Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine is 100% effective against the virus in children ages 12 to 15, the companies announced in a press release Wednesday. In a placebo-controlled trial of 2,260 adolescents, none of the participants who received the real vaccine developed COVID-19, the companies said. Eighteen adolescents who received placebo, or fake, doses became […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s vaccine commission, known as STIKO, recommended on Thursday that people under 60-years old who have had a first shot of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine should receive a different product for their second dose. Earlier in the week, Germany said only people aged 60 and over should be administered the AstraZeneca vaccine due […]
Thirty-eight percent of Detroiters now say they are “very likely” to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, up from 14% who gave that response in fall 2020, according to a new survey from the University of Michigan. At the same time, the proportion of those very unlikely to vaccinate fell from 38% to […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Delta Air Lines will reopen middle seats on its planes on May 1, the company announced Wednesday, making it the last U.S. airline to end the policy of blocking seats for health precautions. Delta first started blocking middle seats and limiting […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, on Monday encouraged “all Republican men” to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to CNN. Recent polls have indicated that many men who identify as Republican are skeptical of getting the vaccine and don’t intend to […]
FILE PHOTO: A nurse holds a tray of syringes with AstraZeneca vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Huelva, Spain March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo/File PhotoMADRID (Reuters) – Spain has decided to remove an upper age limit of 65 years on AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and give Johnson & Johnson’s version of the jab to […]
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s health minister warned on Friday there was not enough vaccine in Europe to contain the COVID-19 third wave, as the country sought to get its rollout back on track following a three-day pause in using the AstraZeneca shot. Case numbers have been rising in Germany, driven by an easing of restrictions […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Confidence in the safety of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has taken a big hit in Spain, Germany, France and Italy as reports of rare blood clots have been linked to it and many countries briefly stopped using it, poll data showed on Monday. The polling firm YouGov said it had already found in […]
India announced Tuesday it will open its vaccination drive to all over-45s from April 1 in a bid to boost its massive but flagging inoculation drive as infections rise. India has so far vaccinated nearly 50 million people but the programme to inoculate 300 million people by the end of July is behind schedule, experts […]
