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With new concern about the omicron variant, the fda is approving boosters for teens. the fda has authorized a booster shot of the pfizer vaccine for 16 and 17-year-olds. the cdc needs to give its okay. the fda has also approved a new treatment for the immunocompromised. the antibody treatment will help protect americans who are medically unable to get vaccinated. those new weapons come as delta drives a surge in covid cases. the u.s. is now seeing an average of 117,000 cases per day, according t...

Ho Chi Minh City plans to give additional and booster shots of COVID-19 vaccine to its locals from December 10, according to a document submitted by the municipal Health Department to the municipal People’s Committee for approval.

The term “immunocompromised” defines a health condition with weakened immunity.

World AIDS Day was this week. During the pandemic, it's especially important to get tested.

With the continuous emergence of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, scientists are looking to understand the role of people with compromised immune systems in the origin of these tormenting mutations of the virus.   To find the reason for origin of variants, the researchers are looking at mutations, which appear in an infected patient with a compromised immune system.   

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation will meet tomorrow to NTAGI set to meet tomorrow to discuss the administration of additional doses of the Covid vaccine to immunocompromised individuals, officials said.

Cancer patients on therapy, transplants patients, AIDS patients, among others, fall in such categories and need additional dose (third dose) vaccine to improve their protection

World where it spreads at a rapid of light. >> if we have in excess of 10% of the population refusing all vaccination and if on top of it all, we have targeted populations around the world of human immunocompromised individuals in the case of south africa, about 25% of reproductive-aged adults are hiv positive. and if you are not fully medicated for your hiv, you are very vulnerable to secondary infections with other microbes. we can see studies that show that the virus can remain inside of a hu...

This new variant, when it was sequenced, was found to have many immunoacid changes, multiple immunoacid changes and with some deletions, showing that there was a new variant that was emerging in south africa. and very rapidly, became the dominant variant, particularly in the johannesburg, pretoria area in south africa. >> we dont know exactly the origin of this variant, but there are some theories that some of the variants emerging in south africa, including this one, could be associated directl...

Still wear a mask especially if you are around people who are immunocompromised. i wont tell anyone to cancel plans but just watch and follow cdc guidelines and make sure you celebrate in a safe manner. arthel: before we go, most frequent question patients have been asking you this past week with the discovery of the omicron variant? >> patients have been asking me, if the vaccines dont work, should we wait to get a booster after the answer is no, do not wait to get your booster. we know even th...