Tag: booster shot

Pfizer Booster Approved for Australia

Australia’s medicine regulator has provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID-19 booster doses for people aged 18 and older. The third booster shot can now be administered six months after completing the first two-dose vaccination regime. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has said that the third Pfizer booster shot can be given to people even if their first…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (October 22)

As booster shots roll out, the C-D-C is looking at changing the definition of “fully vaccinated,” a camerawoman is killed and another injured after actor Alec Baldwin shoots a prop gun on a movie set, and a hospital in Maine suspends emergency-level care at its walk-in location due to a staffing shortage–but says it’s not due to…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Oct. 22)

As booster shots roll out, the CDC is looking at changing the definition of “fully vaccinated,” a camerawoman is killed and another injured after actor Alec Baldwin shoots a prop gun on a movie set, and a hospital in Maine suspends emergency-level care at its walk-in location due to a staffing shortage—but says it’s not due to…


More Americans Receiving COVID-19 Booster Shots Than Vaccinations: CDC Data

More Americans are now receiving a booster shot to protect against COVID-19 than are getting their first vaccination shot, according to the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The most recent week’s data that ended Tuesday shows approximately 340,000 people receiving a booster shot daily. In contrast, just more than…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Oct. 14)

LinkedIn becomes the latest U.S. social media platform to leave the Chinese market, an FDA panel votes on Moderna booster shots, and a medical expert for CNN says the network misrepresented a drug.


Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Falls Below 50 Percent After 5 Months: Study

The effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine falls below 50 percent after five months, according to a new study published in The Lancet medical journal on Oct. 4. The study (pdf), which was funded by Pfizer, aimed to evaluate the overall variant-specific effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections and COVID-19-related hospital admissions over time….


Effectiveness of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Falls Below 50 Percent After 5 Months: Study

The effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine falls below 50 percent after five months, according to a new study published in The Lancet medical journal on Oct. 4. The study (pdf), which was funded by Pfizer, aimed to evaluate the overall variant-specific effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections and COVID-19-related hospital admissions over time….


Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine’s Effectiveness Falls Below 50 Percent After 5 Months: Study

The effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine falls below 50 percent after five months, according to a new study published in The Lancet medical journal on Oct. 4. The study (pdf), which was funded by Pfizer, aimed to evaluate the overall variant-specific effectiveness of the companies’ vaccine against CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections and COVID-19-related hospital admissions over…


FDA Authorizes COVID-19 Boosters of Pfizer for Seniors and Those at High Risk

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized for emergency use a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for those aged 65 and older, as well as those aged 18–64 who are at high risk of severe COVID-19. The third dose of the mRNA-based shot is authorized to be administered at least six months after the…


Biden to Take COVID-19 Booster Jab on Camera: White House

President Joe Biden will take a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on camera, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday. Psaki was responding to a question about how soon Biden, 78, would get his booster shot, which would be the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA-based vaccine. “He will do so, and he will do so…