Remember all those problems we had with vaccine equity? Now they’re cropping up with new COVID-19 medications that are in short supply.
Melissa Healy
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When parents are vaccinated against COVID-19, protection extends to their kids
A study of families in Israel finds that when parents are vaccinated against COVID-19, the protection they get extends to their children.
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Should the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ be changed to include a booster shot?
With immunity waning and the Omicron variant looming, many scientists are saying the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ should include a booster shot.
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Did a collision of COVID-19 and HIV forge the Omicron variant?
The Omicron variant was probably incubated in a person with poorly controlled HIV who struggled to clear a coronavirus infection.
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How bad will Omicron be? Scientists won’t really know for months
Omicron’s impact on the COVID-19 pandemic will depend on a variety of factors that will take days to weeks for scientists to untangle.
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Protection offered by COVID-19 booster shot beats ‘natural immunity,’ study suggests
In people who got a booster shot, levels of neutralizing antibodies exceeded the peak that followed two doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
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Fresh look at earliest COVID cases points to live-animal market as most likely source
One researcher who uses genetic sequences to study the spread of disease said a newly published reconstruction of the coronavirus and its connection to Wuhan, China, makes clear that “most early cases occur near the market, identifying it as an early epicenter.”
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CDC shifts pandemic goals away from reaching herd immunity
Experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have set aside herd immunity as a national target for ending the pandemic.
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Merck says its experimental pill cuts COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths by half
Drugmaker Merck says its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus.
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Big gap between Pfizer, Moderna vaccines seen for preventing COVID hospitalizations
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine does a significantly better job of preventing COVID-19 hospitalizations compared with Pfizer’s shot.