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First real-world data show Omicron booster kept seniors out of hospitals
In the first real-world test of vaccine boosters specially designed to protect against the Omicron variant, Israeli researchers have found…
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Omicron drives latest COVID-19 surge, holiday worries
A year after omicron began its assault on humanity, the ever-morphing coronavirus mutant drove COVID-19 case counts higher in many…
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Pfizer says new Covid booster works better against omicron strains than old one in study
By Robert Langreth | Bloomberg Pfizer Inc.’s bivalent vaccine bolstered protective antibodies against the dominant omicron strains substantially more than…
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Where Did Omicron Come From? Maybe Its First Host Was Mice
It’s one of the perplexing mysteries of the Covid pandemic: Where did Omicron emerge from, almost one year ago? The…
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People with immune disorders fear a winter of new omicron subvariants
People with compromised immune systems face a new winter of discontent as the ever-mutating omicron virus threatens to outrun the…
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New Omicron Booster Shots Now Available as LA County Reports 10 More COVID Deaths
Los Angeles County reported 10 more COVID-19-related deaths and more than 1,700 new infections on Wednesday, while a newly approved…
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CDC advisors endorse booster shots that target Omicron for Americans 12 and up
The United States should replace most of its COVID-19 booster shots with updated versions that target the dominant Omicron strains,…
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