covid-19 vaccines

By Laura Osman The Canadian Press Posted September 1, 2022 6:57 am Smaller font Descrease…

The COVID-19 pandemic has a new line of defence – in the form of updated vaccines after the world’s first bivalent shots were approved in the U.K. this week. A bivalent vaccine targets two different variants of the same virus.The new…

Novavax said it now expects 2022 total revenue in the range of $2 billion to $2.3 billion, compared with its prior forecast of $4 billion to $5 billion Novavax said it now expects 2022 total revenue in the range of $2 billion to $2.3…

COVID-19 vaccination rates among Ontario’s urban Indigenous population were lower compared with the general population despite priority rollout, according to a new study. The research published in the Canadian Medical Association…

What happens six months after the booster dose? It is very difficult to predict. The virus is evolving. We have started working on next-generation vaccines, which should provide wider coverage…

New Brunswick is lowering the age of eligibility for second COVID-19 booster doses to 18, because the province is seeing increased case numbers and signs of “heightened activity.” Second booster doses — which would be a fourth shot of…

A seventh wave of COVID-19 appears to be making its way through Canada, but confusion has set in among many about who is eligible for fourth doses of the vaccine and when they can get it. Health experts say there’s no need to panic —…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines be modified beginning this fall to include components tailored to combat the currently dominant Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of the…

Nearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if international targets for the shots had been reached, researchers reported Thursday. On Dec. 8, 2020, a…

The U.S. just approved the first COVID-19 vaccines for kids, and a decision on vaccines for Canada’s youngest population could land in the coming weeks, according to the country’s top doctors. It’s a decision Canadian pediatricians…