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Explainer: Considerations in getting the updated COVID vaccine booster shots

Wed, 2022-08-31 19:08 — mike kraft
Explainer: Updated COVID vaccines are coming in the U.S. Should you get one? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer Inc with German partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc retooled to target Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants as well as the original virus. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters
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New study indicates that variant-modified booster vaccines could result in significantly higher neutralization titers against prevalent and ancestral SARS-CoV-2 variants compared to ancestral-based boosters.

Wed, 2022-08-31 18:56 — mike kraft
Study explores differences in the efficiency of COVID-19 vaccine boosters In a new study, researchers predicted the efficacy of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine boosters. News-Medical.net

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The study findings indicated that variant-modified booster vaccines could result in significantly higher neutralization titers against prevalent and ancestral SARS-CoV-2 variants compared to ancestral-based boosters.

 

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Boosters: US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants

Wed, 2022-08-31 10:10 — mike kraft
US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today’s most common omicron strain. Shots could begin within days. The move by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna that already have saved millions of lives. AP NEWS

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CDC advisers to meet Thursday on Omicron-retooled boosters

Tue, 2022-08-30 17:44 — mike kraft
CDC advisers to decide on Omicron-retooled boosters on Sept 1 Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will meet on Thursday to vote on whether to recommend the use of two COVID-19 vaccine boosters tailored against the Omicron variant. Reuters Reuters

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The so-called bivalent vaccines include both the currently dominant BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants and the original version of the virus. ...

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White House effort to stave off fall COVID surge with new boosters faces uphill battle

Mon, 2022-08-29 08:33 — mike kraft
White House effort to stave off fall COVID surge with new boosters faces uphill battle The White House is rushing ahead to roll out a new COVID-19 booster shot campaign in early September, but is facing an uphill battle to ensure it is successful.   The vaccines being … aneklason The Hill

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Explainer: Updated COVID-19 vaccines are expected in the U.S. next month, considerations in getting one

Thu, 2022-08-25 09:18 — mike kraft
Explainer: Updated COVID-19 vaccines are coming in the U.S., should you get one? The United States plans to roll out an updated COVID-19 booster vaccine to include Omicron subvariants of the coronavirus. Regulators are reviewing the shots and could give the go-ahead as soon as next week. Ahmed Aboulenein,Julie Steenhuysen Reuters
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U.S.plans to offer revised COVID Booster shots in early September

Tue, 2022-08-23 20:55 — mike kraft

 

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration plans to offer the next generation of coronavirus booster shots to Americans 12 and older soon after Labor Day, a campaign that federal officials hope will reduce deaths from Covid-19 and protect against an expected winter surge.

Dr. Peter Marks, the top vaccine regulator for the Food and Drug Administration, said in an interview on Tuesday that his team was close to authorizing updated doses that would target the versions of the virus now circulating.

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Moderna asks FDA to authorize its updated Covid booster shot

Tue, 2022-08-23 18:22 — mike kraft
Moderna asks FDA to authorize its updated Covid booster shot Moderna asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its bivalent omicron Covid booster. YahooNews

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Pfizer seeks FDA approval of updated COVID vaccine booster retooled for Omcron

Mon, 2022-08-22 17:37 — mike kraft
Pfizer seeks U.S. authorization for vaccine booster retooled for Omicron Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech said on Monday they had sought U.S. authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine booster retooled to target the Omicron variant, and would have doses available to ship immediately after regulatory clearance. Reuters Reuters

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Who will be eligible for the upcoming Omicron-specific Covid booster shots

Mon, 2022-08-22 09:22 — mike kraft

 

Omicron-specific Covid booster shots are just weeks away. Here’s who will—and won’t—be eligible

Newly updated Covid booster shots designed to target omicron’s BA.5 subvariant should be available within in the next three weeks. That begs an important question: Who’s going to be eligible to get them?

The short answer: Anyone ages 12 and up who has completed a primary vaccination series, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesperson tells CNBC Make It. It’s unlikely to matter whether you’ve received any other booster doses or not before, the spokesperson says — but if you’re unvaccinated, you won’t eligible for the updated formula until you complete a primary series with the existing Covid vaccines.

The longer answer is somewhat more complex, because it depends on which booster shots get approved and when. ...

 

 

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