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New COVID variant NB.1.8.1 could be more than 1 in 3 cases, CDC says
The NB.1.8.1 COVID-19 variant was linked to a large surge of hospitalizations in parts of Asia earlier this year.
US CDC official in charge of COVID, RSV data resigns ahead of vaccine meeting
A U.S. government scientist who oversees the team responsible for collecting data on COVID-19 and RSV hospitalizations used ...
CDC official overseeing agency recommendations for Covid-19 vaccines resigns
A medical officer at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was working on the committee that was weighing changes to the agency’s Covid-19 vaccine recommendations resigned on Friday, ...
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CDC now says kids "may receive" COVID-19 vaccines, should talk to their doctors
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says that kids with no underlying health conditions "may receive" COVID-19 ...
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Epidemiologist fired from Harvard after refusing COVID shot named to CDC vaccine panel
World-renowned infectious-disease epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff — who was fired from Harvard Medical School last year after ...
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Ex-HMS Professor Who Refused Covid-19 Vaccine Named to CDC Immunization Panel
A former Harvard Medical School professor who claims he was fired for refusing to receive the Covid-19 vaccine was appointed ...
A new coronavirus variant is spreading. A doctor explains what people should know
A new Covid-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, or Nimbus, represents about a third of new US Covid-19 cases. Dr. Leana Wen answers ...
New CDC advisers will skip some expected topics and explore a target of antivaccine activists
Targeting thimerosal would likely force manufacturers to switch to single-dose vials, which would make the shots more ...