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FDA approves second shot for 50+

The authorization for another booster arrives just as BA.2 becomes the dominant strain in the U.S.

Salon

Opinion: How Shanghai Can Pioneer a New Path for Disease Control

Amid worst Covid-19 outbreak, city could turn pandemic into manageable endemic disease using self-isolation, self-testing and advanced drugs and vaccines

Caixin Global

Who really needs a second COVID booster? Here's what to know

Many Americans can now get a second COVID-19 booster, but it’s hard to tell who really needs another shot right now and who could wait

The Independent UK

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Why BioNTech Shares Are Surging Today

BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) reported Q4 FY21 revenues of €5.53 billion compared to €345.4 million a year ago, mainly due to high demand for the company's COVID-19 vaccine. BioNTech and its partner Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) delivered approximately 2.6 billion doses of Comirnaty/BNT162b2 worldwide in 2021, including over 1 billion doses to low- and middle-income countries. As…

Benzinga

COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest children may be inching closer to authorization – a pediatrician explains how they're being tested

For some parents of young children, the wait for COVID-19 vaccines has been long and agonizing.

The Conversation

BioNTech's quarterly profit soars on COVID-19 vaccine demand

BioNTech has reported another quarter of strong earnings growth

The Independent UK

Commentary: There is much we still don’t know about giving 5- to 11-year-olds a COVID-19 vaccine

Should children ages 5 to 11 receive the COVID-19 vaccine? This is a difficult question without an easy answer, something you wouldn’t know from the strident opinions of politicians and health experts.

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FDA clears way for millions to get additional COVID-19 boosters

WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators cleared second booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna Inc. and the partnership of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE for adults 50 and older, making millions more people eligible for the shots as concern grows about a potential new wave of infections.

Tribune News Service

Infectious omicron BA.2 now dominant in US, with coronavirus spring rise likely

LOS ANGELES — The highly infectious BA.2 omicron subvariant is now the dominant version of the coronavirus circulating in the United States, according to federal estimates, a development that is triggering fresh concerns of a potential springtime wave.

Los Angeles Times

FDA Approves ViiV Healthcare's Cabenuva For Virologically Suppressed Adolescents With HIV

The FDA has approved ViiV Healthcare's Cabenuva (cabotegravir, rilpivirine) for HIV-1 in virologically suppressed adolescents. The approval covers patients aged 12 years or older and weighing at least 35kg on a stable antiretroviral regimen, with no history of treatment failure and no known or suspected resistance to either cabotegravir or rilpivirine. The regimen…

Benzinga

LV=’s on board with £511,000 bonus for boss despite shambles of failed sale

Mark Hartigan has been given £511,000 bonus for 2021 – a humbler CEO would have let the dust settle

The Guardian - UK

US regulators approve 2nd COVID booster for those aged 50 and up

US has seen a small uptick in new COVID-19 cases over the past week, raising concern that infections could surge again.

Al Jazeera

FDA Authorizes Fourth Dose Of Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines For Older People

The FDA has approved a second round of the Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:

Benzinga

US FDA approves second Covid booster for Americans 50 and older

Immunocompromised people also eligible for second booster, with CDC now to decide how and when such doses are offered

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FDA clears way for millions to get additional COVID-19 boosters

U.S. regulators cleared second booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna Inc. and the partnership of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE for adults 50 and older, making millions more people eligible for the shots as concern grows about a potential new wave of infections.

Tribune News Service

FDA clears way for millions to get additional COVID-19 boosters

Chicago Sun-Times

FDA approves another COVID booster for 50 and up

The Food and Drug Administration’s decision opens a fourth dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines to those people at least four months after their previous booster.

The Independent UK

FDA approves another Pfizer, Moderna Covid booster for 50 and up

US regulators are allowing people 50 and older to get another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna Covid-19 vaccine

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CDC recommends second booster shot for Americans over 50

The plan is an effort to protect older Americans if there is another surge in infections.

Benzinga

Pfizer's Second Etrasimod Phase 3 Ulcerative Colitis Trial Hits Primary Goal

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) has announced topline results from a second Phase 3 study of etrasimod for moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC). The 12- and 52-week ELEVATE UC 52 follow the recent announcement of 12-week findings from the ELEVATE UC 12 trial. In this 52-week study, also known as ELEVATE UC 52,…

The Guardian - US

Biden and allies vow to keep up Russia punishment for ‘brutal attacks in Ukraine’ – as it happened

US and European leaders pledge assistance for people inside Ukraine and for those fleeing country

The Times of India

World moves from shortages to possible glut of Covid-19 vaccines

NEW YORK: After racing to build capacity and meet once seemingly insatiable orders for Covid-19 shots, the global vaccine industry is facing waning demand as many late-to-market producers fight over a slowing market.

Benzinga

Pfizer's COVID-19 Oral Therapy To Be Tested In Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients In UK: Reuters

Pfizer Inc's (NYSE: PFE) oral COVID-19 therapy will be evaluated as a potential treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients in a major British trial.

Benzinga

Check Out What Whales Are Doing With PFE

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Pfizer. Looking at options history for Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) we detected 17 strange trades.

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Teen COVID boosters being considered

Case numbers of COVID-19 have been increasing across the country in recent days due to infections linked to an Omicron sub-variant.

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