Omicron deaths of J&J recipients higher than other vaccinated Americans
Rates of breakthrough COVID-19 cases were largely similar among all three vaccines in the CDC's data.
Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. He covers the Biden administration's public health agencies, including the federal response to infectious disease outbreaks like COVID-19. Previously, he was a campaign reporter for CBS News based out of Las Vegas, where he was raised. He covered presidential, Senate and House candidates for the 2020 election cycle in Arizona, California, Nevada and New Mexico. He has also worked in Washington for "Face the Nation" and in New York for the "CBS Evening News." Tin graduated from Columbia University in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in political science.
Rates of breakthrough COVID-19 cases were largely similar among all three vaccines in the CDC's data.
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Pfizer's CEO told "Face the Nation" on Sunday that he believed another booster shot was now "necessary."
Prevalence of this Omicron sub-lineage, sometimes misleadingly nicknamed a "stealth variant," now appears highest in the Northeast
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CEO Albert Bourla said the vaccine remains protective against hospitalizations and deaths, but "doesn't last very long" for warding off infections.
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Researchers are still trying to understand how the virus results in symptoms that impact the brain for months after an infection.
The 96-page plan says the nation no longer needs to "let COVID-19 dictate how we live."
New data published from the CDC found booster shots appeared to restore protection.
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