It’s not known when the new Pfizer bivalent vaccine will be available in Ontario, but it could be soon. Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said 2.8 million doses of the new Pfizer booster would be shipped to Canada this coming week, and 11 million by the end of...
FDA and CDC say yes to updated COVID boosters. Here's what to know about the new shots for fall 2023. Why the CDC recommends everyone get the new COVID vaccine booster for fall 2023 The rollout of the shots will also mark three major shifts in the U.S. response to the virus: the...
Earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, as signs of waning immunity and changes in the virus prompted the rollout of additional doses of vaccine, health authorities took to urging Americans to seek out "booster" shots to improve their protection against the virus. Now, with anupdated vaccine formula...
A million more New Zealanders over 18 will be eligible for their boosters from this Friday when the decision takes effect, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins told a press conference. The government has considered advice from the Director-General of Health and the COVID-19 Vaccine Technical...
In its new recommendations, the NCAA is leaving the door ajar for some schools and conferences to do away completely with surveillance testing if their local community’s COVID-19 rates are at a manageable or low number. But if a team has what is termed “sustained transmission,” the team...
Moderna said it is looking at whether a booster shot – either of its existing vaccine or of a new shot designed to protect against the South Africa variant – could be made available in future if evidence were to emerge that protection against the virus deteriorated over time....
TA forum. If you look at the wording mentioned by them, it does seem to say that you wil need a booster dose within 270 days of a second jab of the two dose vaccination program (or single jab for the one dose vaccine). Hence no requirement ever intended for another dose after the ...
Health Minister Mark Butler launched the new information campaign targeting 6 million Australians who have not yet had a third COVID-19 vaccine dose. He warned that coronavirus cases and hospitalizations would continue to rise throughout winter and that booster vaccines were the best way to protect...
In what has become a pattern of spreading vaccine misinformation, the Florida health department is telling older Floridians and others at highest risk fromCOVID-19to avoid most booster shots, saying they are potentially dangerous. Clinicians and scientists denounced the message aspolitically fueled s...
As the COVID virus continues toevolve, so does our vaccine response. FromDecember 11, Australians will have access tonew vaccinesthat offer better protection. These "monovalent" booster vaccines are expected to be a better match for currently circulating strains of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that ca...