Nearly 50,000 people in Florida who received their first coronavirus vaccine dose are overdue for their second one. The two immunizations approved for emergency use authorization in the U.S. – Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna – each require a booster shot three or four weeks apart. According to Florida’s Department of Health, about 1.03 million people have … Read more
Sweden’s King, 74, and Queen, 77, become the latest European royals to receive Covid-19 vaccine, despite the country not giving jabs for other over-70s for another month Sweden’s King, 74, and Queen Silvia, 70, received doses at Stenhammar Castle General public over-70s in Sweden will not receive vaccine until next month Sweden is one of six … Read more
The gap between first and second doses of coronavirus vaccines could be stretched beyond the 12-week target, health chiefs said today. When the Pfizer Covid jab was approved it was on the condition that people would get a second dose three weeks after their first one, as was done in clinical trials. But UK regulators … Read more
The gap between people’s first and second doses of coronavirus vaccines could be stretched beyond the 12-week target, health chiefs said today. When the Pfizer Covid jab was approved it was on the condition that people would get a second dose three weeks after their first one, as was done in clinical trials. But the … Read more
‘It’s the best birthday present’: Delighted Lionel Blair, 92, receives his second dose of the COVID vaccine as he says ‘I want to thank the scientists’ Figures show that the NHS in England has now managed to inoculate almost 1.1million people since the mass immunisation drive began So far the country’s vaccination programme has been … Read more
As a plastic surgeon who specialises in reconstructing the facial features of children affected by birth defects, I see daily the differences that hi-tech medicine can make to young lives. But since volunteering to help with the Covid-19 vaccination programme, I’ve been reminded of how something as simple and as quick as a jab can … Read more
World Health Organization refuses to back UK’s move to space Pfizer Covid vaccine doses by 12 weeks because there is no proof it will work British officials told NHS to scrap three-week second dose to save supplies But it has caused anxiety among scientists who say new schedule is untested WHO official said countries in … Read more
Chris Whitty has warned vaccine shortages could last for months as GPs blast Britain’s ‘grossly unfair’ plan to delay thousands of vulnerable people’s second dose of a Covid-19 jab so that more people can receive their first injection. Chris Whitty, joined by CMOs for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, say the first dose offers ‘substantial … Read more
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday after challenging President Donald Trump during the presidential campaign on his administration’s work on vaccinations. ‘OK, let’s do it,’ she said, as registered nurse Patricia Cummings of the United Medical Center readied the needle. ‘That was easy. Thank you. I barely felt it. I barely felt it.’ … Read more
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday after challenging President Donald Trump during the presidential campaign on his administration’s work on vaccinations. ‘OK, let’s do it,’ she said, as registered nurse Patricia Cummings of the United Medical Center readied the needle. ‘That was easy. Thank you. I barely felt it. I barely felt it.’ … Read more