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Omicron is trouncing the argument for “natural immunity” to COVID

Enlarge / A 13-year-old celebrates getting the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Hartford, Connecticut, on May 13, 2021. (credit: Getty | JOSEPH PREZIOSO ) So-called “natural immunity” against COVID-19 has always been a dodgy argument for avoiding vaccination during the pandemic. But amid omicron, natural immunity is clearly rubbish. Unvaccinated people who have recovered from an […]

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Bob Saget’s Widow Backs Autopsy Report Amid Newly Released Claims He Didn’t ‘Feel Good’ Hours Prior To Death

Bob Saget ‘ s widow, Kelly Rizzo , has released a new statement as she continues to mourn the death of her beloved husband . Of course, this follows new information that was released this week regarding the Full House alum’ s untimely death back in January of this year. As we reported on Wednesday […]

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Bob Saget Reportedly Said He Didn’t ‘Feel Good’ Prior To Final Comedy Show Hours Before His Death

More information keeps coming to light surrounding the tragic death of comedian Bob Saget. According to a new report, the show runner who oversaw the Full House alum’s final comedy show in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida in early January revealed to police that the longtime celebrity apparently said he was feeling sick in the hours before his […]

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Moderna says its COVID vaccine generated strong antibody levels in kids

Enlarge / Avery, 6, and Aidan, 11, got their second Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on Friday, June 25, 2021, as part of the KidCOVE study evaluating the safety and efficacy of the particular Moderna vaccine in young children. (credit: Getty | MediaNews Group ) Wednesday brought some potentially […]

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2nd rapid COVID test after a positive swab boosted accuracy from 38% to 92%

Enlarge / A pharmacist at the Community Pharmacy of Saco demonstrates how Abbott’s BinaxNow COVID-19 Ag Card Home Test works by using a nasal swab and a solution onto a test strip. (credit: Getty | Portland Press Herald) To quickly confirm an asymptomatic case of COVID-19, a second rapid test within an hour of a […]

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Please stop putting COVID-19 test solution in your eyes and nose, FDA says

Enlarge / A woman takes a swab as part of a COVID-19 antigen rapid test. (credit: Getty | NurPhoto) The Food and Drug Administration is alerting Americans to the potential dangers of at-home COVID-19 tests after receiving reports of people egregiously misusing them, resulting in injuries. In a safety communication released Friday, the FDA said […]

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Murky case for fourth doses now with FDA as protection wanes, BA. 2 looms

Enlarge / The US Food and Drug Administration in Silver Spring, Maryland. (credit: Getty | Xinhua News Agency ) Vaccine-makers Moderna and Pfizer have now both submitted requests for the US Food plus Drug Administration to authorize fourth doses—second boosters—of their COVID-19 vaccines. Pfizer, along with vaccine partner BioNTech, announced Tuesday that they had asked […]

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COVID cases are again on the rise globally as testing, health measures decline

Enlarge / World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (L) and WHO Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhove attend a daily press briefing on COVID-19 at the WHO headquarters on March 2, 2020, in Geneva. (credit: Getty | Fabrice Coffrini) After weeks of decline, the global tally of COVID-19 cases is now ticking back up. […]

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Florida health official put on 2-month leave after urging staff to get vaccine

Enlarge / Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference before newly appointed state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo at Neo City Academy in Kissimmee, Fl. (credit: Getty | SOPA images ) California is allowing its top public health official in Orlando in order to return to work after a two-month suspension related to […]

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Pfizer CEO pushes for fourth shots as anxiety over BA.2 subvariant rises

Enlarge / Pfizer Chairman and CEO Dr. Albert Bourla speaks onstage at the 2022 SXSW Conference at JW Marriott Austin on March 14, 2022 in Austin. (credit: Getty | Chris Saucedo) While US health experts closely monitor upticks of COVID-19 cases in Europe as well as the global rise of the omicron subvariant BA.2, Pfizer […]