While thevaccinesoffer some defense against infection and the chances of hospitalization and death, immunity wanes over time. “There's just a greater need than ever to have a more durable strategy, vaccination-wise,” Dr. Marc Sala, co-director of the Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive COVID-1...
The country now has three vaccines in its stockpile from Pfizer-BionNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson that have been approved for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. AstraZeneca, a fourth company, hopes to have its vaccine greenlighted by the FDA by April. Adver...
In August, the Food and Drug Administration greenlitupdated COVID-19 vaccinesfrom Pfizer and Moderna for the 2024 fall season. The updated shots were revised to target theKP.2 variantof SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and medical experts say it will also provide protection agai...
HONG KONG, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Over 180,000 people in Hong Kong have taken the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines, official data showed Monday. Since the start of a mass inoculation program in February last year, about 6.76 million people, or 92.8 percent of the eligible population in Ho...
"Receiving recommended 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines can restore and enhance protection against the virus variants currently responsible for most infections and hospitalizations in the United States." The CDC also reminded the public that the COVID-19 vaccine can help reduce the chances of suffering ...
The government will begin administering the fourth dose from Monday and those above the age of 60 years could take the shots in the vaccination centers across the country. Sri Lanka began administering the COVID-19 vaccines early last year and has to date vaccinated over 80 percent of those ...
The focus on trusted community leaders came after internal and public surveys showed those skeptical of the vaccines are most likely to be influenced by local, community and medical encouragement to get vaccinated, rather than messages from politicians, theAPsaid. ...
“It may simply be that to get the kind of really good immunity against Covid-19 that we get with some other vaccines, it may take a series of three vaccinations, much the same way that hepatitis B for adults and multiple childhood vaccination primary series, you need to get a vaccinati...
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took action to expand the use of a booster dose for COVID-19 vaccines in eligible populations. The agency is amending the emergency use authorizations (EUA) for COVID-19 vaccines to allow for the use of a single booster dose...
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