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Dr. Anthony Fauci issued a warning just last week that the omicron variant will become the dominant strain in the United States in a matter of weeks. That day has already come. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, omicron accounts for 73 percent of new cases across the U.S., making it the dominant variant in […]
Moderna said Monday that the currently authorized booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine significantly increases neutralizing antibody levels against the widespread Omicron variant. In a statement in which preliminary booster data and an update to its variant strategy were both detailed, the Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company explained that the currently authorized booster of 50 micrograms of […]
A new study has found that fully vaccinated people who are then infected with COVID-19 may acquire a “super immunity” to future variants of the virus, NBC Chicago reports. The Oregon Health & Science University study, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, has discovered that antibodies in breakthrough case blood samples were at most 1,000% more effective than the […]
Paul Rudd is officially part of the five-timers club. Opening up the latest episode of Saturday Night Live with a slightly different monologue, Rudd is now one of the few celebrities who’ve hosted the show five or more times in their careers. And to celebrate on his big night, he brought the at-home crowd some special surprises. […]
The Radio City Music Hall Rockettes is the latest Broadway show to shut down amid the recent rise in breakthrough COVID-19 cases. In a statement shared on Twitter Friday, the Rockettes announced that its The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes has been canceled for the rest of the season. “We regret that we are unable to continue the Christmas […]
Baker Mayfield is going in on the NFL. The Cleveland Browns quarterback took to Twitter on Thursday to express his frustration over the league’s COVID-19 testing policy. “@NFL Make up your damn mind on protocols. Showing up and making only 3 teams test?!?” he wrote. “All so you can keep the game as scheduled to make money. Actually caring […]
A panel of health advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have given preference to the mRNA COVID vaccines for adults 18 and over. According to NBC News, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously voted to recommend the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines over Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose jab. The vote, which was announced Thursday, was primarily […]
Doja Cat—whose Twitter name has been lengthened from “my ass” to “my sick sad ass”—has tested positive for COVID-19. Sharing the news to her socials on Sunday, Doja revealed that she can no longer continue performing at the remainder of the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour, appearances that were already looking uncertain after members of her team […]
Former President Donald Trump’s blood oxygen levels were “dangerously low” after he tested positive for COVID-19 last year, according to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. In his upcoming book, The Chief’s Chief, Meadows reveals that on October 2, 2020, just hours after announcing on Twitter that he tested positive for the virus, Trump’s oxygen levels had plummeted to […]
As the COVID-19 news cycle further turns its attention to the Omicron variant, a vaccine co-creator is cautioning against a return to complacency with a warning about the potential for future pandemics. Speaking during the 44th edition of the Richard Dimbleby lecture series, per a report from the Guardian, Oxford University’s Sarah Gilbert pointed to the […]
