Pfizer set to ask FDA to approve booster for those 18 and older
Nov 09, 2021
Peter Chin-Hong, M.D., an infectious-disease physician at the University of California, San Francisco, said there is “some value” in young people getting a booster to protect older relatives...
U.S. Surgeon General issues call to counter ‘urgent threat’ of vaccine misinformation
Jul 16, 2021
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., on Thursday called on tech companies, healthcare workers, journalists and ordinary Americans to do more to fight vaccine misinformation.
CDC: Vaccinated more likely to die during omicron wave if they got J&J shot
Mar 25, 2022
However, breakthrough infections among J&J vaccine recipients were similar or lower compared with the other vaccines.
Pfizer vaccine booster restores nearly full protection, company says
Oct 21, 2021
The trial is the first randomized, controlled COVID-19 vaccine booster study to provide efficacy results.
Federal, state agencies begin to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for workers
Jul 27, 2021
The VA becomes the first federal agency to actually issue a mandate, , and experts believe it signals that the country is moving closer to requiring vaccinations.
CDC: Unvaccinated should not travel this Labor Day weekend
Sep 01, 2021
The agency urges fully vaccinated people to travel with precautions and take infection risk into consideration.
Targeted COVID-19 vaccine reminders boost uptake
Aug 11, 2021
An individual email nudge can increase COVID-19 vaccination registration among healthcare workers, according to a research letter published online July 28 in JAMA Network Open.
U.S. begins targeted vaccine rollout against monkeypox
Jun 29, 2022
HHS is rapidly expanding access to hundreds of thousands of doses of the Jynneos vaccine.
FDA expected to allow mix ‘n’ match COVID-19 vaccines
Oct 19, 2021
The agency will not recommend one vaccine over another but may say that it is preferable to use same booster as the vaccine.
Moderna says omicron-specific booster should be ready by August
Jun 23, 2022
The vaccine targets both omicron and the original strain of the virus.