is dr. peter hotez, co-director for the center for vaccine development at texas children s hospital. the data is showing the surge of omicron may be peaking. you have to kind of couch all of this a little bit in parts of the u.s., especially in the northeast as you were hearing from the new york governor. hospitals still, though, strained. how do you assess this moment? is this the crest? well, it could be. i mean, it makes sense that the peak would start to go down first where it initially went up, which is in the northeast, the big northeast cities, new york city, new york state, then washington, d.c. so it is starting to go down. here s the big question, kate, does it go down as quickly as it went up? or we ve seen other waves in which it starts to go down and kind of gets stuck halfway and continues on for a period of time. so we re not in a position to start high-fiving ourselves yet on this and something to watch carefully. and remember there s always a lag in the deaths, so we
WASHINGTON The Biden administration is planning to give Americans age 50 or older the option of a second booster of the Pfizer or Moderna coronavirus vaccine without.
After fraught discussions, officials decided that another shot might save thousands of lives if a new coronavirus wave hit before the fall. The F.D.A. could authorize the boosters next week.