Moderna hopes to offer updated COVID-19 boosters in the fall that combine its original vaccine with protection against the omicron variant. On Tuesday, it reported a preliminary hint that such an approach might work.
Apr 19, 2022
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Until recently, the UK government limited a fourth dose of the COVID vaccine to people with severely weakened immune systems over the age of 16.
Apr 12, 2022
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Advanced computing expertise is being used to help ensure that hospice patients are better protected from COVID-19 following a pioneering study led by The University of Manchester.
Apr 6, 2022
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Patients who are most likely to suffer severe pain following an operation can be reliably identified using a new technique developed at the University of Birmingham.
Apr 5, 2022
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Remember the early days of the pandemic? As people flocked to stores—often to find empty shelves—scientists and politicians shared what they knew about the virus. Since then, our understanding of COVID-19 has improved ...
Apr 4, 2022
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The World Health Organization on Wednesday laid out three possible paths that the COVID-19 pandemic might follow in 2022—with a new, more virulent variant the worst-case scenario.
Mar 30, 2022
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Spain on Monday ended a requirement that people with mild cases of COVID-19 self-isolate as part of a shift towards treating the virus as an endemic illness like flu.
Mar 28, 2022
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Australia is offering a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines to over 65s from next month, federal health authorities announced Friday, as a new Omicron strain races through the population.
Mar 25, 2022
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The European Union's drug regulator said Thursday it was recommending that an antibody medication developed by AstraZeneca be authorized to help some vulnerable people avoid getting sick with the coronavirus.
Mar 24, 2022
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New research from the University of East Anglia reveals first-hand the lasting impact that lockdowns may have had on people's mental and physical health.
Mar 23, 2022
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