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The U.S Centers for Disease Prevention and Control said on Tuesday that the COVID-19 BA.2 version of Omicron is now the most common variant. It has been estimated to account for 54.9% of COVID-19 variants in the U.S. Despite the new subvariant’s dominance experts believe it is unlikely that it will…

The FDA has approved a second booster COVID-19 vaccine dose for people 50 and older and some people with underlying conditions. This decision comes as a result of months of scientific debate on the necessity and efficacy of a 4th booster shot. Evidence suggests that the third booster surge saved…

The Biden administration on Wednesday introduced a plan for the future of the pandemic. The White House’s plan aims to get to a lockdown-free future. Vaccines, treatments, masks, and tests will be used to fight the virus and prepare for potential new variants all while not disrupting normal life.…

Researchers from the New York State Department of Health have found the low-dose version of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine given to children ages 5-11 to be less likely to prevent infection compared to the high-dose version given to people past the age of 12. Although all doses were shown to…

  A recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine has found one of COVID-19’s long-term effects to be increased risk of cardiovascular disease for at least a year after recovery. People who were never infected with COVID-19 were 60% less likely to have future cardiovascular issues compared…

New research has suggested that a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose may not be needed for most people. John Wherry, director of the Institute for immunology at the University of Pennsylvania has said the elderly or people at high risk of infection could benefit from a fourth vaccination but for others,…

After leading much of the developed world in first and second vaccination rates, the United States is now falling behind other Western countries in booster rates. According to Our World in data 28% of Americans have received a booster compared to 55% of the United Kingdom, 51% of France, and 44% of…

Sweden has joined a small list of nations to recommend a fourth COVID-19 vaccination. On Monday Sweden’s public health agency recommended that people 80 years and older take a second booster shot. Research done by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shown booster shot efficacy…

The World Health Organization has said that the COVID-19 sub-variant Omicron BA.2, first found in January, is now expected to spread globally. According to research in Denmark, Omicron BA.2 is 1.5 times more contagious than the original Omicron BA.1. However, vaccines are still highly effective in…

With the dramatic drops in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, California is lifting its indoor masking mandate in public settings. Governor Gavin Newsom tweeted that due to stabilizing hospitalizations across the state and a 65% decrease in cases since the Omicron peak the indoor mask mandate for…

Experts in India have begun research on a COVID-19 vaccine that would be applied nasally rather than injected into the bloodstream. With the rise of variants such as Omicron, current COVID-19 vaccines have seen a decrease in long-term protection against the coronavirus. Nasal vaccines could be a…

Talk of COVID-19 becoming an endemic illness has escalated in recent weeks with the rise of the Omicron variant. However, some experts have warned against this characterization. Raina MacIntyre, a professor of global biosecurity at the University of New South Wales in Sydney has said case numbers…

In light of the flattening Omicron surge, the White House has discussed what coexisting with COVID-19 without interruptions to normal life would look like. White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients on Wednesday said vaccines and other treatments will be the main tools in treating and…

The Biden administration has officially withdrawn its vaccine and testing mandate aimed at large businesses after the Supreme Court blocked the rule earlier this month. The mandate would have required businesses with one hundred or more employees to make full vaccination, regular COVID-19 testing,…