Hours earlier, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) had voted to support the boosters for all Americans aged 6 months and older. The COVID shots from Pfizer and Moderna will join the flu shot and newly approved RSV shots as part of a three-pronged public health str...
Denise Jamieson, OB-GYN chair at Emory University, who called it important news for babies who are too young to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. While shots are being studied for older infants and toddlers, none are on the horizon for infants younger than 6 months. “It’s not...
The vaccinations will start once the Chinese vaccine gets a final approval by Serbia's Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices. "As an ordinary person and the president of Serbia, I am convinced of the quality of the Chinese vaccine, which will be decided by our competent ag...
Since the first description of a coronavirus-related pneumonia outbreak in December 2019, the virus SARS-CoV-2 that causes the infection/disease (COVID-19) has evolved into a pandemic, and as of today, >100 million people globally in over 210 countries have been confirmed to have been infect...
Vaccinations may not provide full immunity to COVID-19 in people who are immunocompromised, and you should continue to maintain physical precautions to help prevent COVID-19. Your close contacts should be vaccinated as appropriate. WHAT IF I AM PREGNANT OR BREASTFEEDING? If you are pregnant or...
As of this morning at 5 a.m., the Fairfax County Health Department had vaccinated 15,980 people since Christmas. This does not include vaccinations administered by Inova or at long-term care facilities. As of late Wednesday (Jan. 13), 31,000 residents had scheduled an appointment with the...
A few countries have begun using other COVID-19 vaccines in children under 12, including China, which just began vaccinations for 3-year-olds. But many that use the vaccine made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech are watching the U.S. decision, and European regulators just began considering...
While regular revaccinations may be needed, perhaps similar to annual flu shots, the threat of widespread transmission will be gone. A transition to a form of normalcy. A second (and likely, earlier) end point will occur when almost all aspects of social and economic life can resume without...
Vaccinations may not provide full immunity to COVID-19 in people who are immunocompromised; therefore, your child should continue to maintain physical precautions to help prevent COVID-19. Your child’s close contacts should be vaccinated as appropriate....
US vaccinations ramp up as 2nd COVID-19 shot nears1 of 15 | The first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination to be administered in New Jersey is prepared at University Hospital, in Newark, NJ, Tuesday Dec. 15, 2020. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times via AP, Pool) 2 of 15 | Dr....