COVID 19 Tech

Here’s who can get a 3rd vaccine dose now—and who may be next

Enlarge / COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Madrid on Feb. 26, 2021. (credit: Getty | NurPhoto) Pfizer and BioNTech submitted new COVID-19 vaccine-booster data to the Food and Drug Administration Monday as US officials continue to consider whether to recommend third doses for more Americans. For now, officials have only recommended that some […]

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Efficacy of Chinese vaccines is “not high”—officials back 3rd dose

Enlarge / A vial and boxes of the Sinopharm Group Co Ltd. Covid-19 vaccine. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) Officials in Beijing are reportedly planning to roll out third doses of China’s COVID-19 vaccines. These shots have long been dogged by doubts of their efficacy. According to a report by The Washington Post, health experts in […]

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Need for annual COVID shots hinges on how many people get vaccinated now

Enlarge / Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, receives the Moderna Inc. COVID-19 vaccine during an event at the NIH Clinical Center Masur Auditorium in Bethesda, Maryland, on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) As COVID-19 vaccination efforts continue across the United States, many are wondering how […]