Pfizer initially wanted the FDA to amend the Biologics License Application (BLA) for its Comirnaty vaccine to allow all Americans over the age of 16 get a booster dose at least 6 months after their second dose. A supplemental BLA is the typical way boosters are authorized in the US, but...
VALLETTA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The health authorities in Malta urge those over the age of 65 who have not yet received their COVID-19 booster shot to do so as the country is experiencing a drastic increase in new cases, Health Minister Chris Fearne said here on Monday. Fearne said on ...
What’s far from clear is how long any extra benefit from another booster would last, and thus when to get it. “The ‘when’ is a really difficult part. Ideally we would time booster doses right before surges but we don’t always know when that’s going to be,” said Dr. Wil...
variant and outcome. For Delta in those ages, 18–64 and 65+ VE against symptomatic infection was just over 90%. For all Delta ECDS analyses, VE was very high at over 98%, irrespective of controls used or respiratory coding or age. For the Delta SUS analysis, it is clear...
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...
Trump, Courts Fight Over Deported Man The case of the wrongly deported Maryland man has sparked perhaps the most consequential standoff so far between the judiciary and the White House. Elliott Davis Jr.April 15, 2025 Lunch Break: Trump vs. the World Trump adds Harvard and ...
The decline in the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines over time and the benefits of booster doses have become much better understood over the past three months. While an initial course of all WHO-approved vaccines continues to provide strong protection against severe illness and death, the rate of...
Italy's daily tally of infections has increased 10-fold over the last month. More than 46.37 million people have been infected globally and over 1.2 million have died from the respiratory disease, according to a Reuters tally. The United States, which holds a presidential election on ...
The request to include adults over 18 years of age was made to provide flexibility for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and healthcare providers to "determine the appropriate use of an additional booster dose," including for those at higher risk of COVID-19 due to age ...
received authorization in Canada. The US is notable for casting a wide net in booster authorizations—the vaccine product can be given to children as young as 12. The US campaign has not focused on those at highest risk—people over the age of 70 or those living in nursing care facilities...