Cara Murez, US News and World Report, July 5, 2023 For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors have told patients who get a negative result after taking a rapid antigen test at home to test again 48 hours later. A …
1 in 4 Americans hadn’t contracted COVID by the end of 2022, CDC estimates
Mary Kekatos, ABC News, July 5, 2023 By the end of 2022, about one in four American adults and older teenagers still hadn’t contracted COVID-19, according to new federal data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking seroprevalence …
How many Americans still haven’t caught COVID-19? CDC publishes final 2022 estimates
Alexander Tin, CBS News, July 3, 2023 Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. adults and older teens had still not caught COVID-19 by the end of last year, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while …
Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax gear up for fall COVID vaccine rollout with an important head start
Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, June 20, 2023 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Covid strain selection for the next round of shots puts Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax on track to deliver new jabs in time for the fall — a decisive win for the vaccine makers as they …
Next COVID vaccine booster shot should target new variant not original virus, FDA panel says
Karen Weintraub, USA Today, June 15, 2023 This fall’s COVID-19 vaccine should target the XBB.1.5 variant and for the first time not take aim at the original virus, a federal advisory committee recommended Thursday. The vaccine’s protection against infection fades over time, …