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Brazil starts vaccinating children after weeks of delay
2 years, 11 months ago

Brazil starts vaccinating children after weeks of delay

Associated Press  

BRASILIA, Brazil — Fifteen Brazilian children received COVID-19 vaccines on Friday, marking the start of an effort that was delayed several weeks by the federal government’s reluctance to endorse the immunization of children. The decision incensed Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, who has since complained about vaccinating children, saying he won’t let his 11-year-old daughter get shots and warning of possible …

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US FDA authorises first Covid-19 vaccine for kids aged between 5 and 11 years
3 years, 2 months ago

US FDA authorises first Covid-19 vaccine for kids aged between 5 and 11 years

India Today  

The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorised the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE coronavirus vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 years, making it the first Covid-19 shot for young children in the United States. The FDA authorized a 10-microgram dose of Pfizer's vaccine in young children, lower than the 30 micrograms in the original vaccine for those …

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Which COVID-19 vaccine booster shot should I get? Here’s how to choose
3 years, 2 months ago

Which COVID-19 vaccine booster shot should I get? Here’s how to choose

LA Times  

Seniors at Whispering Fountains Senior Living Community in Lakewood get vaccinated in March. “It’s pretty unlikely that there is really a material difference in 35 versus 76 times higher,” Wachter said of the differences in antibody levels between Pfizer and Moderna boosters for original Johnson & Johnson recipients. The mix-or-match study found that people who originally got the Pfizer vaccine …

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FDA panel recommends authorization of Moderna booster shots
3 years, 2 months ago

FDA panel recommends authorization of Moderna booster shots

LA Times  

A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Denver. U.S. health advisors said Thursday that some Americans who received the Moderna vaccine should get a half-dose booster. U.S. health advisors said Thursday that some Americans who received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine at least six months ago should get a half-dose booster to rev up protection against the coronavirus. …

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Joe Biden gets COVID-19 booster shot after authorization
3 years, 3 months ago

Joe Biden gets COVID-19 booster shot after authorization

India TV News  

President Joe Biden received his COVID-19 booster shot on Monday, days after federal regulators recommended a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine for Americans age 65 or older and approved them for others with preexisting medical conditions and high-risk work environments. Biden said the first lady, who's 70, would also receive the booster dose, but she was teaching on Monday …

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Biden, McConnell get COVID-19 boosters, encourage vaccines
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden, McConnell get COVID-19 boosters, encourage vaccines

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Seventy-eight-year-old Joe Biden and 79-year-old Mitch McConnell got their booster shots Monday, the Democratic president and the Republican Senate leader urging Americans across the political spectrum to get vaccinated or plus up with boosters when eligible for the extra dose of protection. The shots, administered just hours apart on either end of Pennsylvania Avenue, came on the first …

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Biden Gets COVID Booster Shot And Calls On Eligible Americans To Do The Same
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden Gets COVID Booster Shot And Calls On Eligible Americans To Do The Same

NPR  

Biden Gets COVID Booster Shot And Calls On Eligible Americans To Do The Same Enlarge this image toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP Evan Vucci/AP President Biden received a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, a booster shot, on Monday. "Like I did in my first and second COVID-19 vaccination shot, I'm about to get my booster shot and do it …

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Israeli study finds Pfizer vaccine 85% effective after first shot
3 years, 10 months ago

Israeli study finds Pfizer vaccine 85% effective after first shot

Al Jazeera  

Researchers say a longer follow-up is required to understand the effect of one shot to inform second dose delay policy. A new study on healthcare workers in Israel has found that one shot of a two-dose vaccine produced by Pfizer-BioNTech is 85 percent effective, heightening the debate over the possibility of spacing out doses. The Lancet medical journal published on …

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Vaccinated US nurse tests covid positive, expert says Pfizer shot needed more time to work
4 years ago

Vaccinated US nurse tests covid positive, expert says Pfizer shot needed more time to work

Live Mint  

A nurse in California tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving Pfizer Inc's vaccine, an ABC News affiliate reported on Tuesday, but a medical expert said the body needs more time to build up protection. Matthew W., 45, a nurse at two different local hospitals, said in a Facebook post on December 18 that he had received …

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US rolls out Covid vaccine, first shot administered to New York nurse
4 years ago

US rolls out Covid vaccine, first shot administered to New York nurse

India TV News  

US President Donald Trump on Monday said that the first coronavirus vaccine was administered in the country. Critical care nurse Sandra Lindsay at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens got the first shot to vaccinate front line health care workers. The US Food and Drug Administration had on Friday issued emergency use authorisation to the vaccine developed by American …

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UK Begins COVID Vaccination; 90-Yr-Old Gets First Pfizer Shot
4 years, 1 month ago

UK Begins COVID Vaccination; 90-Yr-Old Gets First Pfizer Shot

The Quint  

The mass vaccination programme is aimed at protecting the elderly and allowing life to return to normal amid the worldwide pandemic that has lasted for a year now. The first batch will be given to those aged over 80, NHS hospital staff and patients, and some care workers, even though groups may overlap. The BBC report mentions the following groups …

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