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Medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. this new study is focused on the pfizer vaccine. what does it have to say? >> thats right. i just got off the phone with the lead researcher in south africa on this study. and he said, look, what our study showed is that, first of all, small study, and it was in a lab, but this suggests that this is an escape variant. this is a variant that knows how to some extent outwit the vaccine, but he said he feels pretty confident that if you are fully vaccinated, y...

So the question is, will the antibodies generated by the vaccines that we have all had or should have had will that enable us to be protected against this virus? i think theres good reasons to think it will probably be okay but we need to know the real answers to that and thats going to take two or three weeks. >> thats good to know that you think we probably would be okay. in a statement on friday in moderna said "the combination of mutations represents a significant potential risk to accelerat...

And vaccine-induced immunity. can you explain what that means and is it possible the omicron variant is what scientists like you call an escape variant? >> its possible, but again, based on what weve learned so far with alpha, beta, gamma and delta, the vaccines which are generated against the original virus hill work and the boosters work particularly well. this is an important point, where people are listening who havent gotten boosted but did get their original vaccine and eligible, this is a...

Dont know— ruled out, not least because ijust dont know whether at some time in the future _ dont know whether at some time in the future or next year after that they might be a escape variant. figures released this morning show the rate at which prices are rising jumped to 3.2% last month. its the sharpest rise in inflation since records began. labour is leading a commons debate later on whether to keep the £20 a week uplift to universal credit. its currently due to be scrapped in october. 1...

Dr. Kirsty Short, a virologist and senior lecturer at “Recent phase 2/3 data from both Novavax and Johnson & Johnson suggest reduced protection against the South African variant,” Dr. Short reports. “The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine group also released data suggesting its vaccine offers only minimal protection against mild-moderate disease caused by this variant.” “It’s important to recognize ‘reduced protection’ doesn’t mean no protection at all, and that data are still emerg...

Speaker of the New York City Council Corey Johnson says he is quarantining following exposure to COVID-19. "Today I learned that I was exposed to COVID-19," he said in a statement. "After speaking with medical professionals, I immediately got tested for COVID and am awaiting the results. I have begun quarantining, per CDC guidance. Going forward, I will continue following CDC guidelines. Fortunately, I have no symptoms and Im feeling great. I already have received my first vaccine shot, and am ...

Speaker of the New York City Council Corey Johnson says he is quarantining following exposure to COVID-19. "Today I learned that I was exposed to COVID-19," he said in a statement. "After speaking with medical professionals, I immediately got tested for COVID and am awaiting the results. I have begun quarantining, per CDC guidance. Going forward, I will continue following CDC guidelines. Fortunately, I have no symptoms and Im feeling great. I already have received my first vaccine shot, and am ...

The CDC says nearly 71 million Americans, or just over a quarter of the adult population, have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while nearly one in 10 of all adults is fully vaccinated.

Health officials are warning about a COVID-19 variant spreading in New York, saying the current vaccines may be less effective against the new strain as more Americans are getting the shots.