Pfizer says COVID booster offers protection against omicron

Pfizer says COVID booster offers protection against omicron

December 8, 2021 | Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine may protect against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said lab tests showed a booster dose increased by 25-fold the level of so-called neutralizing antibodies against omicron.

Local doctors encourage COVID-19 booster shots as researchers watch omicron variant closely

Local doctors encourage COVID-19 booster shots as researchers watch omicron variant closely

December 6, 2021 | “The big thing we want to do at this point is don’t let omicron become delta,” said Dr. Jill Roberts, Associate Professor a the University of South Florida College of Public Health. That’s researchers’ biggest concern. Delta is still the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States but they worry omicron will be even more contagious and spread quickly.

Pfizer says COVID booster offers protection against omicron

Merriam-Webster chooses vaccine as the 2021 word of the year

November 29, 2021 | With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster has declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year: vaccine. “This was a word that was extremely high in our data every single day in 2021,” Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor-at-large, told The Associated Press ahead of Monday’s announcement.