Including Omicron News Today

On Sept. 11, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the updated COVID-19 vaccines. These vaccines, are "formulated to more closely target currently circulating variants (Including Omicron variant XBB.1.5.) and to provide better protection against serious consequences of COVID-19, including hospitalization and death," according to the FDA statement found on their website. Everyone six months and older is recommended to get the updated vaccine.

Have two studies coming out in the last week that look at parts of the immune system that are much harder to study than simple antibody levels which you may know, you can look at just with a drop of blood. these studies looked at memory t and b cells and these are cells that once they encounter the infection, sort of go into hiding and if the infection comes out again they get super activated and start pumping out all kinds of things. what these studies showed is the memory cells that were induc...

According to tsa, today is set to be one of the busiest of the holiday travel period. theyre anticipating 20 million people will fly between today and january 3rd. the uptick in travel comes amid fears of the omicron variant spreading rapidly across the country. in addition to those 100 united flights canceled earlier, we just learned delta has canceled 93 christmas eve flights, due to multiple issues, including omicron. what do we really know about the virus and how its transmitted? "360"s rand...

Enough high quality masks out there for people. we are seeing this omicron variant really rip through america. >> do you think that other industries should join suit here? the airlines, delta, has written a letter asking for guidelines to be changed to get workers who are vaccinated and testing negative even if they had omicron, if they can get them back? united had to cancel 100 flights on christmas eve. clearly, theres a need. >> again, the science suggests we can shorten that window somewhat....

Have not yet gotten it. >> just the other day former president trump announced he got his booster shot. maybe one of the few things he and i agree on. >> tonight, we are learning about an exciting new development that may help point the way, to a post pandemic reality. defense one reports that scientists at the walter reed army institute of research, expect to announce in a few weeks, that they have developed, a single shot vaccine, that pretext against covid-19, in all of its variants, includin...

Best off staying with your own household or keeping a gathering small, doing it outside and at a minimum, getting a rapid test before you get people together. >> well see if families want to comply with that. thank you very much. lets bring in dr. hotez. if dr. fauci says the booster vaccines work against omicron, why then are officials at nih and cdc not saying this is a three-dose regiment, everyone must get boosted? >> yeah, weve spoken all year, ive always said this is a three-dose vaccine. ...

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Over again, ive asked it, others have asked it. heres what the president said. >> i continue to rely on the scientists and asking them whether or not we have to move beyond yesterday. right now, theyre saying no. >> where are you on this, doctor? >> there are three things we need to do. first, vaccinate. second, mask up and third, balance risks and benefits. vaccinate means everyone not vaccinated needs to get vaccinated. thats whats driving the increased hospitalizations and deaths. everyone wh...

I know we wish we didnt have to wear masks, but the fact is that when many people are together indoors where covid is spreading, masks are a low risk, low burden way to save peoples lives. and we have to look at risks and benefits. there are choices people will have to make to get together with friends and family, and to travel. making vaccines required for domestic travel, that may be difficult at this point for a variety of reasons, but fundamental truth is that everyone has to make their own ...

Booster doses saying all adults should get boosted six months after pfizer or modernas vaccine or johnson & johnson, two months later. do you think the definition of fully vaccinated means that you have your booster? >> its too soon to say a booster is required, but we can certainly say youre better off confronting covid, including omicron, if youre fully vaccinated and boosted, so every adult should get boosted when eligible. >> i got my booster and it was pretty easy. just went to the pharmacy...