Health
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If you got Pfizer’s vaccine, seek a booster 5 months after the second shot, not 6, the C.D.C. recommends.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended on Tuesday that Americans who received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus…
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Decision Looms That Could Determine Fate of Alzheimer’s Drug
Federal officials are wrestling with a decision that could go a long way toward determining the future of the controversial…
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Studies Suggest Why Omicron Is Less Severe: It Spares the Lungs
A spate of new studies on lab animals and human tissues are providing the first hints of why the Omicron…
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The Plane is Boarding, Where Are Your Test Results?
Christine Yi held out hope that the test results would come through until the doors to her flight’s boarding gate…
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As Omicron Spreads, Officials Ponder What It Means to Be ‘Fully Vaccinated’
Goldman Sachs and Jeffries, the investment banks, are demanding that employees get booster shots. The University of Oregon and other…
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C.D.C. Shortens Covid Isolation Period for Health Care Workers
With rising concern over hospital staffing shortages as Omicron cases rapidly spread, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on…
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Family Stress Intensifies as Omicron Invades the Holidays
A single mother of two girls, Katherine Sargent is accustomed to working hard to ensure Christmas is a wonderful time,…
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Merck’s Covid Pill Is Authorized for High-Risk Adults
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized a second antiviral pill for Covid but said it should not be…
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What Does It Mean to Be ‘Fully Vaccinated’ Against Covid-19?
As evidence grows that the Delta and Omicron variants of the coronavirus are causing breakthrough infections in people who were…
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Omicron Infections Seem to Be Milder, Three Research Teams Report
Three separate teams of scientists on two continents have found that Omicron infections more often result in mild illness than…