“This is the first respiratory virus season where we have vaccines against the biggest respiratory virus threats, including an updated COVID-19 vaccine, an annual flu vaccine, RSV vaccines for older adults, as well as a long-acting monoclonal antibody for infants that reduces the risk of both...
In Germany, booster shots have been targeted to these groups, while the British government's vaccine committee said only adults 65 and older and some other categories will be offered the shot as they are the most likely to benefit. U.S. CDC panel members said simply recommending the vac...
Real-world vaccine study shows 99% effective rate By Briona Arradondo Published May 26, 2021 Updated May 27, 2021 "A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows just how well COVID-19 vaccines protect against the virus as you reenter society. The four-month study...
The ACIP’s move is not unique: A number of other countries have restricted use of the J&J and AstraZeneca vaccines as a consequence of the TTS risk. (Although it tested its vaccine in the U.S., AstraZeneca has not pursued an authorization from the Food...
The debate over COVID-19 vaccine boosters is intensifying after federal health authorities authorized a third dose of the vaccine for immunocompromised people last week. Health experts said the decision made sense, but the move is likely to spur more con
Real-world vaccine study shows 99% effective rate By Briona Arradondo Published May 26, 2021 Updated May 27, 2021 "A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows just how well COVID-19 vaccines protect against the virus as you reenter society. The four-month study...
While the public has grown accustomed to calling additional shots "boosters," health officials are now moving away from the word "booster," instead calling this year's shots the "2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine" or simply the "updated COVID-19 vaccine." This clarification helps distinguish previous...
With a CDC panel unanimously voting this past Wednesday to add the Covid-19 vaccine to the recommended childhood schedule of shots to be forced upon American children, despite all the proven deaths and injuries now being tied to 'the vax' seen in autopsy reports as Dr. Joel S. Hi...
A group of independent experts voted Tuesday that health care workers and long term care facilities should get the first shots of a COVID-19 vaccine.
When the ACIP, as it is known, met the following week, its members voted to recommend that some groups — people 65 and older, people 18 to 64 with chronic health conditions — should be offered boosters, if they were originally vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine. T...