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 »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 »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 …
Read More »COVID live update: Firefighters forced to drive ambulance as coronovirus cases increase in United Kingdom
NEW YORK (WABC) – Coronaviruses continue out of control in London, with the mayor declaring “a major event”. This designation is usually reserved for the most serious crisis such as a terrorist …
Read More »COVID Live Update: Modern Releases New Information About Getting Second Coronavirus Vaccine Shot
New York (WABC) – There is new information regarding the modern COVID-19 vaccine. The pharmaceutical company says that a second dose may be given between 21 and 42 days after the first. …
Read More »COVID update: Governors Cuomo and Murphy say progress in national affairs in New York, New Jersey is threatened
NEW YORK (WABC) – Governor Andrew Cuomo warns that New York State’s progress against COVID-19 is threatened by a national upsurge in cases. The overall test positivity rate is now 1.81%, but …
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