Pfizer, BioNTech find updated COVID booster protects against Omicron in trial
WASHINGTON - Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said their COVID-19 vaccine booster, adapted for the BA.4 and the BA.5 ...
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Vaccines ‘best options’ to protect individuals from Covid-19 – Health spox
Egyptian Health Ministry Spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said on Wednesday that the vaccines are the best options to protect individuals ...
Omicron less likely to cause long COVID – study
LONDON - The Omicron variant of coronavirus is less likely to cause long COVID than previous variants, according to the ...
New COVID-19 cases drop for 3rd day in South Korea
SEOUL - South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell for a third consecutive day to stay below 30,000 on Friday, as ...
COVID’s new Omicron sub-lineages can dodge immunity from past infection
JOHANNESBURG - Two new sublineages of the Omicron coronavirus variant can dodge antibodies from earlier infection well enough to trigger ...
S. Korea drops most Covid restrictions as cases fall
SEOUL - South Korea will lift almost all social distancing measures, the government said, citing a dramatic fall in reported ...
Omicron symptoms less severe than Delta variant – study
LONDON - People who have Omicron are more likely to have a sore throat and less likely to lose their ...
China continues ‘severe and complex’ fight against COVID-19
SHANGHAI - China continues to battle its worst COVID-19 outbreak, driven by the omicron variant, with health officials on Friday calling ...
As ‘stealth omicron’ advances, scientists are learning more
WASHINGTON - The coronavirus mutant widely known as "stealth omicron" is now causing more than a third of new omicron ...
Estimated 73% of US now immune to Omicron: Is that enough?
WASHINGTON - The Omicron wave that assaulted the United States this winter also bolstered its defenses, leaving enough protection against ...
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