Current vaccine strains show high neutralization against the latest variants, but the LP.8.1 antigen may provide similar or moderately higher cross-reactive antibody response.
Plaque growth can lead to a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and other life-threatening cardiovascular events for as long as 1 year.
Post-exertional malaise, or exercise intolerance, was seen in 36% of those with long COVID.
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Only 44% of adults 65 and older had received a booster shot by Thanksgiving, yet 1 in 100 in that age-group have died.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week released its Foodborne Outbreak Response Improvement Plan, which is designed to boost the speed, effectiveness, coordination, and communication of events for both the FDA and its investigation partners.
The plan included input from the US Department of Agriculture, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, state health officials, and other stakeholders.
Even with mild cases, a highly transmissible variant could still overwhelm hospitals, the CDC says.
Researchers detail a 9,000% increase in mask litter over 14 months in 11 countries, with hospitals using an extra 89 million masks a month.
The latest UK data show Omicron is outpacing the Delta variant on many fronts.
Programs that reward the newly vaccinated with an entry in a lottery were associated with an increase in COVID-19 vaccinations in most—but not all—US states offering the incentive and may have spurred almost 2 million people to get immunized, according to research published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
One study shows much lower rates of severe illness, and the other a 90% lower death rate.
The FDA head says the move comes in time to protect families during the holidays.
Africa's COVID-19 cases rose 93% in the past week, and Omicron cases are rising in the UK.
Common missteps include failure to proclaim uncertainty, fake consensus, prioritizing health over truth, failure to own mistakes, not addressing misinformation credibly and empathetically, and politicization.
