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The study, which tested the effectiveness of the COVID vaccine in the 12-18 age group, also shows a 90 percent reduction in documented cases of infection.
Two new studies report that COVID-19 vaccination strongly protects against both infection and serious illness among adolescents ages 12 to 18. Both covered periods when the highly contagious Delta variant was the predominant circulating strain. A study supported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, led by Boston Children's Hospital and published in the
Charting the course of the pandemic during the coming months is likely to involve a more traditional winter nuisance: the flu. As countries from Italy to Canada lift restrictions, travel resumes and colder temperatures set in, influenza will probably start circulating as well.