Tag: COVID booster shots
During the Sept. 17 meeting of the FDA advisory panel to recommend whether to approve the third dose of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine, physicians pointed to data they said to confirm the risks of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine don’t outweigh the benefits. #vaccineboosters
In a paper published in the Lancet, experts warned there could be risks to boosters if they are widely introduced too soon, or too frequently, especially with vaccines that can have immune-mediated side effects.
VAERS data released Friday by the CDC showed a total of 571,831 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID vaccines, including 12,791 deaths and 77,490 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020, and Aug. 6, 2021. Yet the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Aug. 12 authorized the third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID vaccines for people with compromised immune systems. #covidvaccine #VAERS
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a third COVID shot for immunocompromised patients. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have not been fully approved, and neither company has completed late-stage clinical trials proving a third dose will work. #covidboostershot #covidvaccine #covidbooster
VAERS data released Friday by the CDC showed a total of 491,218 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID vaccines, including 11,405 deaths and 48,385 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020, and July 16, 2021. #covidboostershot #covidvaccine #covidbooster
Pfizer met with U.S. regulators Monday evening to press its case for quick authorization of COVID booster vaccines but health officials, who remained unconvinced, called for more data. #covidboostershot #covidvaccine #covidbooster
U.S. federal health agencies and the maker of one of the most popular COVID vaccines are publicly at odds over whether fully vaccinated people will soon need a third booster shot. #covidvaccine #covidbooster
The CDC’s advisory committee said there isn’t enough evidence to recommend booster shots as Pfizer reassures investors boosters will be needed long after the pandemic ends in an effort to secure its multi-billion-dollar revenue stream. #covidvaccine #covidbooster
COVID booster shots are music to the ears of investors, but scientists warn trying to outsmart the virus with booster shots could create new variants, each more virulent and transmissible than the one before. #covidbooster
