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FDA approves Pfizer's bivalent Covid booster for babies as young as six months — saying the shot 'remains the best defense against disease'By Mansur Shaheen Deputy Health Editor For Dailymail.Com Updated: 22:36 GMT, 14 March…

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Recent data from one U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) database has detected a potential stroke risk link in older adults who received an updated Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent shot. However, according to Health Canada…

Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday unanimously voted in favor of targeting the same coronavirus strain for initial COVID-19 vaccine doses and boosters going forward, but some expressed skepticism about…

The new COVID-19 booster which includes protection for Omicron at AltaMed Health Services in South Gate on Thursday, October 6, 2022.Sarah Reingewirtz | MediaNews Group | Los Angeles Daily News via Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug…

Omicron, the major driver of COVID-19 infections around the world at present, has more than 50 mutations in its genome and is highly transmissible compared with previous variants. Some of Omicron’s mutations allow it to evade antibodies…

One of the first real-world data studies comparing the new bivalent mRNA COVID-19 booster vaccines with the original monovalent vaccines reports the bivalent conveyed greater short-term protection against symptomatic COVID-19 infection in…

Health Canada approved a COVID-19 vaccine booster for children on Friday that targets more recent variants of the coronavirus, along with the original strain.The Pfizer-BioNTech "bivalent" shot protects against the most prevalent…

The U.S. health regulator has authorized COVID-19 shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech that target both the original coronavirus and Omicron sub-variants for use in children as young as six months of age.The amended…

FDA approves unpopular bivalent Covid shot for BABIES and 'encourages parents to get their child vaccinated before the holidays'Agency green-lit plans for updated shot to be given as part of three-dose courseChildren aged six…