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Covid-19 Delta Variant More Easily Infects the Fully Vaccinated, Israel Finds
The Delta variant of the coronavirus may be substantially better than past strains at infecting fully vaccinated people, officials in Israel warned Monday. However, their conclusions have yet to be vetted by outside scientists, and vaccinated people still remain very well protected against more serious illness and death from the variant.
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Covid-19 Vaccines Make Breakthrough Infections Shorter, Less Contagious: CDC Study
New research published this week is the latest to indicate that vaccinated people have much less to fear from covid-19. The study found that even in the rare cases when people given mRNA vaccines developed infections, they tended to experience shorter illness and produce less of the virus than unvaccinated people — both important factors…
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Covid-19 Vaccine Boosters May Be Needed for Some People Sooner Than Others
Covid-19 booster vaccines could eventually be needed for everyone, though some faster than others — at least, those are the apparent expectations coming from the World Health Organisation. On Thursday, Reuters reported on WHO internal documents laying out their scenarios for the near future of the pandemic, including one that predicts most people may need…
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50% of U.S. Adults Will Be Fully Vaccinated by End of Today
The United States is at a pivotal point in its efforts to combat the covid-19 pandemic. By the end of Tuesday, it’s expected that a majority of American adults will be fully vaccinated, and within days, a majority of all Americans will have gotten at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine. The accomplishment comes…