Epidemics
Omicron boosters are weaker against BQ.1.1 subvariant that is rising in U.S., study finds
Covid shots designed to protect against the omicron variant trigger a weaker immune response against the rapidly emerging BQ.1.1 subvariant than the previously dominant strain, according to a new lab study. Scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch, in a study published online Tuesday in Nature Medicine, found that the booster shots performed well […]
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Pfizer rejects Moderna claim it copied Covid vaccine, accuses rival of rewriting history
Pfizer has rejected allegations made by rival Moderna that its Covid-19 vaccine is a copy, accusing the Boston biotech company of rewriting history to lay claim to technology developed by a field of scientists over many years. Pfizer asked a federal court in Massachusetts on Monday to dismiss Moderna’s lawsuit seeking monetary damages for alleged […]
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CDC encourages people to wear masks to help prevent spread of Covid, flu and RSV over the holidays
The Centers for Disease Control Prevention on Monday encouraged people to wear masks to help reduce the spread of respiratory illnesses this season as Covid, flu and RSV circulate at the same time. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, in a call with reporters, said wearing a mask is one of several everyday precautions that people can […]
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Biden administration will end monkeypox public health emergency
People line up to get a monkeypox vaccination at a new walk-up monkeypox vaccination site at Barnsdall Art Park on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022 in Hollywood, CA. Brian Van Der Brug | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The Biden administration will end the public health emergency declared in response to the monkeypox outbreak, as […]
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Fda pulls Covid antibody treatment for the reason that it is really not successful from dominant omicron variants
CNBC Health & Science Read through CNBC’s most current world-wide health and fitness protection: An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical producing plant is pictured at 50 ImClone Generate in Branchburg, New Jersey, March 5, 2021. Mike Segar | Reuters A key monoclonal antibody applied to take care of people with weak immune methods who capture […]
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Fauci says China has done a bad job of vaccinating the elderly and their shots are not very effective against Covid
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies hearing to discuss President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget request for the National Institute of Health on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 17, 2022. Anna Rose […]
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CDC will test sewage for polio outside New York to see if it’s circulating elsewhere in nation
The U.S. will expand polio wastewater surveillance to communities with low vaccination rates outside the New York City metro area, after an outbreak over the summer left an unvaccinated adult paralyzed and raised questions about how widely the virus may be circulating. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a statement Wednesday, said it […]
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Drug overdose deaths among seniors have more than tripled in two decades
Deaths from drug and alcohol use are rising among America’s seniors. Drug overdose deaths more than tripled among people age 65 and older during the past two decades while deaths from alcohol abuse increased more than 18% from 2019 to 2020, according to data published Wednesday by the National Center for Health Statistics. More than […]
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Flu hospitalizations increase nearly 30% as U.S. enters holiday season
Susana Sanchez, a Nurse Practitioner, administers a flu vaccination to Loisy Barrera at a CVS pharmacy and MinuteClinic in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Flu hospitalizations have increased nearly 30% in a week as the spread of respiratory illnesses remains high across most of the U.S. More than 11,200 people were hospitalized with […]
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U.S. criticizes China’s zero Covid strategy, says Beijing needs to boost vaccination among elderly
The White House on Monday criticized Beijing’s zero Covid strategy as ineffective and said the Chinese people have a right to peacefully protest. “We’ve long said everyone has the right to peacefully protest, here in the United States and around the world. This includes in the PRC,” a spokesperson for President Joe Biden’s National Security […]
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