Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, October 3, 2022 Health officials are still urging Americans to get a bivalent booster nearly a month after the Food and Drug Administration authorized the COVID-19 shots targeting the omicron variant. A look at cases and …
What to know about COVID variants BA.4.6, BF.7 and BA.2.75, now growing nationwide
Alexander Tin, CBS News, September 30, 2022 The BA.5 variant that dominated the summer wave of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations has now fallen to 81.3% of new cases, according to estimates released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Three …
Why The New Covid-19 Booster Vaccines Are Safe
Steven Salzberg, Forbes, Sept. 26, 2022 In case you haven’t heard, there’s now a new set of vaccine booster shots that protect against the latest variant of COVID-19, BA.5. This new variant is highly infectious, and the original vaccine doesn’t …
CDC: Most of East Tennessee in ‘low’ COVID-19 risk category
Staff Writer, WBIR, Sept. 23, 2022 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said most of East Tennessee was back in the “low” COVID-19 risk category as of Friday. It is the lowest risk category of the CDC’s three tiers. People in …
Where to Get Updated COVID Booster, Eligibility, Possible Side Effects and More
Staff Writer, NBC, Sept. 23, 2022 For the vast majority of the pandemic, up until early September, COVID-19 vaccines targeted the original coronavirus strain, even as wildly different mutants emerged. Vaccines continued to show effective protection, even regarding different strains, and …