insert_link Health & Wellness Moderna files for Emergency Use Authorization for kids’ COVID-19 Vaccine Last Thursday, Moderna officially filed for emergency use authorization (EUA) for its COVID-19 vaccine for use in kids between 6 months and under 6 years. The request is for the approval of two doses of 25 micrograms of the mRNA vaccine. Moderna's clinical data showed the vaccine was 51% effective for the younger cohort of the age group, from six months to under 2 years, and 37% effective for the […] todayMay 3, 2022
insert_link Health & Wellness Pfizer and Moderna listen to FDA and Expand Covid Vaccine trials for Kids 5 – 11, hoping to get approval this Fall The New York Times reports that at the urging of federal regulators, two coronavirus vaccine makers – Pfizer and Moderna - are expanding the size of their clinical trials for children ages 5 to 11 — a precautionary measure designed to detect rare side effects including heart inflammation problems that turned up in vaccinated people younger than 30. The Food and Drug Administration has indicated to Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna that […] todaySeptember 23, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness FDA unanimously votes to approve Covid Vaccine Boosters – but ONLY for High-Risk Populations – for now A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) committee voted unanimously Friday to recommend booster doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for those over age 65 and those at higher risk of exposure to the virus, including healthcare, frontline and essential workers, under emergency use authorization, but stopped short of recommending boosters for the general population. (Boosters have already been authorized for those with compromised immune systems.) Pfizer-BioNTech had originally requested that […] todaySeptember 20, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness What Is an EUA? Pfizer and Moderna Seek Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 Vaccines The COVID-19 pandemic has basically been a crash course in medical lingo most of us would've never used otherwise: intubation, incubation periods, personal protective equipment (PPE). Now, there's a new one you've likely been hearing more and more recently: emergency use authorization. Also known as an EUA, this specialty designation has been granted to several medications and even types of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic so far. And currently, two major COVID-19 vaccines—the ones […] todayDecember 15, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness FDA authorizes first COVID-19 vaccine in US The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, a landmark moment in the fight to suppress a virus that has killed nearly 300,000 people in the United States and sickened tens of millions around the world. “Today’s emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine holds the promise to alter the course of this pandemic in the United States,” Peter […] todayDecember 14, 2020
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