COVID-19 Positive Rate Spikes With more knowledge about the virus, ample funding, and new treatments, the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be behind us (from a death perspective). However, just because the Coronavirus death rate has dropped dramatically since its major peak in 2020 (and a subsequent spike in 2021) doesn’t mean that COVID-19 is still not negatively impacting people who get it.

Health Canada authorized Novavax’s updated COVID-19 vaccine that protects against currently circulating variants of the virus on Thursday. The protein-based vaccine, called Nuvaxovid, targets the JN.1 subvariant of Omicron, replacing the previous version which targeted the XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant, the agency said in an online update.

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