U.S. President Joe Biden celebrated his recovery from COVID-19 on Wednesday with an appeal to Americans to get vaccinated and a comparison of his mild symptoms and work-from-home performance to the more serious case experienced by his predecessor.
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BA.5, part of the Omicron family, is the latest coronavirus variant to cause widespread waves of infection globally. According to the World Health Organization’s most recent report, it was behind 52% of cases sequenced in late June, up from 37% in one week. In the United States, it is estimated to be causing around 65% of infections.
As COVID-19 dies down in headlines, re-infection worries are stepping in to remind people of the risks of contracting the highly infectious virus. Numerous studies, reinforced with clinical and statistical data, are pointing to the possibility that re-infection effects could stick around for the long haul and cause more damage than the initial infection.
A look at some of the latest COVID-19 news includes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s plans to review changes to Novavax’s manufacturing process before the regulatory agency authorizes the company’s vaccine. Moderna expects to submit data to regulators soon with expectations of the company’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine—consisting of the original Spikevax vaccine and a newer version, mRNA-1273.214 that contains an Omicron-specific vaccine—becoming available in late summer.