Tag: SARS-COV-2
Bivalent COVID Booster Eligibility Extended to Children Aged 5 and Older
By Aldon Thomas Stiles, California Black Media
State officials have announced eligibility for the updated Moderna COVID-19 booster and the Pfizer-BioNTech booster has been expanded.
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Is monkeypox a pandemic? An epidemiologist explains why it isn’t likely to become as...
By Kathryn H. Jacobsen, University of Richmond
Monkeypox is the latest global public health threat to make headlines. Most people who contract the monkeypox virus...
Omicron makes booster shots more critical for medically vulnerable seniors
By Laurie Archbald-Pannone, University of Virginia, The Conversation
People are understandably worn out, tired of thinking about COVID-19 and wanting to get back to a...
What’s the Difference Between a PCR and Antigen COVID-19 Test?
By Nathaniel Hafer, UMass Chan Medical School
At this point in the pandemic, you or someone you know has probably received at least one COVID-19...
Moderna Vaccine Appears to Offer Strongest Protection Against COVID
Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalization for Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech doses were 93 percent and 88 percent, respectively, whereas the single-dose Janssen vaccine had...