Vaccinations

Mask mandates to be lifted this week, as England relies on vaccinations and testing to keep the virus in check

Announcement made a day after the WHO said the spread of the omicron variant could change the pandemic from overwhelming to manageable

Pfizer also working to improve its current COVID-19 vaccine ‘to address any future variant of potential concern, if needed’

Thirty-six of the organization’s 194 member countries have still only vaccinated 10 percent of their populations

Governments, including the United Kingdom and South Korea, are already ordering the doses in preparation, Bancel said

The NCCN Advisory Committee supports the strong preference for mRNA vaccines and offers guidance on the timing of vaccination

Of 107 children hospitalized with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, none were fully vaccinated

At ≥7 days after second dose, effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was 69 percent against infection, 86 percent against related death

Molnupiravir cut the risk for hospitalization and death in high-risk patients by 30 percent