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Politics
Biden Administration Plans to Offer Updated Booster Shots in September
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration now expects to begin a Covid-19 booster campaign with retooled vaccines in September because Pfizer…
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Vaccine protection waned this spring but boosters helped, the C.D.C. reports.
The emergence of highly contagious Omicron subvariants this spring in the United States appeared to reduce the protection offered by…
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The Answer to Stopping the Coronavirus May Be Up the Nose
The Covid-19 vaccines authorized for use today were developed at unprecedented speed and surpassed expectations in how well they worked.…
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Politics
F.D.A. Allows Second Coronavirus Boosters for Everyone 50 and Older
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators authorized second booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines on Tuesday for everyone ...
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Biden Administration Plans to Offer Second Booster Shots to Those 50 and Up
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is planning to give Americans age 50 or older the option of a second booster…
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World
Will Adults Need a Fourth Dose of Covid Vaccine? It’s Too Soon to Know.
WASHINGTON — Although new federal data suggests that the effectiveness of booster shots wanes after about four months, the Biden…
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World
Sweden recommends fourth vaccine shots for people 80 and older.
Sweden’s public health agency recommended on Monday that people 80 and over receive a second booster dose of coronavirus vaccine,…
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Health
As Omicron Crests, Booster Shots Are Keeping Americans Out of Hospitals
Booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are not just reducing the number of infections with the contagious Omicron…
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Booster shots are instrumental in protecting against Omicron, new C.D.C. data suggest.
Booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines aren’t just preventing infections with the contagious Omicron variant — they’re also…
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Starting later this week, some at-risk Americans become eligible for a 4th Covid shot.
Some people with a weakened immune system can get a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine as early as this…
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