insert_link Health & Wellness How Soon After Having a COVID Breakthrough Infection is it Safe to get a Booster Shot? If you just tested positive for COVID-19 but haven't been boosted yet, should you run to your local pharmacy and get a booster shot once you're well? After all, a number of universities and employers across the country are requiring proof of boosters before you can return to campus—or the office. The official guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is to get your booster as soon […] todayFebruary 1, 2022
insert_link Health & Wellness FDA clears Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for Kids ages 5 to 11 The Food and Drug Administration authorized the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for five- to 11-year-olds, opening up the shots to a new age group and ending an anxious wait for families of children in that bracket. Children are less likely to have severe symptoms if they contract COVID-19, but they can still catch and spread the disease. NBC News reported that both cases and deaths in children peaked in September, […] todayNovember 1, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness FDA unanimously approves first Moderna and then J&J for Booster Vaccines AP Newswire reports that the FDA's U.S. health advisers endorsed a booster of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine Friday, citing concern that Americans who got the single-dose shot aren’t as protected as those given two-dose brands. J&J told the Food and Drug Administration that an extra dose adds important protection as early as two months after initial vaccination — but that it might work better if people wait until six […] todayOctober 18, 2021
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 Studies show Breakthrough Covid cases are rare. So, what Raises Your Risk? Breakthrough cases of COVID-19 among vaccinated people remain rare (and are generally less serious when they do occur), despite the surge of the hypercontagious Delta variant. The attention that these cases get in the media, have put a spotlight on breakthrough cases and raised questions about the continued effectiveness of vaccines in the face of the Delta threat. But vaccines continue to offer strong protection against the most severe forms […] todaySeptember 15, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness EU officially launches Digital Vaccine Passport The European Union’s digital COVID-19 certificate officially launched on July 1st. The certificate allows people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination, a recent negative test result, or a past COVID-19 infection. The certificate, which includes a QR code and digital signature, can either be displayed on a digital device or printed out. People who have the certificate should not have to get an additional COVID-19 test or quarantine when traveling […] todayJuly 5, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness Moderna says their Covid-19 vaccine “safe and highly effective” in kids ages 12 to 17 Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine is safe and highly effective in children ages 12 to 17, the company said Tuesday. It would be the second Covid-19 vaccine available for the age group if it is authorized for use, in addition to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Two options would "increase the supply and choices of vaccines available to younger people," said Dr. Richard Besser, president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, who is a […] todayMay 27, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness FDA Authorizes Pfizer Vaccine for Kids 12-15 Years Old Children aged 12 to 15 years old will now be eligible to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine after the FDA expanded its emergency use authorization on May 10, Monday night. The move wasn't exactly a surprise—it's been rumored for months—and comes as welcome news for parents eager to get their kids a COVID vaccine as schools reopen around the country—and summer camp looms. “The FDA's expansion of the emergency use […] todayMay 12, 2021
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