johnson & johnson vaccine FDA Restricts Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 Vaccine The Food and Drug Administration strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots
coronavirus pandemic COVID BA.2 Wave Could Be Under Control ‘Very Quickly' COVID-19 cases are creeping up in New York City and Washington, which could mean a minor wave of COVID-19 cases is underway. But a wave fueled by the BA.2 variant would be more mild, says NBC News medical correspondent Dr. John Torres.
coronavirus pandemic The COVID BA.2 Subvariant is Like Omicron ‘With New Shoes On' How different is the BA.2 subvariant of the coronavirus? Not much, says NBC News medical contributor Dr. John Torres. The subvariant has not been labeled as a variant of concern, and it’s not that different from Omicron, Torres says. Here’s a metaphor: if a fully new variant is like the virus putting on a full new outfit, a subvariant is...
coronavirus pandemic Should You Be Concerned About New COVID Variant BA.2? It’s been called “stealth omicron” or “deltacron.” A new subvariant of the COVID-19 virus is making headlines, so we talked to NBC News medical correspondent Dr. John Torres to learn more. He explained how the variant “plagiarizes” from the Omicron and Delta variants that previously caused surges, and why this may not cause a new surge here in the...
coronavirus pandemic Is Now the Time to Roll Back Mask Mandates? “When we reduce these measures, we increase our vulnerability of having transmission continue to go high,” says Jessica Malaty Rivera, an epidemiologist at the Pandemic Prevention Institute. She joined LX News to talk about mask restrictions and what loosening them could mean for the nation.
covid-19 vaccine Parenting During COVID Can Feel Like a Game of ‘Pong' One week it’s optimism for a vaccine authorization for kids under 5. The next week you hear further research is needed. Dr. Alok Patel feels for the parents who are just trying to get good information and do the right thing amid all the rapidly developing science (and political polarization) around COVID-19. “They just want to find good information, and...
coronavirus pandemic Doctor Shares Words of Wisdom to Manage Your COVID Fatigue You know the feeling. It might seem like the pandemic is winding down, only for restrictions to come back. Here’s what keeps Dr. John Torres going. “I just try to remember that we are going to get to the end of this, this pandemic will end. We just …need to make sure we all stay together,” he said.
COVID-19 cases 48 Athletes, Team Officials Test Positive in COVID-19 Closed Loop Over 150 athletes and team officials have tested positive for COVID-19 at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Nearly a third of positive cases were within the tightly regulated closed loop.
figure skating Vincent Zhou Pulls Out of Beijing Olympics Due to Coronavirus The 21-year-old ice skater took to Instagram to confirm he would be unable to compete at all during the 2022 Winter Olympics.
LX News Will Spotify Ever Back Away From Joe Rogan? What would it take for Spotify to distance itself from Joe Rogan and his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience? Though artists Neil Young and Joni Mitchell have pulled their music from the platform, the streaming service is not likely to nix its $100 million deal with Rogan, says Business Insider reporter Natalie Jarvey. She says platforms have weathered other controversies...
