Moderna, Pfizer and Novavax have all announced plans to pursue trials of standaloneflu vaccinesin addition to versions combined with their COVID-19 shots. Pfizer executivestold investors in Januarythey did not expect approval of their combination shot until 2025. Health authorities had previously voi...
Health-care workers who got the influenza vaccine were also protected from COVID-19 — but the effect might not last long. By Ewen Callaway Twitter Facebook Email Influenza vaccines have a surprising health benefit: they might also prevent COVID-19, particularly in its most severe forms1. ...
That's why getting both a flu shot and COVID vaccine (and aCOVID booster) is important. Being infected with both respiratory ailments at the same time can be "catastrophic to your immune system," Dr. Adrian Burrowes, a professor of family medicine at the University of Central ...
(CBS DETROIT) - The Detroit Health Department and Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO) Michigan are partnering to host a free COVID-19 and flu vaccine clinic for residents. According to the Detroit Health Department, the clinic will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. ...
The current recommendation for the COVID vaccine is for everyone aged 6 months and older, regardless of their previous vaccination status. This is because of continuous changes to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the waning protection provided by COVID-19 vaccines over time. ...
MOSCOW, January 14. /TASS/. The Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Healthcare Ministry plans to begin clinical trials of a combined vaccine against the coronavirus and flu in the middle of 2022, Center’s Director Alexander Gintsburg told TASS on Th...
mRNA flu vaccine, which would be one vaccine that wouldn't necessarily need to change year-to-year," Amiji says of the experimental universal flu shot. "That gives us this opportunity to say, if you could create auniversal flu vaccine, why not create that together with the COVID booster...
Health officials say it’s OK to get your COVID-19 vaccine and flu vaccine at the same time. The U.S.
COMBINED vaccinesCLINICAL trialsCOVID-19 vaccinesINFLUENZA vaccinesMESSENGER RNAA phase 3 clinical trial conducted by BioNTech and Pfizer on a combination mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 and influenza yielded mixed results. The trial involved over 8,000 healthy adults aged 18 to...
You can get the new COVID-19 booster at the same time as your flu vaccine. But you should be aware of potential side effects and how to manage them beforehand.