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  Two new Omicron variants are spreading. Will they drive a new U.S. surge?

  National Geographic - Sanjay Mishra

  The subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 may dodge immunity, especially in unvaccinated people, possibly causing a spike in infections worldwide. New versions of Omicron are again causing a surge of COVID-19 cases in South Africa, and studies show that these new subvariants are so different from the original …

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  'I will bring every single gun loaded,' parent tells Virginia school officials during mask mandate meeting

  NBC News - Tim Stelloh

  A Virginia woman has been charged after she appeared to threaten school board officials while they met to vote on whether to lift a mask requirement. The woman, Amelia King, 42, is accused of making an oral threat on school property after she was cut off during a public comment section of the Page …

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  Texas shows the dangers of indifference to omicron

  Vox - Nicole Narea

  Like many states across the country grappling with the onset of the omicron variant, Texas’s fight against Covid-19 took a turn for the worse in December. And due to the state’s relatively low vaccination rates, and a Republican state government that has fought public health officials’ …

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  Martin Morales

  

  FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech Booster for 12- to 15-Year-Olds

  The Wall Street Journal. - Jared S. Hopkins

  U.S. health regulators cleared use of a Covid-19 booster from BioNTech SE in adolescents 12 to 15 years old, expanding access to an extra dose that could bolster the fight against the Omicron variant. For anyone now eligible to get the extra dose, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the …

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  A new coronavirus vaccine heading to India was developed by a small team in Texas. It expects nothing in return.

  The Washington Post

  For some vaccine developers, the coronavirus pandemic has had a silver lining in billions of dollars in profits. But a new vaccine rolling out soon in India is taking the opposite approach: Its developers are getting zilch. “We’re not trying to make money,” said Peter Hotez of the Texas Children’s …