What to Know About the New Covid Variants
HV.1 is descended from EG.5 and is highly similar to it. There isn’t data yet on how well the new vaccines perform against HV.1, but Dr. Dan Barouch, the head […]
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A new Covid variant has become dominant amid slow uptake of the updated shots
“The logistic complications certainly were not helpful, but I think that the low uptake is more than that. The low uptake reflects that most of the public is no longer […]
Getting flu and COVID shot together still reasonable amid safety review of potential stroke risk: Experts
“These data should be considered by patients and their physicians, but there is no reason for alarm. The increased risk of stroke appears to be small and must be balanced […]
Highly Mutated COVID Strain Can’t Evade Immunity as Feared
“If there wasn’t so much hype about BA.2.86, that would actually be the focus of the paper,” Dan Barouch, MD, PhD, told the news outlet, referring to the FL.1.5.1 strain. Barouch is […]
New Covid-19 Variant Might Not Be That Bad. More Boosters Are Coming Soon.
New data released in recent days by a number of research labs, however, have suggested that existing immune defenses might hold up just fine against BA. 2.86. An academic laboratory […]
New data on BA.2.86: What to know
“Two independent labs have basically shown that BA.2.86 essentially is not a further immune escape compared with current variants,” Dan Barouch, MD, PhD, director of the center for virology and […]
New study led by Boston scientists finds latest COVID-19 variant is less of a threat than feared
“The combination of the large number of mutations and that it seemed to have emerged in many countries around the world at the same time raised the specter that it […]
New Pirola Covid Variant Shows Value of Booster Shots
A team led by Dan Barouch, director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, examined plasma samples from 66 people with a mix […]
Lab data suggests new COVID booster will protect against worrisome variant
“It is reassuring,” says Dr. Dan Barouch, who conducted one of the studies at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. When it was first spotted, BA.2.86 set off alarm bells. […]
US lab tests suggest new Covid-19 variant BA.2.86 may be less contagious and less immune-evasive than feared
“Two independent labs have basically shown that BA.2.86 essentially is not a further immune escape compared with current variants,” Dr. Dan Barouch, director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine […]
