Is the updated COVID vaccine a good match for the current variant and the emerging strain?
Northeastern University professors of pharmacy say the updated COVID-19 vaccines available for fall and winter of 2024 are a ...
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Covid continues: FLiRT variants and how to protect yourself this season
With variants like Omicron, Delta, Alpha and more, this virus has continued to evolve ... At of the time of publication, the ...
CDC: XEC COVID-19 variant circulating in the US
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer Recent estimates published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show ...
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COVID Variant XEC Could Become Dominant Soon: How You Can Protect Yourself
Fact checked by Nick Blackmer The COVID-19 variant XEC, which has been spreading across Europe, now accounts for 17% of cases ...
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CDC endorses ACIP recommendation to lower age for pneumococcal vaccination to 50
The vaccine advisory group voted 14 to 1 in favor of lowering the age for pneumococcal vaccination from 65 to 50.
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COVID-19 XEC variant is now circulating in the US. Here's what you should know about it.
"CDC is monitoring the XEC variant," Rosa Norman, a CDC spokesperson told USA TODAY. "XEC is the proposed name of a recombinant, or hybrid, of the closely related Omicron lineages KS.1.1 and KP.3. ...
New COVID XEC variant: What you need to know
KP.3 was the 'predominant' SARS-CoV-2 variant in the US. It was also spreading in Europe. It's now joined with another ...
New COVID strain is circulating in the US, what to know about the XEC variant
29 and ending on Oct. 12. "CDC is monitoring the XEC variant," Rosa Norman, a CDC spokesperson told USA TODAY. "XEC is the ...