Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, Nov. 16, 2021 With winter closing in and coronavirus case rates creeping up once again, White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci is warning that the vaccines’ waning immunity combined with the highly transmissible delta variant will …
Pfizer submits FDA application for emergency approval of COVID treatment pill
Spencer Kimball, CNBC, Nov. 16, 2021 Pfizer on Tuesday submitted its application to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency authorization of its Covid-19 treatment pill, saying it reduces hospitalization and death by 89% when administered with a common HIV drug. Read the …
COVID-19 vaccines for kids: what you need to know
Marie Mosley, BCBST Welltuned, Nov. 4, 2021 Last week, the FDA authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for children ages 5-11. On Nov. 2, the CDC formally recommended the vaccine for everyone ages 5 and older, along with guidelines for …
CDC advisers recommend Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for children ages 5 through 11
Joe Neel and Carmel Wroth, NPR, Nov. 2, 2021 Children ages 5 through 11 years may soon be able to get a low-dose COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech. Advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously to …
COVID-19 vaccine for young children may be ready next week
Aaron Cantrell, News Channel 5, Oct. 25, 2021 A Pfizer board member and former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner thinks vaccines for young children could begin rolling out next week. On Friday, scientists at the FDA said that the …