Daily Archives: April 10, 2023

A new approach to a Covid-19 nasal vaccine shows early promise

Scientists in Germany say they’ve been able to make a nasal vaccine that can shut down a Covid-19 infection in the nose and throat, where the virus gets its first foothold in the body. In experiments in hamsters, two doses of the vaccine – which is made with a live but weakened form of the…

WHO warns new Omicron spinoff XBB.1.16 is “one to watch,” but hasn’t shown to be more severe

The World Health Organization is monitoring the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, which has been identified in about two dozen countries. The subvariant has not been found in the United States, but it is similar to the XBB.1.5 subvariant that has been dominant in the country since January. XBB.1.16 has one additional mutation that, according to lab…