Albert Bourla, Pfizer’s president and CEO, said in a statement, “Ultimately, we believe that three doses of the vaccine will be needed for children aged 6 months to 4 years to achieve a high level of protection against current and possible future variants. But he said that if two doses are allowed in the meantime, […]
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Hesitation, Indifference, and Unused Doses: Zambia’s Vaccination Challenges
NGWERERE, Zambia – Last morning, four people arrived at a health clinic trapped between commercial corn farms in search of Covid-19 vaccines. Staff had bottles of Johnson & Johnson vaccine stored in the refrigerator. But staff members apologized, refusing to vaccinate the four of them and suggesting they try another day. One vial of the […]
Covid Booster Shot Benefits Study Fans Debate Over Extra Doses
get into a fierce argument over booster dosesResearchers in Israel reported Wednesday that the third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine May prevent both infections and serious illness in adults over 60 shortly after injection. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, is the latest salvo in the controversy over whether additional […]
FDA Aims to Speed Up Extra Doses of Vaccines for Patients with Immunodeficiency
The Food and Drug Administration is stepping up efforts to allow extra doses of coronavirus vaccines for Americans with weakened immune systems; This is a change that reflects growing concern about these vulnerable patients within the Biden administration as the contagious Delta variant increases nationwide. The regulatory move means people with compromised immune responses who […]
Should People with Immune Problems Get Third Doses of Vaccine?
For the third time, when it comes to the coronavirus vaccine, Esther Jones, a dialysis nurse in rural Oregon, has been tempted. After two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine failed to shake the immune system to produce antibodies, he sought a third vaccine, this time the Moderna vaccine. It worked. Blood tests revealed a reasonable […]
