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Pfizer Plans a Vaccine to Target All Coronaviruses

June 30, 2022 – Ask the sibling of any celeb and so they’ll let you know they do not get anyplace close to the identical consideration. The similar is true for coronaviruses – the one which causes COVID-19 has been within the highlight for greater than 2 years now, whereas the others in the mean […]

FDA Panel to Weigh Improved Booster Shots From Moderna, Pfizer

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel will vote on Tuesday whether or not to suggest that up to date COVID-19 booster pictures be used this fall to guard towards Omicron and its extremely contagious subvariants. Because the virus mutates so […]

Pfizer COVID Vaccine Saved 110,000 American Lives, Study Says

By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter               HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As the United States mourns a million deaths from COVID-19, a brand new examine signifies the grim tally might have been worse. Use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine prevented greater than 110,000 deaths and 690,000 […]

Pfizer Recalls Another Blood Pressure Medication

April 25, 2022 The pharmaceutical firm Pfizer has voluntary recalled a blood stress treatment for the second time in a month. Pfizer is recalling 5 plenty of blood stress drugs Accupril due to elevated ranges of a nitrosamine, Nnitroso-quinapril, the corporate mentioned in a information launch posted Friday on the FDA web site. Nitrosamines are […]

Study Says Pfizer COVID Vaccine Wanes in Kids Ages 5 to 11

March 1, 2022 — You might have already seen the headline: The Pfizer vaccine’s effectiveness towards COVID-19 an infection drops to 12% in 5- to 11-year-olds. But how do specialists interpret this and different outcomes from this preprint research? Despite the findings, which haven’t been peer-reviewed, researchers on the New York State Department of Health, […]

CDC Panel Recommends Pfizer COVID Boosters for Ages 12-15

Jan. 5, 2022 – A CDC advisory panel at the moment advisable that 12- to 17-year-olds within the U.S. ought to get the Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot 5 months after a major collection of vaccinations. The CDC had already mentioned 16- and 17-year-olds “may” obtain a Pfizer booster however at the moment’s suggestion provides the […]

FDA Backs Pfizer Booster for 12- to 15-Year-Olds

Jan. 3, 2022 — The FDA on Monday licensed the primary COVID-19 vaccine booster dose for American adolescents ages 12 to fifteen. Besides updating the authorization for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the company additionally shortened the really useful time between a second dose and the booster to five months or extra, primarily based on new […]

FDA Authorizes Pfizer Antiviral Pill for COVID-19

Dec. 22, 2021 – The FDA on Wednesday granted emergency use authorization of a brand new antiviral capsules to deal with folks with symptomatic COVID-19. Pfizer’s ritonavir, identify model Paxlovid, can now be taken by sufferers age 12 and up who weigh no less than 88 kilos. The antiviral is just for individuals who check […]

Pfizer COVID Vaccine for Younger Children Hits Snag

[MUSIC PLAYING] SPEAKER: How does a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine work? COVID vaccines are actually accessible. Some of the COVID-19 vaccines are mRNA vaccines, however what does this imply? mRNA vaccines are totally different from conventional vaccines. mRNA vaccines do not expose you to any actual virus as an alternative, they’re made with messenger Ribonucleic Acid […]

FDA, CDC Authorize Pfizer Boosters for 16- and 17-year-olds

Dec. 9, 2021 — The FDA has approved booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, clearing the best way for hundreds of thousands of youngsters to get a 3rd dose of vaccine beginning 6 months after their second dose. The CDC rapidly adopted swimsuit, permitting the boosters to start instantly.  The FDA stated it was basing […]