January 27th 2023
The week's most-clicked COVID-19 stories included vaccine updates, new variants, and a pivotal FDA advisory committee vote.
PREP Act Set to Sunset in 2024 Affecting Half of US States
January 18th 2023This act designed to allow pharmacists and technicians the ability to administer certain vaccines without a prescriber order will lapse next year. A new report looks at vaccination trends in the US and how pharmacists are playing a vital role in administering vaccines.
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Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Vaccination for Children Still Recommended After Safety Review
January 16th 2023A CDC report looked at 2 vaccine safety surveillance systems for the bivalent boosters in this population and there were no reports of myocarditis or death. Many of the reports were due to vaccine errors and not adverse events.
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Pfizer-BioNTech Asks FDA to Authorize Omicron Bivalent COVID-19 Booster for Children Under 5 Years
December 5th 2022Today, Pfizer-BioNTech filed submitted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to administer their Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster in children under 5 years of age.
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Pfizer-BioNTech Adapted Bivalent Booster Neutralizes Emerging Omicron Subvariants
November 21st 2022New clinical findings suggest the Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent booster elicited more neutralizing antibody titers for all tested emerging Omicron sublineages, compared to their original COVID-19 vaccine.
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Moderna Omicron-Targeting Booster Candidates Demonstrate Superiority Over its Spikevax Booster
November 14th 2022Safety profile in this study showed the frequency of adverse reactions with these boosters were similar or lower than that of either a second or third dose of the original vaccine.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters: Roadblocks, the Future, and Communicating the Benefits to Patients
October 31st 2022“In the long run, what we will have is a virus that will become endemic in our population," said Donald J. Alcendor, MD. "The idea of thinking we can chase variants with boosters is a failed effort. We must realize that.”
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