Tag: Epidemics

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Omicron BQ variants dominant, XBB circulating at low level

Omicron BQ variants dominant, XBB circulating at low level

A person receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., Dece [...]
Omicron boosters aren’t very effective against mild illness

Omicron boosters aren’t very effective against mild illness

A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Ma [...]
Measles poses threat to kids as vaccinations declined due to Covid

Measles poses threat to kids as vaccinations declined due to Covid

A growing number of children around the world are vulnerable to measles as vaccination rates have declined to the lowest levels since 2008, global hea [...]
Abortion pill most common way to end pregnancy, CDC says

Abortion pill most common way to end pregnancy, CDC says

Boxes of the medication Mifepristone used to induce a medical abortion are prepared for patients at Planned Parenthood health center in Birmingham, Al [...]
Fauci says he never imagined Covid would kill million Americans

Fauci says he never imagined Covid would kill million Americans

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, L [...]
Flu variant that hits kids and seniors harder than other strains is dominant in U.S. right now

Flu variant that hits kids and seniors harder than other strains is dominant in U.S. right now

A sign advertising flu shots is displayed at a Walgreens pharmacy on January 22, 2018 in San Francisco, California. A strong strain of H3N2 influenza [...]
U.S. will keep Covid public health emergency in place at least until mid January

U.S. will keep Covid public health emergency in place at least until mid January

Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra answers questions during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to di [...]
Healthy infants face considerable risk of RSV hospitalization: study

Healthy infants face considerable risk of RSV hospitalization: study

Diane Macdonald | Stockbyte | Getty ImagesEven healthy infants face a considerable risk of hospitalization from respiratory syncytial virus, according [...]
Novavax (NVAX) Q3 earnings

Novavax (NVAX) Q3 earnings

In this photo illustration a silhouette of a man holding a medical syringe and a vial seen displayed in front of the Novavax logo on a screen.Cezary K [...]
Flu hospitalization rate highest in a decade, kids and seniors most at risk

Flu hospitalization rate highest in a decade, kids and seniors most at risk

The U.S. is facing the highest flu hospitalization rates in more than a decade with children and the elderly most at risk, according to the Centers fo [...]
Pfizer CEO reveals growth plan as company faces up to $18 billion revenue hit

Pfizer CEO reveals growth plan as company faces up to $18 billion revenue hit

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla talks during a press conference with European Commission President after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioN [...]
Pfizer (PFE) Q3 earnings 2022

Pfizer (PFE) Q3 earnings 2022

Vials containing the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are displayed before being used at a mobile vaccine clinic, in [...]
Long Covid is affecting women more than men, national survey finds

Long Covid is affecting women more than men, national survey finds

A woman receives a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a sport stadium during the coronavirus disease pandemic, in Vina de [...]
Omicron subvariants resistant to key antibody treatments are increasing

Omicron subvariants resistant to key antibody treatments are increasing

Two omicron subvariants that are resistant to key antibody treatments are on the rise in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Cont [...]
FDA says two studies showing omicron boosters weren’t much better than old shots were too small to come to any conclusions

FDA says two studies showing omicron boosters weren’t much better than old shots were too small to come to any conclusions

The Food and Drug Administration said two studies this week showing that the new omicron boosters weren't that much better than the old shots were too [...]
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