The F.D.A. is expected to approve a new round of shots by Pfizer and Moderna as early as Monday to prepare Americans for the fall and winter season when infections usually tick upward.
Category: Vaccination and Immunization
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FDA Panel Recommends a Covid Vaccine Aimed at Only the XBB Variant
An F.D.A. advisory panel told manufacturers to aim the latest coronavirus vaccine for the fall at the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant.
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An African Country Faces Challenges to Protect Girls From HPV
Almost all cervical cancer deaths now occur in developing countries. Tanzania is trying to inoculate girls against the virus that causes the disease — nearly 20 years after rich countries began offering the shot.
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FDA Panel
A committee of experts voted in favor of a new shot administered to pregnant women, one in a series of new ways to arm the very young against a life-threatening virus.
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China Approves an mRNA Covid Vaccine, Its First
The New York Times – Business:The homegrown shot is a crucial tool that China has been lacking — a vaccine based on a technology considered among the most effective the world has to offer.
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U.S. Considers Vaccinating Chickens Amid Bird Flu Outbreak
The New York Times – Business:The largest outbreak of avian influenza in U.S. history has driven up egg prices and raised concerns about a human pandemic, though C.D.C. experts say the risk of that is low.
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Steve Bannon’s Podcast Is Top Misinformation Spreader, Study Says
The New York Times – Business:A large podcast study found that Mr. Bannon’s “War Room” had more falsehoods and unsubstantiated claims than other political talk shows.