Disease Prevention

Pfizer CEO says omicron vaccine will be ready in March Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the goal is to product a vaccine that is much better at preventing infection from omicron. Spencer Kimball CNBC

fizer CEO Albert Bourla said a vaccine that targets the omicron variant of Covid will be ready in March, and the company’s already begun manufacturing the doses.

“This vaccine will be ready in March,” Bourla told CNBC’s Squawk Box. “We (are) already starting manufacturing some of these quantities at risk.”

New York to mandate boosters for health care workers New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Friday announced a new mandate requiring all health care workers to get a COVID-19 booster shot. Brad Dress TheHill

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Hochul said during a news conference that the state's health care workers will be required to get the booster shot for the coronavirus within two weeks of eligibility.

In a confusing chapter of the pandemic, experts share their own approaches The omicron variant has left many vaccinated people confused about how to stay safe. Four experts describe their personal behavior and risk calculus. NBC News

The rapid spread of the omicron variant has left many vaccinated people feeling confused about which activities are safe as the U.S. heads into the third year of the Covid-19 crisis.