Early trial findings suggest a significant jump in antibody counts one week after the additional booster The fourth dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine increased antibody counts by a multiple of five for participants in a new Israeli study, the country’s prime minister said, suggesting another sho...

Austria will impose new curbs on the unvaccinated starting from Monday. The measure aims to ease pressure on hospitals and ICUs.   The lockdown will come into effect at midnight and will apply to people aged 12 and older who have not been vaccinated and have not recently recovered from Covid-19.    ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued “the most serious type of recall” for popular home testing kits that show if one is infected with the coronavirus. As a result, at least 2.2 million products may have been showing false positives.   The public health agency said that some 2,212,335 kits...

Foreign tourists will once again be able to enter the US, from November 8, but will have to show proof of complete vaccination and a negative Covid-19 test, or a same-day negative test, the White House has announced.   Citing vaccinations, testing, and mask-wearing as the best way to mitigate the sp...

Los Angeles County plans to require proof of vaccination to enter indoor bars and nightclubs. At the same time, those attending NFL games and other significant outdoor events must show that they’ve been inoculated or tested negative for Covid-19.   LA County will issue the new vaccine order later th...

By Suzanne Potter LOS ANGELES -- Rallies in three California cities and across the country, calling for better access to the COVID vaccine, will greet German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she visits the White House today.Advocates want Merkel to sign an emergency waiver of trade-related intellectual p...

India’s prime minister has announced that Delhi will centralize the country's inoculation drive, providing vaccines to regional states free of charge for all Indians over 18 from June 21.   In a national address on Monday, PM Narendra Modi said that 25% of the vaccination program would be handed bac...