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Analysis: Study suggests new Omicron-specific vaccines offer only similar protection to existing boosters

Tue, 2022-09-06 14:07 — mike kraft

New Omicron-specific vaccines offer similar protection to existing boosters Nature - Updated COVID jabs have been approved in the United States and United Kingdom, but they offer roughly the same protection as existing vaccines, a study suggests. Callaway, Ewen nature

In the coming days, people in the United States and the United Kingdom will be among the first to receive a new breed of COVID-19 vaccine. The hope was that these updated vaccines — based on Omicron variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus — would offer substantially greater protection than older vaccines based on the strain of the virus that emerged in 2019.

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Britain approves Pfizer/BioNTech's updated COVID-19 booster vaccine

Tue, 2022-09-06 13:52 — mike kraft

Britain approves Pfizer/BioNTech's updated COVID-19 booster vaccine Britain's medicines regulator on Saturday approved Pfizer /BioNTech's updated bivalent COVID-19 booster shot for people aged 12 years and older. Reuters Reuters

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China approves world's first inhaled Covid vaccine for emergency use

Tue, 2022-09-06 13:47 — mike kraft

China approved a COVID-19 vaccine mist that can be inhaled: the first needle-free booster option The nasal mist is meant to be used as a booster dose after an initial shot of the COVID-19 vaccine by CanSino, a Chinese vaccine maker. YahooNews

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Regulators in China approved a COVID-19 vaccine mist for use as a booster dose, making it the first alternative to injectable vaccines used during the pandemic.

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EU urges member states to start offering COVID booster shots to reduce winter infections

Fri, 2022-09-02 14:30 — mike kraft

EU states urged to roll out COVID booster shots to fend off winter infections EU countries should start offering COVID boosters to their populations now to contain a fresh wave of infections expected this autumn and winter, the bloc's executive said in a document seen by Reuters on Friday ahead of its official release. Reuters Reuters

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CDC vaccine advisers vote 13-1 to recommend updated Covid-19 boosters

Thu, 2022-09-01 23:54 — mike kraft

CDC vaccine advisers vote to recommend updated Covid-19 boosters The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's independent vaccine advisers voted 13-1 Thursday to recommend updated Covid-19 vaccine boosters from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. Brenda Goodman, CNN CNN

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Reference: Time line of Covid-19 Pandemic developments

Thu, 2022-09-01 22:45 — mike kraft

Covid-19 Pandemic Timeline Fast Facts Read CNN's Fast Facts about the coronavirus outbreak, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. CNN Editorial Research CNN

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(CNN) Here's a look at the coronavirus outbreak, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The coronavirus, called Covid-19 by WHO, originated in China and is the cousin of the SARS virus.

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As Americans drop anti-Covid measures, pandemic threat worsens for the vulnerable

Thu, 2022-09-01 17:46 — mike kraft

As Americans ditch Covid measures, pandemic worsens for the vulnerable Older adults, immunocompromised and the very young are paying the price for the mask-less freedom of many the Guardian

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Germany to start Omicron-adapted COVID vaccinations next week

Thu, 2022-09-01 17:19 — mike kraft

Germany to start Omicron-adapted COVID vaccinations next week - minister Germany can next week start using COVID-19 vaccines which have been adapted for the Omicron variant and got approval for use in the European Union on Thursday, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said. Reuters Reuters

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EU regulator clears updated versions of COVID vaccine boosters

Thu, 2022-09-01 16:04 — mike kraft

EU regulator clears tweaked versions of COVID vaccines LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of two coronavirus vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Inc., tweaked to include protection against an early version of the omicron variant. AP NEWS

... the EU drug regulator said the two messenger RNA boosters offered protection both against the original version of COVID-19 and the omicron subvariant BA.1, which has since been overtaken globally by later omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. Nearly 80% of coronavirus cases worldwide are now being caused by omicron BA.5, according to the World Health Organization.

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