Tag: Pfizer
The UK has begun one of its largest vaccination drives and 81-year-old namesake of the Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare, became the second citizen in the West to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech Coronavirus vaccine. ....
The UK's medical regulator has advised that anyone who has a history of significant allergic reactions to medicines, food or vaccines should not receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine currently in use in the country, according to media reports. ....
A nurse in California tested positive for Covid-19 eight days after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine approved for emergency use in the US. ....
The South African variant of Covid-19 may significantly reduce antibody protection from the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, as per a laboratory study, the pharmaceutical companies said. However, human trials are still to be conducted in this regard. ....
Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine showed 94 per cent efficacy in a real world study conducted in Israel involving 1.2 million people. ....
The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is moderately less effective against the South African variant, suggests a study. ....
US President Joe Biden announced new goal of administering 200 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Americans in his first 100 days in office. ....
Advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a meeting to review rare heart problems in younger people immunised with Covid-19 vaccines.....
Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the first two jabs authorised for emergency use against Covid-19 by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), produce immune responses that are both strong and potentially long-lasting, finds a study. ....
Israel is expected to start vaccinating the country's elderly citizens against Covid-19 with a third dose of the Pfizer jab, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Thursday. ....