Vaccine mandates for schools are up to local districts--White House

French PM says vaccine passes would be more effective than mandatory vaccination

Rate of Americans getting booster shots is slowing down

The Biden administration has largely responded to the near vertical rise in coronavirus cases by pushing for more people to get not only their initial doses of vaccine, but booster shots as well.

This week, federal health officials endorsed boosters for youths 12 to 17 who had initially gotten the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The government also changed the definition of “up to date” Covid vaccination to include boosters.

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Small U.S study raises doubts about rapid Covid tests’ reliability in early days after infection

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Biden administration launching additional testing sites in six states

(CNN) The Biden administration is opening additional federally run free Covid-19 testing sites this week in six states across the country -- Maine, Maryland, Nevada, Delaware, Texas and Washington -- as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to surge in the US.

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California:Spike in COVID virus cases hitting hospitals, schools

US sees record COVID-19 pediatric hospital admissions on Wednesday

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Experts warn that "the next variant is just around the corner."

‘The next variant is just around the corner’: Experts warn the world’s at risk until all are vaccinated

  • New Covid-19 variants are likely to keep on emerging until the whole world is vaccinated against the virus, experts warn.
  • In low-income countries, only 8.5% of people have received at least one dose of a vaccine, according to data.
  • The sharing of vaccinations is not just an altruistic act but a pragmatic one, experts note.

LONDON — New Covid-19 variants are likely to keep on emerging until the globe has been vaccinated against the virus, experts warn, saying that the sharing of vaccines is not just an altruistic act but a pragmatic one.

“Until the whole world is vaccinated, not just rich Western countries, I think we are going to remain in danger of new variants coming along and some of those could be more virulent than omicron,” Dr. Andrew Freedman, an academic in infectious diseases at Cardiff University Medical School, told CNBC on Thursday.

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"Flurona’: Coronavirus and influenza co-infections reported as omicron surges

France allows some COVID-19-infected medics to keep working because of staff shortages

England to suspend PCR confirmation of positive rapid COVID tests

Pfizer official expects updated COVID-19 vaccine data for kids under 5 by April

CDC panel recommends Pfizer COVID-19 booster for adolescents

DeSantis urges healthy, asymptomatic Floridians to forgo COVID-19 testing even as omicron case count skyrockets

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