(Reuters) – Oral antiviral pills from Merck & Co and Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE have been shown to significantly blunt the worst outcomes of COVID-19 if taken early enough, but doctors warn vaccine hesitant people not to confuse the benefit of the treatments with prevention afforded by vaccines. While 72% of American adults have gotten a […]
Moderna says trial data shows its vaccine is safe and effective in children aged 6-11: Health officials say shot will be available to young kids in coming weeks Moderna said on Monday that its vaccine is safe and effective in children aged five to 11 Dosages for the youth will be the same half-sized doses […]
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte's administration quashed plans for a public service campaign to promote covid-19 vaccinations for eligible teenagers over the summer, a former state health official said. That has caused public health and medical experts to plan their own ad campaigns in anticipation that the administration won't publicly back shots for kids as young […]
Researchers are developing a program that could be added to the COVID alert app used on smartphones to better target vaccination campaigns. The COVID alert app is based on the Google-Apple exposure notification API (GAEN API), a functionality that the tech companies rolled out in April 2020. The Canadian government built an app around the […]
New UCLA research identifies several factors influencing how people of color in Los Angeles County are making decisions about COVID-19 vaccination. The study, published in the peer-reviewed JAMA Network Open, reveals that misinformation and politicization, awareness of past injustices involving medical research, and fears about the inequitable distribution of vaccines all contributed to people's hesitancy […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is preparing to allow “mix and match” coronavirus vaccine boosting, in which people get a different additional shot to the dose they initially received, US media reported. Citing sources familiar with the situation, the New York Times said the FDA might make the announcement on Wednesday when it […]
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective against hospitalization from all variants – including Delta – for first six months after receiving shots, study finds Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid vaccine remains 90% effective at preventing hospitalizations for six months, a new study finds The vaccine’s effectiveness at preventing infection does wane, however, falling below 50% after […]
BERLIN (Reuters) -CureVac will withdraw its first-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate and focus on collaborating with GSK to develop second-generation mRNA vaccine technology instead, the Germany-based biotechnology company said on Tuesday.FILE PHOTO: A volunteer receives a dose of CureVac vaccine or a placebo during a study by the German biotech firm CureVac as part of a […]
FILE PHOTO: A woman receives a dose of the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Music Auditorium in Rome, Italy, August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File PhotoMILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s health ministry has given its green light for people to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and a flu shot at the same time, it […]
Billions more in profits are at stake for some vaccine makers as the U.S. moves toward dispensing COVID-19 booster shots to shore up Americans’ protection against the virus. How much the manufacturers stand to gain depends on how big the rollout proves to be. U.S. health officials late on Thursday endorsed booster shots of the […]
