Tag: Omicron
Covid shots should target omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 this fall
XBB.1.5 strain of CovidCFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended that Covid vaccine manufact [...]
Seniors, immunocompromised can receive additional omicron shots
Sylvester Fisher gets a influenza vaccine from pharmacist Patricia Pernal during an event hosted by the Chicago Department of Public Health at the So [...]
Most nursing home residents have not received omicron booster
Less than 50% of nursing home residents, one of the country's most vulnerable populations to severe illness from Covid-19, have received an omicron bo [...]
BQ, XBB omicron subvariants pose serious threat to boosters
Evusheld injection, a new COVID treatment that people can take before becoming symptomatic, in Chicago on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022.Chris Sweda | Tribune N [...]
Children under age 5 now eligible for omicron vaccines
Luca Moore, 11 months, receives a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while his mother Dr. Danielle Smith holds him at Northwell Health [...]
FDA pulls antibody bebtelovimab because not effective against omicron BQ.1
An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is pictured at 50 ImClone Drive in Branchburg, New Jersey, March 5, 2021.Mike Segar | Reut [...]
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
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
White House Covid czar calls on seniors to get omicron booster now
A top White House health official on Monday issued a stark warning to older people about the health risk they face this fall and winter from Covid-19. [...]
Omicron BA.5 is declining as emerging variants gain ground: CDC data
The U.S. faces at least seven different versions of Covid-19 omicron as the nation heads into winter when health officials are expecting another wave [...]
FDA authorizes Covid omicron booster shots for kids
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized Covid booster shots that target the omicron variant for preschoolers through elementary schoo [...]
U.S. is tracking omicron subvariants but booster should protect
The U.S. is tracking several coronavirus omicron subvariants that more easily evade immunity, but the new booster shots should protect against them, a [...]
Moderna asks FDA to authorize omicron Covid boosters for children as young as 6 years old
Following CDC approval for vaccination of children aged 6 months to 5 years, 4 year-old Eleanor Kahn sits with her father Alex, as nurse Jillian Merce [...]