Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder The Biden administration is gearing up for a fall vaccination campaign that not only includes updated COVID-19 boosters, but the annual flu shot and the newly approved RSV vaccine. “We’re going to be encouraging Americans to get their COVID-19 vaccine in addition to their annual flu …
Read More »Moderna Plan To Hike COVID Vaccine Price To $130 A Dose Rebuked At Senate Hearing
Jennifer Shutt, New Jersey Monitor The CEO of Moderna on Wednesday defended the company’s decision to drastically increase the price of its COVID-19 vaccine later this year, arguing that an expected drop in demand, changes to its distribution process and the overall benefit of the vaccine warrant the higher cost. …
Read More »FDA, CDC Greenlight Updated COVID-19 Booster For Kids 5 To 11
Jennifer Shutt, Arkansas Advocate The federal government on Wednesday recommended an updated COVID-19 booster for kids between 5 and 11, expanding use of the new bivalent shots beyond people 12 and older. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration first authorized the updated vaccines use in the morning before the Centers …
Read More »COVID-19 Vaccine May Become Annual, Like Flu Shot
Jennifer Shutt, Virginia Mercury COVID-19 booster shots are on track to become as frequent as the annual flu shot, though high-risk people may need more than one dose per year, Biden administration officials said Tuesday. “For a large majority of Americans, we are moving to a point where a single …
Read More »FDA Advisers Recommend Pfizer, Moderna COVID Vaccines For Kids Under 5
Parents of children under 5 are one step closer to vaccinating their young kids against COVID-19 after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s outside vaccine panel recommended emergency use authorizations of two COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday. The 21-person Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend the FDA …
Read More »US To Narrowly Miss July 4 Goal Of One Covid Shot For 70% Adults
As previously reported, the Biden administration on Tuesday conceded it would narrowly miss its goal of administering one or more doses of a Covid vaccine to 70 percent of US adults by July 4. “We think it’ll take a few extra weeks to get to 70 percent of all adults …
Read More »West Virginia To Give $100 Savings Bond To Residents Under 35 To Get Vaccine
West Virginia will give $100 savings bonds to residents ages 16 to 35 who get vaccinated against Covid-19. The state’s Republican Governor, Jim Justice, announced the program as part of his ongoing initiative to get more younger residents vaccinated. “We have vetted this in every way that we possibly can …
Read More »Donald Trump Recommends Supporters Get COVID-19 Vaccine
Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would urge his supporters to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but acknowledged that some of them may refuse in the name of “freedom.” “I would recommend it, and I would recommend it to a lot of people that don’t want to get it,” Trump …
Read More »Biden Aims To Make All Adults Vaccine Eligible By May 1
President Joe Biden used his first prime-time address on Thursday night to announce that he is directing states to make all American adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine no later than May 1. Biden began his address from the White House by honoring Americans’ “collective suffering” over the past year. …
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