vaccine

  1. Covid: ‘Get booster to save Christmas,’ UK health secretary urges

    Dr Susan Hopkins, the chief medical adviser at the UK Health Security Agency, said that while the UK is now at the flattening of the peak, the country could still stay at a “very, very high level like this, which will mean that we have deaths that could be prevented by vaccination”.

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    Europe
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    Society
    Covid: ‘Get booster to save Christmas,’ UK health secretary urges
  2. Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine wins full U.S. FDA approval

    The FDA, which gave the two-dose vaccine emergency-use authorization in December, gave its full approval for use in people age 16 and older based on updated data from the companies' clinical trial and manufacturing review. Public health officials hope the action will convince unvaccinated Americans that Pfizer's shot is safe and effective.

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    USA
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    Society
    Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine wins full U.S. FDA approval