C.D.C. Recommends Covid Booster Shots for Millions of Americans
The New York Times
Recipients of the Moderna and the J.&J. vaccines may receive extra doses, although the shots continue to prevent illness and death.
In a sweeping victory for the Biden administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed booster shots of the Moderna and the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines for tens of millions of Americans.
The decision follows an agency endorsement last month of booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and opens the door for many Americans to seek out a booster shot as early as Friday.
The coronavirus vaccines “are all highly effective in reducing the risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death, even in the midst of the widely circulating Delta variant,” Dr. Walensky, director of the C.D.C., said in a statement.
Pete Wells joins the pack of dogs and humans trying to sniff out these culinary treasures.
Five years after the novel coronavirus emerged, historians see echoes of other great illnesses, and legacies that are unlike any of them.
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.
An ambitious start-up embodies new optimism that artificial intelligence can turbocharge scientific discovery.
There’s a reason this easy 1930s recipe, topped with caramel and coconut, has been around for so long.
Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans. But substantial ethical questions remain.
People interpret a dog’s emotions based on its situation and have “a big blind spot” for the actual animal, a new study found.
January and February are usually the doldrums for dining, but Americans have been eating out, and spending, with gusto.
The president’s halt of foreign aid upended two U.S. programs that help the International Atomic Energy Agency find clues about Iran’s drive to build atomic bombs.
Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price.
The Athena lander from Intuitive Machines could not charge its batteries after ending up on its side. It largely failed to accomplish science and technology tasks for NASA and other customers.
The first-of-its-kind event at the White House with top crypto executives showcased the president’s embrace of the once-renegade industry.
In her new memoir, “Care and Feeding,” Laurie Woolever looks back on 20 tumultuous, exhilarating years with two of America’s biggest celebrity chefs.