BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- A study by Chinese researchers has found that the COVID-19 booster vaccination can markedly reduce the immune escape of the Omicron variant, underscoring the necessity for the eligible population to get a third booster jab to combat the pandemic. The researchers fro...
People in the European Union aged between 18 and 55 can now safely get a third booster shot made by Pfizer-BioNTech to protect against COVID-19. That was the decision reached by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Tuesday in Amsterdam. The EMA is still looking into whe...
Moderna aims to roll out a combined COVID-flu-RSV booster vaccine in late 2023, the US pharmaceutical firm said Monday, hoping a joint jab would encourage people to get an annual shot. The single vaccine for COVID-19, influenza andrespiratory syncytial virus—a common virus that causes the ...
Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine has been a minor player in the US vaccination drive so far, but the company hopes it can have a bigger role as a booster shot. The drugmaker has filed for approval of a second dose of its one-shot Ad26.COV2.S vaccine
Over-50s could be given a booster of the COVID-19 jab in the autumn to protect those most vulnerable from the virus.
Malaysia has approved China's Sinovac Covid vaccine as a booster shot. It joins Pfizer and AstraZeneca as a third jab. And another vaccine developed by China has been cleared to be bottled in Malaysia and will be exported to other ASEAN countries. Rian Maelzer reports from Kuala Lumpur....
Following last year’s booster jab programme, people who received the vaccine were 45 percent less likely to be admitted to hospital with Covid from two weeks after it was administered, UKHSA data shows. The UKHSA said: “Vaccination continues to help protect against severe illness, hospitalisat...
Local NHS teams will also be administering the jab in care homes.Vaccine teams will attend care homes to offer another round of boosters. Credit: PA NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard said: “The NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme has not stopped in its efforts to protect people from coronav...
Scientists at the University of Nottingham have confirmed that an autumn 'booster' dose of a COVID-19 vaccine will be an effective way to protect people from existing, and potentially future, variants of concern.
COVID-19COVID-19 vaccinesSEASONSMEDICAL protocolsSEASONAL influenzaMIDDLE ageOLD ageThe article reports on the announcement by United Kingdom's (UK) Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) that a COVID-19 booster vaccine and flu jabs will be offered to adu...