A booster dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine five months after a second shot reduces an individual’s risk of hospitalization by 93 percent, according to an Israeli study published on Thursday. The study, published in The Lancet medical journal (pdf), was conducted by Israel’s largest HMO Clalit Health Services, with funding from Harvard Medical School. Researchers…
Pfizer’s COVID-19 Booster Dose Effective in Preventing Severe Disease: Israeli Study
November 1, 2021
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