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A large study today from Germany shows that kids and adolescents are at the same relative risk of experiencing COVID-19 symptoms 90 days or more after acute infection as adults are, according to findings in PLOS Medicine.

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Vaccines: Pfizer, Biotech report booster shot effectiveness and trials on combined Covid and flu vaccine

Fri, 2022-11-04 13:40 — mike kraft

Pfizer, BioNTech say bivalent COVID-19 booster shot performs better against BA.5 omicron subvariant Pfizer and BioNTech said that updated data from a Phase 2-3 clinical trial shows the bivalent booster performed better against the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants. ABC News ABC News

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Analysis: Falling demand for COVID boosters makes price hikes more likely

Fri, 2022-10-21 22:06 — mike kraft

Analysis: Falling demand for COVID boosters puts price hikes on the table With most Americans delaying or skipping new COVID-19 booster shots, analysts and investors are now predicting far fewer will be given each year, pushing the number of shots well below annual flu vaccinations. Michael Erman Reuters

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German health minister urges stepped-up COVID-19 measures

Fri, 2022-10-14 14:41 — mike kraft

German health minister urges stepped-up COVID-19 measures BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health minister on Friday urged the country's 16 states to consider stepping up their measures against the coronavirus amid a rise in new cases. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said he favors requiring mask-wearing indoors, a measure that has largely faded in Germany except on public transport, in medical facilities and care homes. AP NEWS

...“The direction we’re going in isn’t a good one,” Lauterbach told reporters in Berlin.

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Pfizer, BioNTech's updated booster protects against Omicron in human trial

Thu, 2022-10-13 15:14 — mike kraft

Pfizer, BioNTech's updated booster protects against Omicron in human trial Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said their COVID-19 vaccine booster, adapted for the BA.4 and the BA.5 subvariants, generated a strong immune response and was well tolerated in testing on humans. Ludwig Burger,Manas Mishra Reuters

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Germany warns of rise in COVID-19 cases, other countries reporting increases going into fall

Fri, 2022-09-30 14:27 — mike kraft

Germany warns of rise in COVID-19 cases going into fall BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health minister warned Friday that the country is seeing a steady rise in COVID-19 cases as it goes into the fall, and urged older people to get a second booster shot tweaked to protect against new variants. AP NEWS

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Other European countries such as France, Denmark and the Netherlands are also recording an increase in cases, Karl Lauterbach told reporters in Berlin.

“We are clearly at the start of a winter wave,” he said.

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A brand new COVID variant is making headway in the U.S. and Europe

Wed, 2022-09-21 14:15 — mike kraft

Just in time for fall, there's a brand new COVID variant making headway in the U.S. Scientists are taking notice of BF.7 because it’s making headway in an increasingly crowded field of Omicron subvariants. Fortune

A new COVID strain started to create waves among virus trackers this week, outpacing nearly all other variants of interest scientists are tracking in the U.S. this autumn.

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