 | | | | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday updated its recommendation to allow certain immunocompromised individuals and people over the age of 50 to receive an additional booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines. | | | | | | The U.S. FDA cited data showing waning immunity and the risks posed by Omicron variants of the virus. | | | | | | Britain said on Tuesday that healthcare workers, social care staff and the most vulnerable will still get COVID-19 tests without any charge when it ends free testing for the general public next month. | | | | | | France on Tuesday reported 217,480 new COVID-19 infections over the last 24 hours, a level unseen since early February. | | | | | | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will weigh the benefits of authorizing a round of boosters of either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a broader population in the fall, a top official said on Tuesday. | | | | | | Shanghai started a lockdown by dividing the city roughly along the Huangpu River, to allow for staggered testing. | | | | | | U.S. regulators authorized a second booster dose of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine for people 50 and older due to concerns about waning immunity in the age group, the drugmakers said on Tuesday. | | | | | | Israeli startup BioBetter is repurposing tobacco plants to produce ingredients that promote cell growth in a step that could remove one of the biggest obstacles to large-scale lab meat manufacturing. | | | | | | The U.S. national public health agency said on Tuesday that BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron was estimated to account for more than half the coronavirus variants in the country. | | | | | | Europe's drug regulator said on Tuesday it had started a real-time review of Spanish pharmaceutical firm Hipra's COVID-19 vaccine candidate. | | | | | |
