The interval between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines can be 8 weeks for certain people, the CDC said in updated interim guidance.Caitlyn StulpinInfectious Disease News
Several vaccine makers including Pfizer Inc, Moderna Inc and Novavax Inc are testing versions of their COVID vaccines updated to combat the Omicron variant. Pfizer and Moderna have said their new vaccines also appear to work against the subvariants, even though ...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, expanding the recommended time between the initial two vaccine doses to eight weeks for certain people. The prior recommended interval between initial...
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California is followed by Texas and Florida, with over 791,000 cases and over 717,000 cases, respectively. More than 190 vaccine candidates for COVID-19 are being tracked by the World Health Organization, at least seven of which are in crucial phase three trials....
The vaccine schedule represents the current recommendations for people as a regular part of their vaccinations against common infectious diseases. It does not mean the CDC is requiring a COVID-19 shot for children or that schools will have to require that students receive the shot before enrolling...
"Will booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines reduce Covid-19 incidence, hospitalization and/or mortality?" she asked. ACIP will meet in the coming weeks to discuss data about vaccine efficacy in August, Oliver said. "We will announce meetings as soon as we have dates," the CDC's Dr. Amand...
"I think all of that needs to be weighed. And so that's why I hesitate to make it just a universal recommendation, even though I do support vaccination with the COVID vaccine," Sanchez said. Trying to come up with tailored recommendations could also be impractical to implement, CDC offici...
In 2009, when a new type of flu virus known at the time as swine flu spread around the world, the CDC held almost daily briefings. Its experts released information on a regular basis to describe the unfolding scientific understanding of the virus, and the race for a vaccine. ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1.