Tag Archives: Variants

FDA Authorizes Updated COVID Boosters to Target Newest Variants

Aug. 31, 2022 – The FDA on Wednesday granted emergency use authorization to Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. The company cited knowledge to help the security and efficacy of this subsequent technology of mRNA vaccines focused towards variants of concern. If you’ve been ready to get a variant-specific booster shot, you could […]

Moderna Says COVID Booster ‘Potent’ vs Newer Omicron Variants

June 22, 2022 – Moderna launched research outcomes at this time exhibiting its new Omicron-specific booster elevated antibodies towards the coronavirus by an element of 5, even towards a number of the newer and extra worrisome variants. The firm additionally at this time mentioned it’ll quickly ask the FDA to authorize the usage of the […]

Smell, Taste Loss Less Likely With Newer COVID Variants

By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Since the early days of the pandemic, lack of odor and style have been tied to COVID-19 an infection. But a brand new examine exhibits these telltale traits are a lot much less possible with the Omicron variant than the sooner […]

Omicron ‘Very Different From Other Variants’

Nov. 30, 2021 — The newly detected Omicron COVID-19 variant could also be extremely infectious and fewer conscious of accessible vaccines than different mutations, however it’s too early to know the way it compares to the Delta variant, high infectious illness official Anthony Fauci, MD, mentioned Tuesday. Fauci, talking at a White House COVID-19 briefing, […]

COVID Spread Among Deer Causes Concern Over New Variants

Nov. 17, 2021 — Growing experiences that white-tailed deer have been contaminated with the coronavuris together with persevering with infections and sickness in zoo animals and pets, is giving rise to concern that animals might grow to be reservoirs for the event of latest variants and even direct animal-to-human transmission. So far, it has largely […]