Nikos Pekiaridis | Lightrocket | Getty Images Moderna has more to offer beyond its Covid vaccine. The biotech company Wednesday announced positive clinical trial data on three experimental vaccines against other viruses. The company is moving those shots to final stage studies, it said. The update brings Moderna a step closer to having multiple products … Read more
NEW YORK: The flu virus is still present in the United States, with some areas experiencing an increase in cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data showing a decline in flu hospitalizations nationwide, but an uptick in respiratory illnesses in certain states. According to Alicia Budd from the CDC, while the … Read more
Natalie Nasatka is starting the new year grateful to be alive. Natalie Nasatka, a Delaware resident, narrowly avoided tragedy thanks to her Apple Watch’s SOS feature. On December 29th, while battling fatigue and blurry vision, she instinctively used the watch to call for help. This quick action proved life-saving, as she later discovered she was … Read more
The CDC said the JN.1 was now the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States, accounting for nearly 50 percent of active cases in the country. Representative Image COVID-19 Update: The JN.1 variant accounts for nearly 50 percent of active COVID-19 cases in the United States, making the new highly transmissible variants as the most … Read more
FILE: The hustle and bustle of Christmas Day at SFO on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images It’s the most wonderful time of the year to pack an extra COVID-19 test and box of chamomile tea. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that COVID activity levels … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday that flu cases are low nationwide, but more could arise in the upcoming weeks. “Even these low levels will probably increase in the next couple of weeks,” said Alicia Budd, head of the CDC’s domestic influenza surveillance team, according to NBC News. The CDC report … Read more
A vial of the Moderna coronavirus booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, Sept. 8, 2022. Hannah Beier | Reuters An independent advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended that all Americans ages 6 months and up receive updated Covid … Read more
A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, Jan. 26, 2022. Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved updated Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, putting the shots on track to reach … Read more
In this photo illustration, Abbott’s at-home covid-19 rapid test kits are seen on display in Orlando. Paul Hennessy | LightRocket | Getty Images As Covid cases surge again in the U.S., Americans are digging out unused at-home tests that they stashed earlier on in the pandemic. Many of those tests may have passed their expiration … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released new figures showing that about one in four Americans over the age of 16 had not been infected with COVID-19 as of the end of 2022. The study, which was updated last week, estimated that 77.5% of Americans had antibodies from having COVID at least once. … Read more