Tag: Immunizations
CDC recommends Pfizer, GSK shots for older adults
Respiratory syncytial virus vial.Manjurul | Istock | Getty ImagesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended that adults ag [...]
Pfizer, GSK RSV shots may prevent thousands of hospitalizations
Respiratory syncytial virus vial.Manjurul | Istock | Getty ImagesVaccinating one million adults ages 65 and above with a single RSV shot from Pfizer o [...]
CDC panel recommends Pfizer, GSK shots for adults over 60
A health worker prepares a flu vaccine shot before administering it to a local resident in Los Angeles, the United States, on Dec. 17, 2022.Xinhua New [...]
GSK says its RSV vaccine for older adults gives long-term protection
Respiratory syncytial virus viral vaccine under research.Hailshadow | Istock | Getty ImagesGlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday said its vaccine to protect ad [...]
Pfizer adult RSV vaccine efficacy declines slightly after 18 months
Respiratory syncytial virus - viral vaccine under researchHailshadow | Istock | Getty ImagesPfizer's vaccine that protects adults ages 60 and older fr [...]
Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax gear up for fall rollout
A pharmacist prepares to administer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots during an event hosted by the Chicago Department of Public Health at the Southwest [...]
Covid vaccines this fall should target XBB variant, FDA advisors say
A woman receives a booster dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination centre in Antwerp, Belgium, February 1, 2022.Jo [...]
Why Novavax’s path to survival won’t be easy
Medical syringes and Novavax logo displayed in the background are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on December 2, 2021.Jakub Po [...]
Pfizer RSV shot for infants has favorable safety data, FDA staff say
Blood sample for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) testJarun011 | Istock | Getty ImagesU.S. Food and Drug Administration staff on Tuesday said Pfizer' [...]
FDA approves GSK shot for older adults
A GSK lab in London.Oli Scarff | Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an RSV vaccine produced by GlaxoSmithKline for use [...]
What’s required to travel to Thailand? Only one Covid document now
Travelers wondering what it's like to visit Thailand now may be interested to know the country is "allowing almost everything" again.That's according [...]
UK to roll out additional vaccine shot for over 75s, vulnerable people
A member of the military vaccinates a woman at the COVID-19 mass vaccination centre at Pentwyn Leisure Centre on February 3, 2021 in Cardiff, Wales.Ma [...]
Is it safe to travel if I’m vaccinated and recovered from Covid
Millions of people are now vaccinated, boosted and newly recovered from Covid-19 infections caused by the omicron variant.They have what some outside [...]
Harvard medical professor says it’s time to move on from pandemic
It's time to let the young, healthy and "anyone who wants to move on" from the pandemic do so, said Dr. Stefanos Kales, a professor at Harvard Medical [...]
These countries have the lowest Covid vaccination rates in the world
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine to a woman in Johannesburg, South Africa, December 04, 2021.Sumaya Hisham | ReutersBurundi, the Dem [...]