Covid-19 Stories
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Breakthrough COVID-19 Deaths In Vaccinated Patients Becoming More Common
COVID-19 death rates among the fully vaccinated population are rising. As vaccine effectiveness wears off, experts in the US encourage people to get a booster shot. -
COVID-19 Booster Shots Lower Death Risk In Vaccinated People
More COVID-19 deaths are being reported in vaccinated people, but boosters shots are said to lower the mortality risk. -
Test, Test, Test? Scientists Question Costly Mass COVID Checks
For many people worldwide, having cotton swabs thrust up their nose or down their throat to test for COVID-19 has become a routine and familiar annoyance. -
Long COVID: How To Tell If You Have It?
Experts have warned that long COVID cases are steadily increasing amid the pandemic. -
COVID Vaccine Makers Shift Focus To Boosters
COVID-19 vaccine makers are shifting gears and planning for a smaller, more competitive booster shot market after delivering as many doses as fast as they could over the last 18 months. -
COVID Expert Pushes For Vaccines To Stop Transmission
An expert believes scientists will begin working on a way to stop transmission in the next COVID-19 vaccine. -
Australia Reports First Flurona Fatality
More than a dozen Australians have reportedly contracted the coronavirus and the flu at the same time, a condition that has been dubbed "flurona." -
Will New Vaccines Be Better At Fighting Coronavirus Variants?
A major reason why new vaccines are important – and why the world is still dealing with COVID-19 – is the continued emergence of new variants. -
COVID Worsens Asthma In Children; Booster After Infection Not As Beneficial Vs Omicron
Among people who were previously infected with the coronavirus, a third dose of an mRNA vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna may not boost their protection against the Omicron variant of the... -
Another COVID-19 Surge In US Expected By Summer, Birx Says
Southern U.S. experienced COVID-19 surges in the past two summers, Dr. Deborah Birx noted. -
‘No Good Evidence’ That 4th Vaccine Dose Is Beneficial, WHO Says
The World Health Organization is still skeptical about the need for a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose. -
New COVID-19 Omicron Sub-Lineages Can Dodge Antibodies: Study
Omicron's BA.4 and BA.5 sub-lineages may be responsible for an apparent new wave of COVID-19 infections in South Africa, according to scientists and health officials.
