Current data indicates that even if you are exposed to omicron or BA.2, being up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines and boosters will protect you and prevent ...
Yes. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 — the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 — has mutated (changed), resulting in variants of the virus. ...
COVID-19 symptoms include: Cough; Fever or chills; Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing; Muscle or body aches; Sore throat; New loss of taste or smell; ...
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 spreads primarily from person to person through respiratory droplets. This can happen when someone with the virus ...
COVID-19 precautions such as mask-wearing, physical distancing, hand hygiene and self-monitoring for coronavirus symptoms are effective in limiting infection and ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine views both FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines as highly effective at preventing serious disease, hospitalization and death from COVID-19. ...
There are many strains of coronaviruses, and the SARS-CoV-2 one is completely new to humans. There are more than 100 strains of rhinoviruses, ...
New studies show that natural immunity to the coronavirus weakens (wanes) over time, and does so faster than immunity provided by COVID-19 ...
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