They urged additional investment, saying the risk of new variants remains high as long as billions of people are unvaccinated.
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Could the pandemic be stabilizing? The WHO says it might be, but ‘our work is not done.’
World Health Organization officials say the emergency phase of the coronavirus pandemic could end this year — if enough people get vaccinated.
Pfizer and BioNTech begin testing omicron-specific vaccine on adults
Pfizer and BioNTech will test an omicron-specific version of their vaccine and a fourth shot of the original vaccine to determine the best path forward.
New York state, seeking to save its indoor mask mandate, moves to appeal court ruling
The protocol was put in place last month by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul as New York moved to curb a winter surge in coronavirus cases.
Emergency phase of pandemic could end in 2022 but conditions still ‘ideal’ for new variants, WHO says
The World Health Organization’s Hans Kluge said “it’s plausible that [Europe] is moving towards a kind of pandemic endgame.”
There’s a new version of omicron but so far it doesn’t appear to be more dangerous
The descendant, known as BA.2, is spreading. The World Health Organization recommended Monday that health officials evaluate it separately from the original version of omicron, known as BA.1.
FDA ends for now use of two monoclonal antibodies, spurring a halt in federal shipments of the covid-19 treatments
The therapies by Regeneron and Eli Lilly are not effective against the omicron variant, officials said.
They had covid-19 once. Then, they got it again.
Although statistically rare, coronavirus reinfections have been rising recently, leading some states to track them separately.
Here are some ways to keep your bones in the best possible shape
About 10 million Americans older than 50 have osteoporosis. Another 43 million people in the U.S. have low bone mass. Here are methods to counter these two ailments.
People who survive multiple disasters have worse mental health
Mental resiliency could be harder to rebuild than a house or business in places that have experienced multiple disasters, study suggests.
