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COVID-19 Booster Shot
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Covid-
19: New Data Reveals How Many Americans Have Gotten Updated Vaccine Shots
New data is shedding light on how many Americans have received a dose of the new COVID-19 booster shot for 2023-24. The updated vaccine has now been available for about a month and a half. More than 1,200 people are dying of COVID each week in the United States four years after the pandemic started, the CDC says. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended the newest vaccine targeting Omicron subvariants being provided by both Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna for everyone 6 months of age and older. Another updated vaccine, this one from Novavax, b…
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Covid-
19: Here's How Many Americans Have Gotten Updated Vaccine Compared To Last Year's Booster
More than seven million Americans have received a dose of the newly released COVID-19 booster shot for 2023-24, according to federal authorities. In mid-September, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended the newest vaccine targeting Omicron subvariants being provided by both Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna for everyone 6 months of age and older. Another updated vaccine, this one from Novavax, became available this month and is recommended for those aged 12 and over. The rollout of this year's booster was marked early on by some distribution of…
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19: Here's When Free At-Home Tests Will Become Available Again By Mail
Just days after the rollout of a COVID-19 vaccination booster shot started, the Department of Health and Human Services announced on Wednesday, Sept. 20 that its program of offering free rapid tests for the virus through the mail will be restarted. Every American household may order four of the tests starting Monday, Sept. 25 by visiting covid.gov/tests. But first, before throwing out tests past their expiration dates, HHS recommends visiting this page to see if expiration dates have been extended. The news comes as a newly identified COVID-19 strain BA.2.86 strain, known as Pirola, w…
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Covid-
19: Mayor In Westchester City Tests Positive For Breakthrough Case
The mayor of one of Westchester’s largest cities announced that he has become the latest to have a confirmed breakthrough COVID-19 infection. New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson issued an alert on Monday, Jan. 3 advising that he has tested positive for the virus and has been isolated at home for most of the past week following the confirmed infection. Bramson, who is fully vaccinated and has received a COVID-19 booster shot, said that his symptoms have been mild, and he “expects to be back in the office soon” while his family takes care of him at home. The mayor cautioned that with the Omicron…
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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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