Having two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine has been linked with negative protection against symptomatic infection with the disease, scientists say, while a previous infection without vaccination offers around 50 percent immunity, according to a study analyzing the Omicron wave in Qatar.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky on Saturday approved Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccines for use in American children as young as 6...
Implementing a new law to punish traffickers of fentanyl and declaring deaths from the drug as a health crisis could curb the damage it is doing to the country.
An FDA advisory panel has unanimously voted to recommend COVID-19 jabs to kids under the age of five, the last age group still deemed “unprotected” against the Communist Chinese virus by the FDA.
Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday unanimously recommended that the agency authorize Moderna Inc's (MRNA.O) COVID-19 vaccine for children and teens aged 6 to 17 years of age.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory council will meet June 14 to consider granting Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 years old, even though the White House last week announced it is already filling orders for the vaccines placed by states and healthcare providers.
VAERS data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show 1,295,329 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID-19 vaccines, including 28,714 deaths and 236,767 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020, and June 3, 2022.
A U.S. military official predicted a pause in the administration of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines could happen if more cases of post-vaccination heart inflammation were detected, according to newly obtained emails.
