Pfizer asks US to allow 4th COVID vaccine dose for seniorsIn the U.S. so far, a fourth dose is recommended only for people with severely weakened immune systems, who need three doses to begin with ...
16 Mar, 2022, 06.29 PM IST
Pfizer study shows COVID-19 booster can be co-administered with pneumonia shotThe data provides evidence supporting the potential to administer pneumonia shot, PREVNAR 20, and the company's COVID-19 vaccine at the sam...
12 Jan, 2022, 06.19 PM IST
US FDA backs Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shot for 12- to 15-year-oldsThe regulatory decisions come as COVID-19 cases surge due to the Omicron variant, with health authorities warning that its high transmissib...
03 Jan, 2022, 09.55 PM IST
Biological E to hold trials of its Covid vaccine as booster shotChristian Medical College (CMC), Vellore has said that it is conducting a study to test the efficacy of a booster dose on those who have re...
30 Dec, 2021, 07.04 AM IST
Double vaccinate against Covid first, experts say amid calls for booster shotsConcerns over the Omicron variant and waning vaccine-induced protection against the infection have highlighted the need for boosters to pro...
04 Dec, 2021, 02.28 PM IST
Can Covid vaccines work as boosters? Here's what researches have to sayIf boosters don’t work well against the variant, vaccine developers will need to make new shots.
03 Dec, 2021, 05.33 PM IST
Bookings open for UK's expanded COVID booster vaccinesThe UK's health service will open up for over-40s to book in their COVID-19 booster vaccine dose from Monday, as the UK government warned t...
21 Nov, 2021, 04.44 PM IST
Pfizer asks FDA to OK COVID-19 booster shots for all adultsPfizer is submitting early results of a booster study in 10,000 people to make its case that it's time to further expand the booster campai...
10 Nov, 2021, 09.11 AM IST
Fighting Covid: Should you mix or match your booster shot and how should you decide which one to pick?Many people are confused about whether they should switch vaccines for the booster dose or stick with the one they know.
04 Nov, 2021, 08.44 AM IST
UAE approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for ages 5-11The United Arab Emirates has approved for emergency use the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11, the health ministry sa...
01 Nov, 2021, 11.20 AM IST
Pfizer booster shot 95.6 pc effective against Covid-19In a tweet BioNTech said, "95.6% relative vaccine efficacy against #Covid19 after a booster shot with our #mRNA vaccine, during a period wh...
21 Oct, 2021, 04.38 PM IST
FDA advisory panel endorses booster doses of Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccineThe agency's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted unanimously on Friday, 19-0, to recommend authorisation of t...
16 Oct, 2021, 11.11 AM IST
Data from federal scientists raise questions about J&J booster shotsSome scientists question how the federal government is considering boosters of any brand, given the limited data provided not only by Johns...
14 Oct, 2021, 07.12 PM IST
US President Joe Biden gets COVID-19 booster shot after authorisationThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week backed an additional dose of the Pfizer Inc /BioNTech vaccine for Ameri...
27 Sep, 2021, 11.40 PM IST
Key data on US J&J, Moderna COVID-19 boosters 'weeks away,' Fauci saysU.S. health regulators already have begun to consider a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
19 Sep, 2021, 10.52 PM IST
Pfizer booster shot may start in US by September 20: Anthony FauciThe rollout for Moderna's booster vaccine could, however, be delayed, CNBC news quoted Anthony Fauci as saying on Sunday. Although both dru...
06 Sep, 2021, 11.50 PM IST
Pfizer plans to test COVID-19 vaccine booster engineered for South African variantPhil Dormitzer, one of Pfizer's top viral vaccine scientists, said in an interview that he believes the current vaccine - developed with Ge...
18 Feb, 2021, 10.31 PM IST