SARS-Cov-2

The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 now accounts for 95% of COVID-19 cases in the United States, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, said during a White House briefing on Wednesday.

The CDC’s vaccine advisory committee voted Wednesday to recommend that adolescents aged 12 to 17 years receive a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

The CDC tweaked its guidance for people isolating with COVID-19, adding a recommendation for anyone who “wants to test” but stopping short of telling people that they should test.

An unpatented COVID-19 vaccine recently authorized in India and going into production in other countries could soon vaccinate more people globally than all the doses donated by the U.S. and other G7 countries, two of its developers said.

Support from parents and other important adults was crucial in staving off depression and anxiety among students during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a study found.

The CDC has backed two COVID-19 vaccine authorizations issued by the FDA but will wait to hear from advisors on whether to recommend booster shots for children aged 12 to 15 years.

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The FDA on Wednesday issued an emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Paxlovid, making it the first available oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19.

On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced new actions to fight the omicron variant, including a promise to purchase 500 million at-home tests and distribute them for free to Americans beginning next month.

After devastating surges in hospitalizations and deaths, many look forward with some relief to the possibility of COVID-19 shifting into an endemic phase, like seasonal influenza.