘it’s coming’ to New York, announces authority to cut elective surgeries as staffing shortages continue
“It’s coming!” That’s what New York Governor Kathy Hochul said when she announced the Department of Health will now be permitted to limit non-essential, non-urgent scheduled hospital procedures to ensure capacity. With…
Stock Market Nosedives After Reports Of New COVID-19 Variant
The stock market plummeted Friday following reports that a new, more contagious variant is rapidly spreading in South Africa and parts of Europe. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), an index measuring…
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