The president of U.S, Joe Biden, ordered his Government to double the order it had made for pills against the COVID-19 manufactured by Pfizer, given the strong increase in infections in the country. In a meeting with his response team to COVID-19 at the White House, Biden announced that he decided to raise to 20 […]
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US CDC Recommends Reducing Pfizer Booster Dose Interval to Five Months
Updated on 04/01/2022 11:41 am The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended shortening the interval between the second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine and the booster dose from six to five months. The move comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided on Monday to reduce the booster dose interval […]
US FDA Authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 Booster Vaccine for Children Ages 12-15
Updated on 01/03/2022 10:49 am The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the use of a third dose of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 and reduced the time for all booster shots to five months from the six months after the end of the initial vaccination program. The […]
Safe COVID Vaccine for Children Ages 5 to 11, According to CDC
Updated on 01/01/2022 03:41 am Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine caused mostly mild side effects in children ages 5 to 11, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Results of a survey involving 30,000 children who received two doses each show that adverse reactions were similar to those seen in clinical […]
Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine boosted by Pfizer is less effective against omicron, study finds
Updated on 12/31/2021 09:07 am Sinovac’s two-dose COVID-19 vaccine, followed by a booster shot of Pfizer-BioNTech, showed a lower immune response against the omicron variant compared to other mutations, according to a study by researchers. The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, was conducted by researchers from Yale University, the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of […]
U.S. to authorize booster vaccine for teens on Monday
Updated on 12/31/2021 05:47 am U.S. regulators plan to authorize Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 booster vaccine for younger teens on Monday, expanding access at a time when researchers have found that an additional dose of vaccine provides better protection against the widely circulated omicron variant. The Food and Drug Administration (FDAis preparing to grant an emergency […]
US buys 10 million treatments of Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill
Updated on 12/22/2021 06:50 pm U.S has pre-purchased 10 million treatments of the anti-HIV pill COVID-19 manufactured by Pfizer, which this Wednesday received emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the country’s regulatory body. This was confirmed by the head of the White House working group against the pandemic, Jeff Zients, who considered […]
FDA May Authorize Pfizer and Merck Pills This Week
Updated on 12/22/2021 03:21 am The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may authorize pills from Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. to treat COVID-19 as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter. a milestone in the fight against the pandemic that will soon expand therapies for the sick. An announcement […]
Pfizer to deliver 20 million more doses to the EU by early 2022
The European Commission (EC) agreed this Sunday with BioNTech-Pfizer accelerate delivery of its coronavirus vaccine to community club countries, with the Twenty-seven receiving an additional 20 million doses during the first quarter of 2022. Thus, BioNTech-Pfizer will deliver to the community club five million more doses than originally planned during January, an additional five million […]
Pfizer to test third dose of COVID-19 vaccine in children 6 months to 5 years
Updated on 12/17/2021 03:34 pm Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said they would include and evaluate a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine in an ongoing trial in children six months to less than five years of age. The decision was made after an analysis showed that the two-dose vaccine elicited an […]