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You can get Covid-19 and flu vaccines at the same time, but should you? What the science says

CNN  —  With holiday season underway, you may be realizing that you forgot to get your Covid-19 and flu vaccines, and now you’ll be sitting across the table from your elderly relatives. The good news is that it’s not too late to get your shots, but what about knocking them both out at the same …

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Egypt Independent November 28, 2023

Older adults still make up most Covid-19 hospitalizations, CDC report says, but concern grows over lack of vaccination

CNN  —  Older adults have accounted for nearly two-thirds of Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States this year, posing “a continued public health threat,” says a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From January through August, adults 65 and older accounted for about 63 percent of all Covid-19 hospitalizations, 61 percent of intensive care …

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Egypt Independent October 10, 2023

Nobel Prize in medicine won by two scientists for ‘groundbreaking findings’ on mRNA Covid-19 vaccines

CNN  —  This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their work on mRNA vaccines, which were crucial in curtailing the spread of Covid-19. The Nobel Prize committee announced the prestigious honor, seen as the pinnacle of scientific achievement, in Sweden on Monday. It praised …

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Egypt Independent October 2, 2023

The latest Covid-19 vaccine is here. Here’s where and when to get it — and RSV and flu shots, too

CNN  —  Now that the US Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have signed off, you won’t have to wait long to get your updated Covid-19 shot. Major pharmacy chains have already started rolling out vaccine appointments. Manufacturers say the tweaked mRNA vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech are effective against …

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Egypt Independent September 15, 2023

It seems like everyone has Covid-19: Here’s why this wave is probably worse than official data suggests

CNN  —  Covid-19 certainly didn’t take a vacation this summer. Virus levels in the US have been on the rise for weeks, but it’s hard to know exactly how widely it’s spreading. Federal data suggests that the current increases have stayed far below earlier peaks and notable surges. But judging by word of mouth among …

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Egypt Independent September 5, 2023

New coronavirus variant ‘GFX’ remains under surveillance: Immunology professor

A new strain of the coronavirus which appeared shortly after the EG.5 variant titled ‘GFX’ is still under surveillance, the Head of the Immunology Department at Ain Shams University Ashraf Okba told Al-Aoula channel on Wednesday. He explained that the fourth stage of the World Health Organization’s classification of viruses includes diseases that cause a …

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Egypt Independent September 1, 2023