Frank Gluck, The Tennessean, January 30, 2023 With new strains of COVID-19 circulating, including one particularly contagious version that earned the nickname ‘Kraken,’ some readers have reached out to ask about the latest in vaccine recommendations. Was the initial round …
XBB.1.5 Responsible for Majority of U.S. Coronavirus Cases
Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder, US News, January 27, 2023 The highly contagious omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is responsible for the majority of new coronavirus infections in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Agency estimates show that XBB.1.5 caused over 61% …
An FDA committee votes to roll out a new COVID vaccination strategy
Scott Hensley, NPR, January 26, 2023 A committee of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on a proposal to simplify the nation’s strategy for vaccinating people against COVID-19. The recommendation is that future COVID-19 vaccines should be …
Updated COVID boosters cut the infection risk from XBB.1.5 subvariant by nearly half, CDC finds
Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, January 25, 2023 The updated Covid boosters reduce the risk of Covid infection from the predominant omicron subvariant by nearly half, according to early data published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In adults up …
U.S. FDA proposes shift to annual COVID vaccine shots
Reuters, January 23, 2023 The U.S. health regulator on Monday proposed one dose of the latest updated COVID-19 shot annually for healthy adults, similar to the influenza immunization campaign, as it aims to simplify the country’s COVID-vaccine strategy. The U.S. …