The seasonal COVID-19 spike, combined with rising cases of seasonal flu and RSV, brings what has been called a “tripledemic.” ...

The vaccine, codenamed BNT162b5, codes for "enhanced" prefusion spike proteins from the original wild-type strain of the virus and the Omicron variant that are designed to increase "the magnitude ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer The COVID-19 variant XEC, which has been spreading across Europe, now accounts for 17% of cases ...

both targeting the new Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. The US regulator has cleared a 30 µg booster dose of a new version of Pfizer's Comirnaty shot – 15 µg encoding the spike protein of ...

Updated COVID-19 vaccines targeting JN.1-lineage omicron variants of the coronavirus are now available in the U.S. for the fall and winter seasons. Here we answer common questions about the latest ...

An abundance of evidence indicates the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are remarkably safe and work well to protect against severe disease. But last month, the state of Florida issued updated vaccine guidance ...

"That spike protein is the one that actually allows ... Professor Purcell said the first Omicron strain was an "escape" variant that required an updated vaccine. "When the first Omicron came ...

The updated COVID vaccination campaign is now underway: Israel's Health Ministry has approved the country's health funds to begin administering Moderna's updated vaccine, which targets new ...

Over the last few years, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for COVID-19, has undergone significant changes, evolving from the original wild-type strains to the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

AMETA treatment effectively clumps the virus and disarms its spike structures ... including the heavily mutated Omicron sublineages and even the closely related SARS-CoV-2 virus, according ...