and our data clearly shows that this additional antigenic exposure produces an extra boost to the overall virus-killing antibody response that is more effective against variants of concern. Our results support the UK Government's plan to provide a booster jab in the autumn as an effective strategy...
So, the alternative strategy is to give a vaccine that has been tweaked to be more effective against the more threatening versions of the virus. UK secures 60 million more Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses for autumn booster jabs Moderna and Pfizer already have clinical trials of ...
The UK will roll out a covid-19 booster vaccine at the beginning of autumn in order to protect the most vulnerable ahead of winter, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced. As part of this, the government's vaccines taskforce has secured an additional 60m doses ...
The UK will roll out a covid-19 booster vaccine at the beginning of autumn in order to protect the most vulnerable ahead of winter, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced. As part of this, the government's vaccines taskforce has secured an additional 60m doses of...
Additional booster vaccines have since been offered to some ‘at risk groups’ in spring/summer 2022 [2], autumn/winter 2022/2023 [3], and in spring 2023 [4]. Although uptake of the first dose of vaccine was initially over 90% in Scotland, uptake of subsequent doses has declined [5]...
there are no high-quality data supporting vaccines in young ages, which was the root of Gruber and Krause’s objection. This was further described in multiple op-eds by Dr. Krause (2021a,2021b). Paul Offit famously advised his own son—in his twenties—not to receive the booster (Gutman...
Public health impact and economic value of booster vaccination with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, bivalent (Original and Omicron BA. 4/BA. 5) in the United States. J Med Econ. 2023;26(1):509–24. Willem L, Van Kerckhove K, Chao DL, Hens N, Beutels P. A nice day for an ...
Effectiveness of the second COVID-19 booster against Omicron: a large-scale cohort study in Chile Article Open access 27 October 2023 Covid-19 vaccination programme effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 related infections, hospital admissions and deaths in the Apulia region of Italy: a one-year ret...
Surging demand for overseas travel fuels visa application. As of September 2023, China continues to witness a surge in enthusiasm among its residents for traveling abroad. The convergence of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday into an extended eight-day break from September 29 to Oc...
The second stage was in 2022, where deliveries slowed down, perhaps due to a situation of market saturation, before rising again as the autumn began in the Northern Hemisphere and guidelines in many HICs - notably in the US, which accounts for much of the trend - recommended booster doses...