A booster shot of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine provides strong protection, at least initially, against COVID-19 hospitalization, though the effect against the Omicron virus variant is lower than that seen when the Delta strain was prevalent, according to a new study. Researchers in Qatar estimated the booster was 76.5 percent effective against severe, critical, or fatal…
COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Provides Substantial Protection Against Hospitalization: Study
Moderna Makes Case for 4th COVID-19 Vaccine Booster This Year, Shares Jump
Moderna Inc. executives said on Thursday they believe a fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot will be needed late this year due to waning protection from earlier doses, which could push up sales in the second half of 2022. Chief Executive Stephane Bancel stressed that the company’s current sales projections for its Spikevax COVID-19 shot—$19 billion in…
Fauci: COVID-19 Boosters May Have to Be Taken Every 5 Years
White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci said COVID-19 booster shots may need to be taken every five years rather than once per year for some people. “It will depend on who you are,” Fauci told the Financial Times in an interview published last week on Feb. 9, “but if you are a normal, healthy 30-year-old…
‘Waste of Time’ to Keep Vaccinating People: Ex-Head of UK Vaccine Taskforce
It is a “waste of time” to keep vaccinating people against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, the former chairman of Britain’s Vaccines Taskforce has said. Dr. Clive Dix, who played a key role in helping pharmaceutical firms create the COVID-19 vaccines, told LBC radio on Jan. 16: “The Omicron variant is a relatively mild…
Ex-head of UK Vaccine Taskforce Calls for End to Mass Vaccination
January 9, 2022
admin
boosterBrightCCP VirusCOVID-19Editor's PicksExpert ViewHealth NewsInternationalmass vaccinationMind & BodyOmicronUKvaccinationVaccines & SafetyWorld
0 Comment
Mass vaccination against COVID-19 should come to an end and the UK should focus on managing it as an endemic disease like flu, the former chairman of Britain’s vaccine taskforce has said. Dr. Clive Dix, who played a key role in helping pharmaceutical firms create the COVID-19 vaccines, said that mass vaccination should end after…
CDC Recommends Children 12 to 17 Get a COVID-19 Booster Shot
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday said children from 12 to 17 years old should get a COVID-19 vaccine booster, despite scant effectiveness data and concerns about post-vaccination heart inflammation. The agency endorsed recommendations from its vaccine advisory panel, which voted 13–1 to advise the CDC to say children in the age group…
Capitol Report (Jan. 3): Snowstorm Shuts Down Washington DC
A major snowstorm in the metro DC area brought up to 10 inches of snow, shutting down the government and local schools. President Joe Biden met with farmers and ranchers to discuss rising costs of meat and other agriculture products. With inflation here and stagflation on the horizon, we have Vance Ginn, former associate director for…
NTD Business Full Broadcast (Jan. 3)
The Food and Drug Administration is authorizing booster shots for 12- to 15-years-olds. Tesla is joining the fight against a California proposal about solar energy. Some companies fear it could effectively kill the solar industry in the state. Media companies are set to invest billions of dollars this year on new content, despite losing money…
UCLA, UC Irvine Begin Winter Quarter Classes Remotely
January 3, 2022
admin
boosterCCP VirusirvineLocal NewsLos AngelesRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUCIUCLAUSVaccine
0 Comment
LOS ANGELES—Winter quarter classes began Jan. 3 at University of California (UC)–Los Angeles and UC–Irvine remotely for a planned two weeks in response to surging COVID-19 cases. All UCLA students should still plan to return to campus no later than Jan. 9 to participate “in a robust COVID-19 testing program that will help keep our…
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta