NEW YORK (WABC) – Experts say this holiday weekend could be the busiest for air travel since the pandemic began. More than 1.58 million people passed through TSA checkpoints on Friday. That’s …
Read More »COVID Vaccine Updates: Cornell University Requires Students to Get Vaccinated for Fall Classes
NEW YORK (WABC) – Cornell University joins the growing list of schools that require students to be vaccinated. The Ivy League school made the announcement as it plans to teach classes in …
Read More »COVID Vaccine Updates: Booster Shots May Be Needed Until Infections Clear, Study Suggests
NEW YORK (WABC) – Like flu vaccines, which are adjusted each year to fight viruses as they change and mutate, COVID-19 vaccines may need similar alterations until infection rates decline, suggests a …
Read More »Qantas CEO: ‘Governments are going to insist’ on vaccines for international travelers
The chief executive of an Australian airline said he believes “governments are going to insist” on vaccines for international travelers “as a condition of entry.” Alan Joyce of Qantas Airways Limited told …
Read More »Quantas CEO: ‘Governments are going to insist’ on vaccines for international travelers
The chief executive of an Australian airline said he believes “governments are going to insist” on vaccines for international travelers “as a condition of entry.” Quantas Airways Limited’s Alan Joyce told the …
Read More »COVID Vaccine Updates: US Could Be On Cusp Of Another Coronavirus Rise, Experts Say
NEW YORK (WABC) – Optimism is spreading in the US as COVID-19 deaths plummet and states ease restrictions and open vaccines to younger adults. But across Europe, fear is emerging with another …
Read More »COVID Vaccine Updates: Scientists Concerned About New York’s ‘Escape Variation’
NEW YORK (WABC) – Health officials are warning of the spread of a variant of COVID-19 in New York, saying current vaccines may be less effective against the new strain as more …
Read More »COVID Vaccine Updates: Moderna Starts Testing Booster Shots Against Variants
NEW YORK (WABC) – Moderna is now testing its potential COVID-19 vaccine boosters for protection against emerging variants. The pharmaceutical company says that 60 people who have already received the Moderna vaccine …
Read More »CDC is considering classifying schools into color-coded zones to reopen
the Biden Management Guidelines for the reopening of schools is expected to include recommendations for reopening in stages based on community transmission rates, according to a draft internal summary from the Centers …
Read More »COVID Live Update: Promising trial for Johnson & Johnson’s 1 dose vaccine
NEW YORK (WABC) – Johnson & Johnson says early stage trials of its experimental vaccine showed that it produces an immune response in almost all volunteers. Also, it had minimal side effects …
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