The US has administered 397 million cumulative doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. A total of 5.7 million “booster” doses (i.e., third doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine) have been administered nationwide. Adults…
Much like its sister and brother, influenza and the common cold, COVID-19 is unlikely to ever disappear in spite of vaccinations and natural immunity, given that it is continuing to…
Conflicting recommendations regarding the Pfizer booster shot here has the public confused. The final (9/24) CDC recommendation including additional doses and boosters (please note that this does not apply to you…
Third doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine are now recommended for certain US populations
Third doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine are now recommended for certain US populations at least 6 months after their primary 2-dose series. Following the FDA’s authorization of third doses…
Maurice Hilleman is a little known scientist who created more than 40 vaccines that saved millions of lives including a shot that combined his vaccine for mumps with vaccines for…
The FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) met on Friday, in part, to discuss a proposed plan to administer a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine 6…
Nationally, 1.51 million Americans were infected with the COVID-19 virus in August 2020 and 4.35 million Americans acquired the infection in August 2021.= CSSE is reporting 41,181,068 positive cases in…
President Biden released his six part COVID-19 action plan last week which includes new federal vaccine requirements for about two-thirds of the nation’s federal and private workforce, in an effort…
A group of researchers from Stanford Medicine and Yale University this week released findings from the first randomized controlled trial (RCT) in a real-world settingdesigned to evaluate the effects of…
President Biden announced his administration would begin offering booster shots for all Americans beginning the week of Sept. 20 pending approval from the FDA. Americans were told they should plan…