Millions of Americans between the ages of 12 and 15 can now get abooster shotof Pfizer'sCOVID-19vaccine, after the CDC formally adopted new recommendations backed by a majority of the agency's outside vaccine advisers.The CDC now says that Americans as young as 12 who received Pfizer's C...
Despite the significant success of India's COVID-19 vaccination program, a sizeable proportion of the adult population remains unvaccinated or has received a single dose of the vaccine. Despite the recommendations of the Government of India for the two doses of the...
7 months ago No significant risk of birth defects after 1st trimester COVID vaccine: Study A new study published Wednesday found there was no significant risk of birth defects linked to babies born to women who received the COVID vaccine in the first trimester. 7 months ago...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding eligibility forCOVID-19vaccine booster shots to all adults ages 18 and up. The agency published its new recommendations Friday, as health officials sound the alarm overrising casesaround the country. "Booster shots have demonstrated the abi...
CDC Issues First Recommendations For People Fully Vaccinated for COVID-19 The CDC have produced the first set of guidelines for people who have received either 2 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccine or the 1 dose of the Johnson & Jo...
So it was weighing that decision-making process to understand that and what we already knew about the vaccine with adults receiving it, knowing that she was kind of reaching into those adult ages, and with those side effects she would be okay and not be experiencing adverse side effects. Thi...
Biden sets May 1 target to have all adults vaccine-eligible President Joe Biden is outlined his plan to make all adult Americans eligible for vaccination by May 1 and get the nation back closer to normal by the Fourth of July. ORLANDO, Fla. - The ongoing COVID-19 v...
However, it remains possible that, despite being protective among adults up to age 75, the efficacy of a COVID-19 vaccine among the elderly will be substantially lower. This will substantially undermine the population-level benefits of vaccination with respect to hospitalization, ventilator use, ...
Policy Recommendations To balance respect for minors’ autonomy with developmental realities and parental interests, a policy allowing minors to receive the vaccine without parental consent would use a sliding scale of decision-making authority, granting greater autonomy to minors as they age while also...
Introduction As of April 30, 2022, 219.7 million people in the US had received a COVID-19 primary vaccine series, including more than 76% of the population 18 years or older. More than 100.6 million (45.8%) had also received additional or booster doses, which were recommended for people ...