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The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first updated COVID vaccines since the initial December 2020 rollout. Millions of Americans will soon be able to receive new booster shots that target not only the original virus but the BA.5 Omicron subvariant as well.
The updated COVID vaccines – known as ‘bivalent boosters’ since they address multiple variants – could be made available as soon as next week. Continue reading “FDA Approves Updated COVID Vaccines To Target Omicron Variant”
(stock image via Depositphotos)Britain is the first country to approve a newly-updated COVID booster that targets both the original coronavirus and the newer Omicron variant which became the dominant strain last winter. Continue reading “UK Approves First COVID Booster That Targets Two Variants”
L-R James Longman, Alex Brannan (via Instagram)Some news items you might have missed:
• Instinct Magazine: ABC News foreign correspondent James Longman has married his partner, Alex Brannan, with a service at Marylebone Registry Office in London. Two years ago, their marriage proposal went viral. Continue reading “News Round-Up: July 25, 2022”
President Joe Biden (screen capture)The White House reported today that President Biden has tested positive for COVID-19. He is reportedly experiencing “very mild symptoms.”
Biden was not airlifted to Walter Reed Hospital as Donald Trump was upon his COVID-19 diagnosis. Continue reading “Biden Has Tested Positive For COVID-19”
(screen cap via CBS Boston)Some news items you might have missed:
• Boston.com: LGBTQ Senior Housing Inc., a Massachusetts non-profit that works to create affordable housing for LGBTQ+ seniors, said in a Facebook post Sunday that signs at The Pryde — their current housing project in Hyde Park — had anti-LGBTQ+ hate speech spray-painted on them. Continue reading “Boston LGBTQ Senior Housing Project Defaced + More News”
The COVID pandemic isn’t over yet, folks. The coronavirus has other ideas. As the Saturday morning PSA used to say, “The more you know.” Continue reading “Report: Risk of COVID Reinfection From New Variant Grows”
(photo: Ludovic Bertron/Flickr)The Broadway League has announced that the owners and operators of all 41 Broadway theaters in New York City will extend mask requirements for audiences through at least May 31, 2022, but many will no longer check vaccination status after April 30, 2022. Continue reading “Broadway Extends Mask Requirements, Will Drop Vaccination Checks”
Taron Egerton (photo: Gage Skidmore – CC license)Some news items you might have missed:
• ExtraTV: Taron Egerton passed out during the first performance of the stage play COCK in the West End on Saturday night. His understudy – Joel Harper Jackson – took over mid-show, but Egerton took to his Instagram to assure fans he was fine. The award-winning play explores sexual fluidity. Continue reading “News Round-Up: March 7, 2022”
(image via Depositphotos)The official global death toll from COVID-19 officially passed the 6 million mark on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University . Truly a sobering milestone. Continue reading “Global Death Toll From COVID-19 Passes 6 Million Mark”
The FDA has de-authorized two antibody drugs used for to fight COVID-19 infections after drugmakers Eli Lilly and Regeneron announced the infusion drugs don’t work against the Omicron variant which now accounts for 99% of U.S. infections. Continue reading “Two Antibody Drugs Found To Be Ineffective Against Omicron”