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A COVID-19 booster shot will provide strong and broad antibody protection against the range of omicron sublineage variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in circulation, two new studies using serum from human blood samples suggest. Researchers…

Physician’s Briefing Staff THURSDAY, May 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Yet another subvariant of the omicron variant is spreading rapidly in the United States and is likely to become the dominant strain…

FDA granted IND clearance today for STI-9167 (Intravenous COVISHIELD™) for a Phase 1 safety and pharmacokinetic study in healthy volunteers.Initial trials are expected to be followed by a multinational Phase 2/3 trial in both mild and…

A man is given a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at pop-up testing site in New York, April 11, 2022.Brendan McDermid | ReutersCovid infections are rising again in the U.S. with outbreaks in New York City and Washington, D.C. resulting…

The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 sublineage has been supplanted in many countries by the BA.2 sublineage. Although Omicron is responsible for less severe forms in the general population, immunocompromised people are still at higher risk of…

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday said there is enough immunity in the U.S. population to provide some protection against the more contagious omicron BA.2 subvariant, which could help stave off another Covid wave that slams…

Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Tuesday that he believes the U.S. this spring will avoid a "national wave" of infection related to the more contagious omicron BA.2 subvariant.However, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner…

A resident receives a Covid-19 swab test during a mobile clinic at Saint Paul MB Church in Cleveland, Mississippi, on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022.Rory Doyle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe more contagious omicron BA.2 subvariant now makes up 72%…

President Joe Biden is set to give a speech Wednesday about the fight against Covid-19 in the U.S.The president's remarks come a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a fourth Covid vaccine shot of Pfizer or…

Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The Omicron subvariant BA.2 now accounts for 55% of COVID variants in the U.S.,…