Erika Edwards, NBC News, Dec. 21, 2021 The dizzying speed of omicron’s spread has left Americans questioning much of what they know about Covid-19, especially on the cusp of holiday travel. “This is hitting us at a very inopportune time,” said Dr. …
Vaccinated and test positive? What to know about omicron, COVID for this holiday season
Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, Dec. 21, 2021 As COVID-19 cases surge, fueled by the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus, Americans wonder how to approach the holidays and safely travel and gather with friends and family. The pace of new cases in the …
Unvaccinated kids can stay in school after exposure if tested, CDC says; Pfizer trials suggest 2 doses not effective for kids under: Updates
Celina Tebor and Ryan W. Miller, USA Today, Dec. 18, 2021 With a potential surge in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks, the Biden administration on Friday pressed its new strategy to reduce the time unvaccinated children miss in school after …
Pfizer executives say COVID could become endemic by 2024
Hannah Miao, CNBC, Dec. 17, 2021 Covid will become an endemic disease as early as 2024, Pfizer executives said Friday, meaning the virus will transition from a global emergency to a constant presence causing regional outbreaks across the world — …
How effective are COVID-19 vaccines against omicron?
Melissa Hawkins, PBS News Hour, Dec. 16, 2021 The pandemic has brought many tricky terms and ideas from epidemiology into everyone’s lives. Two particularly complicated concepts are vaccine efficacy and effectiveness. These are not the same thing. And as time goes …