Tag: Coronavirus Omicron Variant
Is That Sniffle a Cold? Or Is It Covid?
There is a distinction between reasonable fear and anxiety that becomes disproportionate and all-consuming, said Dr. Itai Danovitch, the chair…
Whiplash on U.S. Vaccine Mandate Leaves Employers ‘Totally Confused’
“You can’t really mandate booster shots yet,” he said. “It hasn’t been signed off on by any federal agency.”JPMorgan Chase,…
Moderna Says Its Booster Significantly Raises Antibodies Against Omicron
A booster shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine significantly raises the level of antibodies that can thwart the Omicron variant,…
Most of the World’s Vaccines Likely Won’t Prevent Infection From Omicron
A growing body of preliminary research suggests the Covid vaccines used in most of the world offer almost no defense…
Most Covid Infections May Soon Be Breakthroughs. Here’s What That Means.
Hospitals are already overburdened by Delta patients, and the consequences of many infections in a short period will be increasingly…
U.K. Weighing Lockdown Amid an Omicron Wave and Political Turmoil
LONDON — With coronavirus cases in Britain exploding, driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, the government is leaving open…