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FDA advisers say the US needs updated COVID-19 boosters to fight omicron

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The US should pursue a COVID-19 booster strategy that focuses on developing new shots that better protect against omicron and its subvariants, according to a recommendation from a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee. The group of independent medical experts voted 19-2 on Tuesday that the COVID-19 boosters should include omicron and its subvariants. They…

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CDC panel backs Moderna vaccine for children aged 6 to 17, and study finds vaccines saved about 20 million lives in their first year

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A panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously Thursday to recommend Moderna’s COVID vaccine for children and adolescents aged 6 to 17. The move is expected to lead CDC head Dr. Rochelle Walensky to sign off on the vaccine for that age group, offering a second option along with…

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COVID cases surge again in Europe as Moderna says its booster candidate protects against BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants

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COVID cases are again surging in Europe, driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that are deemed to be 10% to 15% more infectious than earlier virus iterations and are spreading fast in. Portugal, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, the Netherlands and Denmark. In France, cases have…

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US to start vaccinating very young children this week, and panel to recommend overhauling health care system

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The US will start vaccinating children below the age of 5 starting this week, after regulatory agencies approved the shots developed by Moderna and Pfizer and BioNTech over the weekend. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the vaccines for the littlest children, and the final signoff came hours later from Dr….

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FDA clears path for CDC to authorize mRNA vaccines in youngest children, but Florida officials say they do not recommend them

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The Food and Drug Administration took the advice of a panel of advisers and authorized the COVID-19 vaccines developed by BioNTech and Pfizer and by Moderna for children as young as 6 months on Friday, adding the final group to the nation’s vaccine program. The regulator said Moderna’s MRNA The two-dose vaccine is now authorized…

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FDA panel gives go-ahead for children under 5 to be vaccinated, but experts fret that not all parents will get on board

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A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday gave its endorsement to both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for children below the age of 5, the last group to be added to the vaccine program. The panel voted 21-0 that the benefits of Moderna’s MRNA, -6.37% Two-dose vaccine for children between…

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FDA panel reviews vaccines for children under 5, and WHO warns against pandemic complacency

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A day after a panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens, the same panel will reconvene to discuss vaccines for children under the age of five, the final group to be added to the US program. The group voted unanimously that…

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FDA panel to review Moderna vaccine in children aged 6 to 17, and Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger tests positive for COVID

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An independent panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will meet later Tuesday to discuss the use of the Moderna vaccine in children aged 6 to 17. If the panel offers a favorable opinion, the Moderna MRNA, + 2.18% The vaccine could become a second choice for children in that age group, along…

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FDA says Pfizer three-shot vaccine is safe for children under 5, ahead of panel meeting that will also review Moderna’s two-shot regimen

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Federal health officials said Sunday that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appears safe and effective for children below the age of 5, clearing another hurdle on the path toward adding that group to the nation’s vaccine program. The FDA posted its analysis of the Pfizer PFE shot ahead of a Wednesday meeting where outside experts will vote…

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Dow, S&P 500 book worst day in 3 weeks, Nasdaq tumbles 2.8% ahead of key inflation number

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US stocks tumbled late Thursday to close sharply lower, with the Nasdaq skidding 2.8%, as jittery investors looked ahead to a reading on May inflation due Friday morning. What happened The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.94% tumbled 638.11 points or 1.9%, to close at 32,272.79 The S&P 500 SPX, -2.38% skidded 97.95 points, or…

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