Another issue discussed by both advisory panels was the fundamental benefit of COVID-19 vaccines in children. Severe disease or death from COVID-19 is rare in children. Since the beginning of the pandemic there have been 94 COVID-19 deaths in children aged between five and 11 in the US. ...
To more closely target SARS-CoV-2 variants currently circulating in the US, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized an updated formula of the messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine, the agency announced in mid-August. Under its Emergency Use Authorization, the FDA ...
Together, these two findings suggest that getting people immunized could be as big a challenge as developing vaccines, especially in low- and middle-income countries. "High-income countries have secured future supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, but that access for the rest of th...
By the end of February 2021, two COVID-19 vaccines had been approved in the U.S.: BNT162b2 (Pfizer/BioNTech) and mRNA-1273 (Moderna)7. In two large randomized controlled trials (RCTs), the Pfizer vaccine exhibited an efficacy of 95% (95% confidence interval [CI], 90.3%–97.6%)8 ...
COVID-19 vaccines approved in the European Union: current evidence and perspectivesA vaccination program is considered the most important public health tool in overcoming an infectious disease, with a key impact on morbidity and mortality at the global level. Therefore, the Coronavirus disease-2019 ...
“新冠疫苗实施计划”（COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access）旨在加快全球新冠疫苗的开发和生产，并确保每个国家都能公平地获得新冠疫苗。计划拟在今年上半年向全球输送疫苗2.5亿剂，结果截至本周一，已经对外输送7千万剂。而世卫组织对科兴疫苗的认可将加快各国对该疫苗的审批程序，从而加快计划步伐，将促进各国早日恢复...
Researchers in the study looked at the original strain of the virus and the delta variant. 1 year ago Why are people hesitant to trust a COVID-19 vaccine? Vaccines are proven to reduce deaths and help end pandemics, but the historic speed that the coronavirus vaccines have been developed ha...
To be sure, the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines have not yet been fully approved and continue to be under the FDA’s emergency use authorization. But Johnson in his interview said there were no approved vaccines in the U.S. and specifically — and wrongly — said the Pfiz...
The agency's recommendation on Thursday echoed that of its panel of outside experts, who voted unanimously to recommend the use of updated COVID-19 vaccines, as authorized or approved by the FDA, in those aged six months and older.
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