DENVER (AP) —ColoradoGov. Jared Polis on Monday urged the Food and Drug Administration to quickly authorize booster shots for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as well as vaccinations for children ages 5 to 11, sayin
This ongoing, open-label, phase 2/3 trial compared the safety and immunogenicity of the Omicron BA.4/BA.5-containing bivalent mRNA-1273.222 vaccine with the ancestral Wuhan-Hu-1 mRNA-1273 as booster doses. Two groups of adults who previously received mRNA-1273 as primary vaccination series an...
The new guidelines called for efforts to reinforce medical resources, including adding more hospital beds and ICU beds, in order to be better prepared for a potential increase in patients, and to speed up the provision of booster vaccinations -- especially for the elderly. On Dec, 7, China r...
In the United States, only about half of those who received the initial course of COVID-19 vaccines have received the first booster. It isn’t yet clear whether public interest in boosters will continue to decline or demand will in time match the historical uptake of flu vaccines (around ...
with hypertension or gestational diabetes. The effectiveness of primary vaccination and the first booster dose decreases over time (ie, approximately 11% over 9 months against severe illness). Therefore, the administration of another booster dose increases the effectiveness of vaccination in the case of...
In our population, even among participants with Long COVID, booster doses of a COVID vaccine led to increased antibody levels similar to recovered controls. Thus, this study provides even more evidence of the public health benefits of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. This study had strengths and ...
Do we need booster doses from time to time? The vaccinees will need to be followed up to address this question. The same question can be related to COVID-19-recovered patients: Do COVID-19-recovered patients need to receive COVID-19 vaccine? The CDC recommended that, based on the rapid...
The decision to authorize a novel covid booster without human trials has 3 negative consequences. First, the precise mechanism of myocarditis has never been fully understood, and as such modifications may make the vaccine safer, or possibly more dangerous. There will be no mechanism to detect thi...
Booster Vaccination to Prevent COVID-19 in the Era of Omicron JAMA Editorial February 15, 2022 Association of Vaccination With Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Time Since Vaccination and Delta Predominance JAMA Original Investigation March 15, 2022 This study estimates the associations between sympto...
Simultaneously, there is growing concern that the temporary restrictions that digital surveillance entails could lead to a long-lasting suspension of civil rights and liberties and could have some unintended outcomes. In the case of AI, COVID-19 has acted as a booster and amplified potential resear...