Novavax says its protein-based Covid vaccine is 80% effective in young adolescents - The latest study enrolled 2,247 children from US, aged 12 to 17. It found the vaccine was 80% effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19 infection.
Will Omicron variant of Covid-19 end the pandemic? Top US scientist Anthony Fauci says THIS - According to Anthony Fauci, the world is still in the first of what he considered to be the five phases of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Top US scientist Anthony Fauci says THIS about severity of Omicron variant - Anthony Fauci said early indications suggest Omicron is not worse than prior strains and possibly milder but could take weeks to judge its severity.
Omicron splitting into 2 lineages like Delta? THIS is what experts say - BA.1 & BA.2 lineages were classified based on mutations some of which are common for both variants. Some of the mutations are unique to both lineages.
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has spread to about one-third of US states, but the Delta version remains the majority of Covid-19 infections as cases rise nationwide, US health officials said yesterday. Though the emergence of the new variant has caused alarm.