Omicron News

• Updated Pfizer COVID-19 booster enhances protection, company says

  About 26.3 million Americans have gotten an updated booster since they rolled out in early September, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  World

  Nov 4, 2022
  
• Health Canada approves Moderna’s Omicron COVID booster; 780K doses arriving Friday

  Ottawa has signed an agreement with Moderna to provide 12 million doses of its updated shot for 2022 and 2023, though rollout times are unclear.

  Health

  Sep 1, 2022
  
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• U.S. marks ‘tragic milestone’ of 1 million COVID-19 deaths

  U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday commemorated the death of 1 million people in the Unites States from COVID-19, marking what he called "a tragic milestone."

  World

  May 12, 2022
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• COVID surveillance: Experts question need for costly mass testing

  Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials in some countries are questioning the merits of repeated, mass testing when it comes to containing infections.

  Health

  May 10, 2022
• World is ‘blind’ to COVID spread, WHO warns. Where does Canada stand?

  The head of the WHO is urging countries to maintain surveillance of COVID infections, saying the world was "blind" to how the virus is spreading because of falling testing rates.

  Health

  Apr 26, 2022
• Nearly one in four Canadians have caught COVID-19, poll suggests

  Almost one in four Canadian respondents to a new online survey said they had been infected with COVID-19, while about three in four had not.

  Health

  Apr 19, 2022
• Moderna aims for fall release of COVID-19 Omicron vaccine

  Before Omicron came along, Moderna was studying a combination shot that added protection against an earlier COVID-19 variant named Beta.

  Health

  Apr 19, 2022
• Could Paxlovid help treat long COVID? Here’s what we know

  Reports of two patients who found relief from long COVID after taking Pfizer's antiviral Paxlovid provide evidence for clinical trials to help those suffering, experts say.

  Health

  Apr 18, 2022
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• COVID-19 cases on the rise in the U.S. after two-month decline

  Experts warn the coming COVID-19 wave - caused by Omicron subvariant BA.2 - will wash across the nation and push up hospitalizations in a growing number of states.

  Health

  Apr 15, 2022
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• Canada is in 6th wave of COVID-19, Dr. Theresa Tam says

  The latest rise in cases across the country is fuelled by the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam confirmed on Tuesday.

  Health

  Apr 12, 2022