![Why Moderna’s FDA-authorized COVID shot for under 5s has edge over Pfizer’s [Updated]](https://scienceandtechblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/120040/why-modernas-fda-authorized-covid-shot-for-under-5s-has-edge-over-pfizers-updated-324x235.jpg "Why Moderna’s FDA-authorized COVID shot for under 5s has edge over Pfizer’s [Updated]")
Why Moderna’s FDA-authorized COVID shot for under 5s has edge over...
Enlarge / Boston Medical Center Child Life Specialist Karlie Bittrich sees to a baby while in a pediatrics tent set up outside of Boston Medical Center in Boston on April 29, 2020. Update 6/17/2022, 9:25am ET: Two COVID-19 vaccines for infants and young children ages 6 months to under 5 years are now authorized for…
Moderna, Pfizer vaccines for under 5s overwhelmingly endorsed by FDA advisors
Enlarge / Boston Medical Center Child Life Specialist Karlie Bittrich sees to a baby while in a pediatrics tent set up outside of Boston Medical Center in Boston on April 29, 2020. A committee of experts advising the Food and Drug Administration voiced unanimous support Wednesday for the authorization of two COVID-19 vaccines for children…
Switch to Moderna booster after Pfizer shots better against omicron in...
Enlarge / The Comirnaty (Pfizer/BioNTech) and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. Covid-19 Coverage View more stories People ages 60 and older who were initially vaccinated with two Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses were better protected from the omicron coronavirus variant after being boosted with a Moderna vaccine rather than another dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Those results are…
Pfizer-BioNTech seek FDA authorization for 2nd COVID booster for older adults
Pfizer says it will soon submit data on a fourth COVID shot to the Food and Drug Administration. What is the case for another booster, and is there a downside to the approach? A MARTINEZ, HOST: Numbers from the CDC show nearly 67% of fully vaccinated people over the age of 65 have gotten a…
![CDC overwhelmingly recommends COVID vaccine for kids 5 to 11 [Updated]](https://scienceandtechblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/109008/cdc-overwhelmingly-recommends-covid-vaccine-for-kids-5-to-11-updated-324x235.jpeg "CDC overwhelmingly recommends COVID vaccine for kids 5 to 11 [Updated]")
CDC overwhelmingly recommends COVID vaccine for kids 5 to 11 [Updated]
Enlarge / A 13-year-old celebrates getting the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Hartford, Connecticut, on May 13, 2021. Update 7:45 pm EDT: Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Rochelle Walensky has signed off on the unanimous vote earlier today by agency advisors to recommend the pediatric formulation of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for…
Kid COVID-19 vaccines get green light from FDA advisors
Enlarge / A nurse gives a boy a dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Florida on the day before classes begin for the 2021-22 school year. Covid-19 Coverage View more stories A panel of independent medical experts advising the Food and Drug Administration voted 17 to 0 (with one abstention)…
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine appears more than 90% effective in kids 5...
Pharmacist LaChandra McGowan prepares a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic operated by DePaul Community Health in New Orleans in August. Soon, children ages 5 to 11 could be eligible for Pfizer shots. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Pharmacist LaChandra McGowan prepares a dose of the Pfizer…
Mix-and-match COVID boosters are as good—if not better than—all the same...
Enlarge / A vial of the current Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Covid-19 Coverage View more stories Mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines for booster doses appears safe and as effective—if not more effective—than sticking with the same vaccine for a booster dose. That's according to preliminary data posted online Wednesday from a clinical trial run by the…
