Vaccine advisers to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended the Moderna COVID-19 booster shot for emergency use authorization on Oct. 14. The Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted unanimously in favor of authorizing the booster …
India has recommended the use of Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 to children below 12 years old. Bharat Biotech’s vaccine is the first vaccine to receive such approval following a review of its trial data for children ages two to 18. The …
Moderna said that it has no intention to share its COVID-19 vaccine recipe. “We didn’t have to do that,” Moderna Chairman Noubar Afeyan said. ”We think that was the right, responsible thing to do.” “We want that to be helping …
Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Oct. 11 banning “any entity” in the state from enforcing a COVID-19 mandate. “No entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine by any individual, including an employee …
The World Health Organization (WHO) vaccine advisory group has recommended on Oct. 11 a COVID-19 booster shot for people with weakened immune systems. After a four-day meeting, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization said that an additional …
The number of countries in the red travel list will be reduced from 54 to just seven, the United Kingdom government announced on Oct. 7. Starting from Oct. 11, the UK will remove 47 countries and territories from its red …
The city of Los Angeles passed on Oct. 6 a sweeping ordinance to require people to show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or a recent negative test result to enter indoor establishments. Mayor Eric Garcetti signed the ordinance after the …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed on Oct. 6 the widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine for at-risk children across Africa. “This is a historic moment. The long-awaited malaria vaccine for children is a breakthrough for science, …
Sweden has stopped administering Moderna’s Spikevax for citizens born in 1991 or later due to possible side effects including heart muscle inflammation. “The conditions are most common among young men, in connection with, for example, viral infections such as covid-19. …
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to approve a booster shot of its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 years and older. J&J’s application indicatded that a late-stage study shows that a booster dose given …