Tag: Coronavirus: Prevention
The U.S. is ‘certainly’ still in a Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Fauci says
Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House chief medical advisor, speaks during a briefing on COVID-19 at the White House on November 22, 2022 in Washington, DC.W [...]
FDA authorizes emergency use for Novavax Covid-19 vaccine for ages 12 to 17
A box of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine arranged at a pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US, on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty [...]
These countries have the lowest Covid vaccination rates in the world
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine to a woman in Johannesburg, South Africa, December 04, 2021.Sumaya Hisham | ReutersBurundi, the Dem [...]
Covid will never become an endemic virus, scientist warns
JaruekChairak | iStock | Getty ImagesCovid-19 will never become an endemic illness and will always behave like an epidemic virus, an expert in biosecu [...]
How the U.S. is trying to fix its at-home Covid testing problem
The latest Covid-19 wave during the busy holiday travel season caught the U.S. flat-footed when it came to one key tool in its pandemic-fighting arsen [...]
Covid vaccine skepticism fueling wider anti-vax sentiment, doctors say
Protestors demonstrate against Covid vaccine mandates outside the New York State Capitol in Albany, New York, on January 5, 2022.Mike Segar | ReutersS [...]
Covid pandemic at a ‘critical juncture,’ WHO’s Tedros says
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on December 20, 2021 at the WHO headquarters in GenevaFabrice Coffrin [...]
Pacific Islands’ zero-Covid strategies unsustainable, professor says
People wearing face masks at a supermarket in Suva, Fiji, April 23, 2021.Xinhua News Agency | Getty ImagesCountries all over the world have seen Covid [...]
Omicron is milder, but scientists say it’s still too soon to relax
A sign reminding riders to wear a face mask to prevent the spread of Covid-19 appears on a bus on First Street outside the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Jan [...]
Danny Meyer’s Union Square group to require boosters for workers, diners
Danny Meyer, head of Union Square Hospitality Group, said Wednesday it will soon begin requiring restaurant customers to show proof of having recei [...]
Oxford University study says omicron can hit the double vaccinated
Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesLONDON — Two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines are substantially less ef [...]
Covid booster is ‘optimal care,’ but fully vaccinated definition stays put, Fauci says
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press B [...]
Are Covid vaccine mandates ethical? Here’s what medical experts think
Protesters rally against vaccine mandates on November 20, 2021 in New York City.Stephanie Keith | Getty ImagesEthical justificationJulian Savulescu [...]
Austria announces national lockdown as Covid cases surge
Austrian police officers check a man's identity and vaccination certificate during a control in Voesendorf, district Moedling, Austria, on November [...]
Police conduct random vaccine status checks
Police officers monitor compliance with the lockdown in Innsbruck during the first day of a nationwide lockdown for people not yet vaccinated again [...]