coronavirus booster shot CDC Approves Updated Pfizer, Moderna Covid Booster Shots The CDC voted Thursday to recommend updated versions of both the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccine boosters, paving way for a widespread rollout as early as next week.
COVID-19 CDC Recommends Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine for Adults The CDC has recommended the Novavax COVID-10 vaccine for adults ages 18 and up, providing more options and flexibility for the public.
covid-19 vaccine Boosters Are Critical to Fighting the COVID BA.5 Wave Hospitalizations are up in several states after a surge in COVID-19 infections as subvariants of Omicron spread. And as Google search trends tell us, interest in boosters is high right now. “It is critically important to get boosted now, as we are in the midst of that BA.5 wave,” Dr. Aditi Nerurkar of Harvard Medical School tells LX News Now....
covid-19 vaccine Doctor: COVID Vaccine Boosters Need an ‘Update' to Fight Omicron An update to the COVID vaccines is needed to fight Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants that are increasing case counts now, says Dr. Uché Blackstock, an MSNBC medical contributor and head of Advancing Health Equity.
covid-19 vaccine Doctor: Vaccines Are Safe and Effective For Kids Under 5 The numbers of coronavirus cases in children have risen dramatically in the last year, and now vaccines are available to kids under 5. NBC News medical correspondent Dr. John Torres walks you through the science behind the shots and why they work.
pfizer vaccine Pfizer's Covid-19 Vaccine Appears Safe and Effective for Kids Under Five An analysis from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration states that kid-sized doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appears safe and effective for children under five, which would be a huge step towards vaccinating the nation’s youngest children who were previously unprotected.
covid-19 vaccine Millions of COVID-19 Vaccines Wasted Millions of COVID vaccines doses have been wasted in the United States according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
covid-19 vaccine Moderna Asks FDA to Authorize Its COVID Vaccine for Kids Under 6 Moderna submitted data to the Food and Drug Administration that it hopes will prove two low-dose shots can protect children under the age of 6.
covid-19 vaccine What You Need to Know About a 4th COVID Vaccine Dose The CDC and FDA have recommended a second booster dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for people age 50 and older. But why did the recommendation come out so quickly? And will we have to get a yearly booster shot in the future? Dr. Uché Blackstock shares her thoughts.
coronavirus pandemic Is Now the Time to Roll Back Mask Mandates? “When we reduce these measures, we increase our vulnerability of having transmission continue to go high,” says Jessica Malaty Rivera, an epidemiologist at the Pandemic Prevention Institute. She joined LX News to talk about mask restrictions and what loosening them could mean for the nation.
