CDC Recommends Four COVID-19 Shots for Immunocompromised People
On Oct. 25, 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its COVID-19 vaccine guidance for moderately…
Booster Shot for COVID May Eventually Be Required to Qualify as “Fully Vaccinated”
As the COVID-19 booster vaccines are being rolled out for certain groups, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Two FDA Officials Resign Over White House Booster Shot Decision
Two senior officials of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have stepped down from the COVID vaccine review team…
FDA’s Expert Panel Recommends COVID-19 Booster Dose for Seniors and Others, Rejects Booster Dose for Children
Despite not convening the Vaccines and Related Biologic Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) last month to vote on effectiveness and safety…
Zoo Animals Given Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine
Zoos around the United States have begun giving animals an experimental COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by a veterinary pharmaceutical company known…
State and Local Governments and Companies Offer Incentives to Get Vaccinated for COVID-19
Story Highlights As the demand for COVID-19 vaccines slows across the country, governments and businesses are offering a wide range…
Millions of Americans Decline Second Dose of Experimental mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
By the end of April 2021, more than five million people in the United States, or about eight percent of…
Demand for COVID-19 Vaccines Declines As Eligibility Expands
As eligibility for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) COVID-19 vaccines expands to people 16 years and older, many counties in the…
Dentists, Optometrists, Podiatrists Can Now Administer COVID-19 Vaccines in the U.S.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that the agency is amending an emergency declaration under…
Pfizer’s Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine 90 Percent Effective?
The German biotech firm BioNTech SE issued a joint press release with its American partner Pfizer, Inc. on Nov. 9,…