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XBB, BQ.1.1, BA.2.75.2 — a variant swarm could fuel a winter surge
Multiple versions of the omicron variant, including XBB and BQ.1.1, threaten to knock out treatments and challenge vaccines this winter.
For decades, fear and failure in the hunt for an RSV vaccine. Now, success.
Respiratory syncytial virus — RSV — is a potentially lethal pathogen that causes 58,000 hospitalizations of U.S. children younger than 5 annually.
Nobel awarded to Swedish scientist who deciphered the Neanderthal genome
Pääbo did groundbreaking work to sequence the genome of long-extinct Neanderthals, showing that they interbred with modern humans.
Your first brush with coronavirus could affect how a fall booster works
It’s a phenomenon known by the forbidding name of original antigenic sin, and, in the case of the coronavirus, it prompts a constellation of questions.
FDA authorizes Novavax covid vaccine, adding a fourth shot to pandemic arsenal
Novavax’s shot, which uses a more traditional technology, has been eagerly awaited by a niche group of people who can’t or won’t take other vaccines.
Omicron-based coronavirus booster shots will roll out this fall
The FDA announced that the fall shots would include a component from BA.4 and BA.5, the omicron subvariants gaining ground in the United States.
Coronavirus vaccines should be updated for fall, FDA advisers say
The panel recommended that coronavirus shots be updated to more closely reflect the circulating virus.
FDA advisers recommend authorizing Novavax coronavirus vaccine
The Novavax vaccine is a protein vaccine, a more traditional technology found in other commonly used immunizations such as hepatitis B and influenza.
A more traditional coronavirus shot is on the way. Some people can’t wait.
The Novavax coronavirus vaccine has been impatiently awaited by people who do not want to take mRNA vaccines.
White House says coronavirus shots for kids under 5 could begin June 21
The availability of vaccines depends on decisions by regulators and public health officials.
