Researchers are learning more about Omicron every day, with both encouraging and worrying results.
Preliminary studies are finding that vaccines may not provide as much protection from Omicron, but hybrid or boosted immunity may remain robust.
The governor of New York declared a state of emergency on Friday as authorities worldwide move to limit the spread of the heavily mutated variant.
The data is clear by now: Booster doses are providing high levels of protection against the misery caused by the coronavirus.
Pfizer expects to make $36 billion from its covid-19 vaccine in 2021 alone.
In an animal study, the mRNA-based vaccine made it harder for ticks to get a full meal and pass on Lyme bacteria.
Essential workers traveling from Mexico and Canada still have a couple of months to get vaccinated.
The company will build off of breakthroughs in protein prediction from DeepMind and inches Big Tech one step further into the healthcare industry.
The bot could help make vaccinations less intimidating for those squeamish around needles.
The combination antiviral treatment reduced the risk of hospitalization and death by 89% in those treated within three days, compared to placebo.
Psaki didn't travel with President Biden to Europe for COP26.
Facebook will also roll out reminders about how the vaccine is now available and where to get it.
In a clinical trial, Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine was estimated to be 90% effective at preventing the viral illness in children.
The South Pacific country has just 105,000 people.
For those who need boosters, the mix-and-match approach with the various vaccines seems to be safe and effective.
High-risk Americans and those over 65 are being told to get boosters, while J&J recipients should get any shot they want two months after their original dose.
Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic amounted to mass murder, genocide, and charlatanism, according to a Brazilian Senate committee.
The panel agreed that people over 65 and high-risk groups who took the original Moderna vaccine should be able to get a half-strength booster.
The Sun newspaper tried to make the "theft" sound like a bad thing.
Just 7% of Africans have gotten at least one dose of covid-19 vaccine, compared to 57% of Europeans.
