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EU regulator clears updated versions of COVID vaccine boosters

Thu, 2022-09-01 11:04 — mike kraft

EU regulator clears tweaked versions of COVID vaccines LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of two coronavirus vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Inc., tweaked to include protection against an early version of the omicron variant. AP NEWS

... the EU drug regulator said the two messenger RNA boosters offered protection both against the original version of COVID-19 and the omicron subvariant BA.1, which has since been overtaken globally by later omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. Nearly 80% of coronavirus cases worldwide are now being caused by omicron BA.5, according to the World Health Organization.

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White House to encourage COVID boosters, flu shot this fall

Thu, 2022-09-01 08:37 — mike kraft

White House to encourage COVID boosters, flu shot this fall WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration hopes to make getting a COVID-19 booster as routine as going in for the yearly flu shot. That’s at the heart of its campaign to sell the newly authorized shot to an American public that has widely rejected COVID-19 boosters since they first became available last fall. AP NEWS

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Explainer: Considerations in getting the updated COVID vaccine booster shots

Wed, 2022-08-31 19:08 — mike kraft

Explainer: Updated COVID vaccines are coming in the U.S. Should you get one? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer Inc with German partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc retooled to target Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants as well as the original virus. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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New study indicates that variant-modified booster vaccines could result in significantly higher neutralization titers against prevalent and ancestral SARS-CoV-2 variants compared to ancestral-based boosters.

Wed, 2022-08-31 18:56 — mike kraft

Study explores differences in the efficiency of COVID-19 vaccine boosters In a new study, researchers predicted the efficacy of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine boosters. News-Medical.net

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The study findings indicated that variant-modified booster vaccines could result in significantly higher neutralization titers against prevalent and ancestral SARS-CoV-2 variants compared to ancestral-based boosters.

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