Regulatory approval of the booster dose for this age group has also been granted in Israel, Britain and the United States, TGA said in a statement. "ATAGI will provide advice shortly on whether this vaccine should be included in the COVID-19 Vaccine program as the final step in the two ...
The billions needed to pay for booster shots for all US adults, as pledged by the Biden administration in August, might provide a bigger bang for the buck if spent on other policies, such as improving vaccine uptake among the 1 in 5 American adults who haven’t received a single dose or...
The government has considered advice from the Director-General of Health and the COVID-19 Vaccine Technical Advisory Group, Hipkins said. "This is a significant step in our response to the COVID-19 pandemic" as it now means more than 3.06 million people aged 18 and over -- two thirds of...
But while the White House booster policy itself isn’t unexpected, the specific timing of the announcement is, given that neither the CDC nor Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has yet issued guidance or authorization for the use of any Covid vaccine booster candidates in the general populatio...
The New York Times says the vaccine maker has sold most of its doses to wealthier nations. Only one million doses have gone to low-income countries. Doctor Alice Tan, an internist at MizMedi Women's Hospital in Seoul, joins us via Skype to discuss the booster shot campaig...
A woman receives a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Gramedia Book Store in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, April 26, 2022. Authorities have estimated that 85 million people would make homebound trips for the Eid al-Fitr holiday festivities this year, with travelers aged 18 years and abo...
The researchers collected and tested 20 samples from healthy adults who had received a third booster shot of the same inactivated vaccine and found that the sera had a five to six folds potency reduction against Omicron sub-lineages compared to that against the wild type, according to the study...
August 23, 2021 - The US FDA grants full approval to the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people age 16 and older, making it the first coronavirus vaccine approved by the FDA. September 17, 2021 - FDA Advisory Panel Votes Against Endorsing Covid-19 Booster Shots WidelyRecommendation for...
(which cause "common colds") and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. These similarities allowed the scientists to make longer-term projections than studies focused solely on current-day infections. Furthermore, the model placed antibody responses following natural and vaccine-medi...
FDA Advisers Vote to Oppose Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Booster More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Family doctor Vera Maria Soditt vaccinates a patient at her home with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Cologne, Germany, March 28, 2021. REUT...