The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended American adults that have not yet been vaccinated for COVID-19 consider the Novavax vaccine. Between 26 million and 37 million adults still haven’t had a single dose. “Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, which will be available in the coming weeks, is an important tool in the pandemic and…

Twitter has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk in an effort to force the world’s richest man to honor his agreement to purchase the social media site. Musk is attempting to terminate the $44 billion deal last week amid concerns about bots and spam accounts on the site. If Twitter doesn’t win its argument, there…

A senior Biden administration official announced the administration has lifted its COVID-19 testing requirement for international travelers to the United States. The requirement was one of the last remaining government mandates designed to contain the spread of COVID-19. “The whole industry has been waiting for this announcement,” Martin Ferguson, a spokesman for Global Business Travel…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set tentative dates “to meet to discuss updates to the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech [emergency use authorizations] for their COVID-19 vaccines to include younger populations.” According to a Friday news release from the FDA, its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) will discuss the topic “on June…

According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 58% of all Americans and about 75% of all U.S. kids have caught COVID-19 since the pandemic again. The study focused on seroprevalence, which indicates signs of previous infection. “These findings illustrate a high infection rate for the Omicron variant, especially…

COVID-19 is experiencing a spring awakening as subvariant BA.2 case counts rise across the country. According to the CDC, the vast majority of COVID cases are being caused by this subvariant.  BA.2 Spike Straight Arrow News medical expert Dr. Payal Kohli weighed in on the potential for another COVID surge.  “I really think it’s important…

Artists boycotting Spotify have continued the conversation over tech companies’ responsibility when it comes to content moderation. Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash are some of the musicians who withdrew their music from Spotify in protest over the company’s continued streaming of the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, which they say is spreading misinformation about…

According to a Tuesday report from Bloomberg, Pfizer has applied for emergency authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in kids 6 months to 5 years old. FDA approval could come as soon as later this month. This means young children could be vaccinated more than a month earlier than previous estimates, assuming the FDA and the Centers…

Pfizer and partner company BioNTech announced Tuesday it will launch “a clinical study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of an Omicron-based” COVID-19 vaccine. The study will test up to 1,420 healthy adults ages 18 to 55, and will be broken down into three parts: 615 people who have gotten two doses of the…

Get ready to learn more Greek letters. Scientists warn omicron’s massive spread practically ensures it won’t be the last variant of COVID-19, as every infection amounts to a chance for the virus to mutate. “You know despite the advent of the antiviral pill, all the progress that we’ve made with vaccines, and herd immunity, most…