The CMS has previously required nursing homes to make COVID-19 vaccines available to their residents and staff, although booster shots are not mandatory.
The first new COVID-19 vaccines updated for this fall season should start to be available in mid-September now that both the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have signed off on the new shots. The new shots are designed to target the XBB ...
The new COVID-19 shots, which were redesigned to broaden immunity for the XBB.1.5 variant that drove a wave earlier this year, are expected to be available after a meeting of the CDC's vaccine advisersscheduledfor Sept. 12. XBB.1.5 is closely related to current strains that are dominant ...
Even if regulators agree, he dispelled any notion that an end to the pandemic is around the corner, warning “we are now awaiting a hard winter.” “The available vaccine doses are just too small to ensure that we could make a significant difference to the society” right away, Sahin sai...
[02:37.68]now make up half of all infections in the U.S. [02:43.32]Both Moderna and Pfizer said [02:46.16]they will have combination shots to deal with Omicron by October. [02:52.56]A Pfizer spokeswoman told the A...
“Nobody thought it could be done this fast. Normally it would be years, and we did it in a matter of a few months. We are producing them in advance so hundreds of millions of doses can be quickly available. We have a safe and effective vaccine this year, and together we will ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pushing new COVID-19 boosters, claiming that people who don’t stay “up to date” with shots – regardless of how many they’ve already taken –“are more likely to get very sick” while those who take them annually are “much less like...
Booster Shots The emergence of Omicron has brought a shift in thinking about COVID-19 vaccines. Governments around the world are now promoting “booster shots” of mRNA vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer) as the best way to prevent hospitalization and death from the new variant. In fact, many now...
New Omicron variants are prompting vaccine-makers to tweak their formulas. Experts weigh in on who needs additional boosters and whether to hold off for the revised shots due in the fall.
Since the first cases of coronavirus were identified at the start of last year, pharmaceutical companies have raced at unprecedented speed to develop a safe and effective vaccine to help stop the spread of Covid-19. In total there are now more than 230 vaccine candidates, according to the Wor...