COVID vaccines for youngest kids could be available in days

A Connecticut nursing home had planned to roll out Covid booster shots to residents at the beginning of this month. But before it could start the program, the coronavirus swept through the home, the Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in North Canaan, infecting 89 people, including 67 residents. Nearly all were fully vaccinated. Eight of…

The University of Oxford said Tuesday there was no evidence that current COVID-19 vaccines would not continue to protect against severe disease from the omicron variant.  “Despite the appearance of new variants over the past year, vaccines have continued to provide very high levels of protection against severe disease and there is no evidence so far…

Deaths at American nursing home residents from Covid appear to be at their lowest levels since the coronavirus first swept the United States more than two years ago, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some 67 residents died during the week ending March 27. While that number…

Moderna says it will ask the Food and Drug Administration to authorize two kid-sized doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 6 years old, after interim results from the company’s trials showed some efficacy against infections during the Omicron wave and no new safety concerns.  Vaccine efficacy was 37.5% in children ages 2 to…