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FDA greenlights Novavax’s updated COVID vaccine
The FDA’s announcement paves the way for people to start receiving the vaccine at pharmacies and doctor’s offices.
Read more.COVID booster uptake hindered by prior infections, fear of side effects
Bivalent boosters were first recommended for all Americans ages 12 and up in September 2022.
Read more.California law limiting medical exemptions from kindergarten vaccines offset by COVID, alternative schooling
The proportion of kindergarteners not up to date with vaccinations rose from 6% in 2019 to 7% in 2020, then
Read more.Study: Paxlovid cuts hospitalization, death only in at-risk COVID patients with weak immune systems
There were no significant differences in risk among COVID patients with chronic conditions and healthy immune systems or older unvaccinated
Read more.Study: 1 in 20 Americans used non-evidence based COVID treatments
Trust in physicians and science was associated with not using the treatments.
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