COVID-19 Vaccine

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine has become the first in the U.S. to receive full approval from the FDA for people ages 16 and up.
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Getting a COVID Vaccine while Pregnant Slashes Risk of Premature Birth, Major New Study Finds

Pregnant people who receive a COVID vaccine are 60 percent less likely to experience severe disease and around 30 percent ...

EMA Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use Adopts Positive Opinion Recommending Authorization of Moderna’s mNEXSPIKE (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA)

NEXSPIKE is Moderna’s third product to receive a positive CHMP opinion alongside Spikevax (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) and ...

COVID Vaccines Cut ER Visits for Children, CDC Reports

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that COVID vaccines reduced the risk of ER visits by 76% in kids under age 4 and by 56% in kids ages 5 to 17 during the first six ...

5 Years Ago I Received America’s First Covid Vaccine

On December 14, 2020 I became the first person in the United States to receive the first FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine. Now, ...

Is there much COVID around? Do I need the new booster shot LP.8.1?

As we prepare for the festive season, it’s easy to let COVID boosters fall off our to-do lists. But COVID is still ...

Researchers identify immune trigger behind myocarditis after Covid vaccination

A rapid, two-step immune reaction may underlie rare cases of heart inflammation seen after Covid mRNA vaccination, Stanford ...

Sandra Lindsay reflects on pandemic and being first person in U.S. to receive COVID-19 vaccine

Five years after she took the First COVID-19 shot in the US, Sandra Lindsay reflects on hope and how it's challenging to ...