Posts Tagged ‘Omicron’
NEW: Moderna announces new booster that is Omicron variant specific
Moderna announces new booster that is Omicron variant specific Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced new clinical data on its Omicron-containing bivalent COVID booster candidate, mRNA-1273.214, containing mRNA-1273 (Spikevax) and a vaccine candidate targeting the Omicron variant of concern. A 50 µg booster dose of mRNA-1273.214 met…
Read MoreWhere are we now: Omicron & Irrational Hope – Michael Fine
By Michael Fine, contributing writer, RINewsToday Where We Are Now: January 9 -14, 2022. Omicron and Irrational Hope. © Michael Fine 2022 Okay, Dr. Fine, I imagine some of you are saying. January 7th came and went. You said we’d see 12,000 new cases in Rhode Island in a single day by then. And here we are, with no…
Read MorePfizer 2 + 1 booster “neutralizes” Omicron variant
Photo: Pfizer Pfizer today announced results from an initial laboratory study demonstrating that serum antibodies induced by the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (BNT162b2) neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant after three doses. Sera obtained from vaccinees one month after receiving the booster vaccination (third dose of BNT162b2 vaccine) neutralized the Omicron variant to levels that are comparable…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Dec. 4, 2021
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Assisted Living & Nursing Home facilities are seeing an uptick in cases. Winslow Gardens in East Providence, an assisted living facility, has an outbreak of over 30 people, which followed a lifting of visitation policy. 1 person is a staff member, and approx. 6 have been hospitalized for their symptoms, which…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Dec. 2, 2021
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY A state judge overturned the ban on evictions in Boston. Eleanor Slater State Hospital has let go any worker who is not vaccinated. A new online unemployment claim system has been developed at the RI DLT In-person First Night in Boston will return Massachusetts is experiencing the same uptick as the…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Nov. 30, 2021
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY State-run PCR tests in RI are taking 3-4 days due to some delay with equipment and processing – this is not the case at pharmacies and other locations. The Rhode Island Foundation and the Governor announced the Rhode Island Pandemic Recovery Office have jointly established the Rhode Island Nonprofit Support Fund…
Read MoreOmicron COVID-19 variant calls for nations “acting fast, early, hard and strong”
Omicron. It is the name chosen from the Greek alphabet to identify the latest strain (B.1.1.529) of concern of COVID-19. While there are cautions that the world not overreact, at first glance the variant identified in the South African region seems to be easier to transmit and its response to the vaccine is not yet…
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