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COVID-19: 'Omicron's A Different Animal,' Says Expert, Sounding Alarm Over In-Person Learning COVID-19: 'Omicron's A Different Animal,' Says Expert, Sounding Alarm Over In-Person Learning
Covid-19: 'Omicron's A Different Animal,' Says Expert, Sounding Alarm Over In-Person Learning A pediatrician who is an expert on disease and vaccine development is sounding the alarm about the ability of schools to resume in-person learning during the height of the new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sparked by a surge of cases from the highly contagious Omicron variant. Connecticut native Dr. Peter Hotez is the dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development. "Here's the problem," Hotez said in an interview on MSNBC Wednesday morning, Dec. 29. "We're kind of going off ol…

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COVID-19: Booster Shot Significantly Raises Antibody Levels Against Omicron, Moderna Says COVID-19: Booster Shot Significantly Raises Antibody Levels Against Omicron, Moderna Says
Covid-19: Booster Shot Significantly Raises Antibody Levels Against Omicron, Moderna Says A Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster shot significantly raises the level of antibodies against the new Omicron variant, the company announced on Monday morning, Dec. 20. The currently authorized 50-microgram booster neutralized antibody levels against Omicron approximately 37-fold compared to pre-boost levels and a 100-micrograms dose increased neutralizing antibody levels approximately 83-fold compared to pre-boost levels, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company said in a statement. The results are based on laboratory testing. “The dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases from the O…

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COVID-19: US To Invest $3.2 Billion For Purchase Of Anti-Viral Pills COVID-19: US To Invest $3.2 Billion For Purchase Of Anti-Viral Pills
Covid-19: US To Invest $3.2 Billion For Purchase Of Anti-Viral Pills President Joe Biden’s administration announced the United States is investing $3.2 billion to advance the development of antiviral drugs to treat viruses, including COVID-19. On Thursday, June 17, Biden announced the Antiviral Program for Pandemics, “a government-wide effort to speed up clinical trials of promising candidate drugs and develop next-generation treatments for Covid and other viruses that may cause future pandemics,” according to infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci. As part of the plan, the National Institutes of Health will “evaluate, prioritize, and advance” antivira…

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COVID-19: Where Are The Hotspots? Town-by-town Infection Rates And Trends - Hampshire County COVID-19: Where Are The Hotspots? Town-by-town Infection Rates And Trends - Hampshire County
Covid-19: Where Are The Hotspots? Town-by-town Infection Rates And Trends - Hampshire County All but two Hampshire County communities have a positive COVID-19 test rate under 2 percent. The Massachusetts 7-day positive COVID-19 test rate is at 1.7 percent, said Gov. Charlie Baker during a daily press conference on the pandemic. Reducing positive test rates to under 2 percent is a state goal. In Hampshire County, Goshen and Belchertown are the two communities with 14-day rates above 2 percent (7-day rates for individual communities are not provided by the state). The state economy is now in Phase 3 of a four-phase reopening plan. The fourth phase - which would see the reopening of …

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by Kristin Palpini