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Will Covid Boosters Prevent Another Wave? Scientists Aren’t So Sure.

As winter looms and Americans increasingly gather indoors without masks or social distancing, a medley of new coronavirus variants is seeding a rise in...

Scientists Are Gaining On RSV, a Persistent Threat to Children

“We think we have a vaccine that really can be a very important solution to prevent serious respiratory disease associated with R.S.V. in older...

Vaccine protection waned this spring but boosters helped, the C.D.C. reports.

The emergence of highly contagious Omicron subvariants this spring in the United States appeared to reduce the protection offered by vaccines against Covid hospitalizations,...

Mounting Data Shows J&J Vaccine as Effective as Pfizer and Moderna

Roughly 17 million Americans received the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine, only to be told later that it was the least protective of the...

Pfizer Shot Is Far Less Effective in 5- to 11-Year-Olds Than in Older Kids, New Data Show

The coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech is much less effective in preventing infection in children ages 5 to 11 years than in older adolescents...

A 4th Shot? Some At-Risk Americans Are Eligible Later This Week

Some people with a weakened immune system can get a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine as early as this coming week, according to...

Covid Treatments Including Paxlovid Are Rationed as Cases Spike

At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, scarce ventilators and protective equipment faced strict rationing. Today, as the pandemic rages into its...

F.D.A. Plans to Allow 12- to 15-Year-Olds to Receive Pfizer Boosters

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is planning to broaden eligibility for coronavirus vaccine booster doses on Monday, allowing 12- to 15-year-olds to...

Bosses Have a New Headache: How Long Should Sick Workers Isolate?

Barbara Sibley’s four New York restaurants had already weathered the city’s initial Covid-19 wave, the prevaccine surge last winter and this summer’s Delta spike...

Pfizer’s vaccine provides some protection against Omicron, a lab study suggests.

A report out of South Africa offered a first glimpse at how vaccinated people might fare against the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus.Laboratory...

Biden Administration Plans to Expand Covid Vaccine Production

“The idea of making a business plan with two companies rather than a public health plan is disturbing to us,” said Dr. Joia Mukherjee,...

F.D.A. Plans to Authorize Pfizer Boosters for All Adults This Week

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is aiming to authorize booster doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for all adults as early as Thursday,...

Pfizer Asks F.D.A. to Authorize Covid Booster Shots for All Adults

WASHINGTON — Pfizer and BioNTech asked federal regulators Tuesday to authorize their coronavirus booster shot for those 18 and older, a move that would...

Pfizer Asks for Authorization for Boosters for Adults

ImageThousands of gyms, restaurants, movie theaters, shopping malls, salons and other indoor businesses in Los Angeles were required this week to start asking customers...

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