FDA okays second booster of COVID-19 vaccine for select group Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli30 March 2022 1:00 PM ISTA second booster dose of Pfizer or Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized for adults ages 50 and up, as well as certain populations at risk...
Moderna submits amendment to USFDA for its COVID-19 vaccine booster dose MD Bureau20 March 2022 2:15 PM ISTThe U.S. FDA approved the Biologics License Application (BLA) for SPIKEVAX (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) to prevent COVID-19 in individuals 18 years of age...
US FDA considers approving a second Covid-19 booster shot: Report MD Bureau21 Feb 2022 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: US health regulators are looking at authorizing a potential fourth dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in the fall, the Wall Street Journal reported...
Singapore approves Covid-19 vaccine boosters for age 12-17s Medical Dialogues Bureau23 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Singapore will extend its Covid-19 booster vaccination programme to adolescents aged 12 to 17 years from next month, its health ministry...
COVID-19 boosters should start with most vulnerable: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau23 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: At a press briefing on 21 January, the UN health agency said it was now recommending booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine,...
Moderna CEO Bancel says people may need another booster in fall of 2022 Medical Dialogues Bureau10 Jan 2022 12:45 PM ISTThe efficacy of boosters against COVID-19 is likely to decline over the next few months and people may need another shot in the fall of 2022, Moderna...
Interval between Moderna COVID vaccine 2nd shot, booster still 6 months: USFDA Medical Dialogues Bureau4 Jan 2022 9:30 AM ISTWashington: The interval between receiving a second dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose remains unchanged at six months, U.S. Food...
87 fully vaccinated, 3 with even booster dose test positive for Omicron: Govt Medical Dialogues Bureau25 Dec 2021 9:45 AM ISTBhushan said 121 cases had foreign travel history, while in 44 cases the infected had come in contact with foreign travellers and information about 18...
Amid rise in Omicron cases, Centre launches study to assess need for booster dose MD Bureau25 Dec 2021 9:45 AM ISTThe study is expected to cover all three vaccines used in India, Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik V.
Third dose can be taken only after 9 months of 2nd shot, health officials inform parliamentary panel Revu suresh13 Dec 2021 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Union Health Ministry informed a parliamentary panel that if required, a third dose can be taken, but only after nine months of the second...
Omicron: Booster shots may be necessary in India, says top virologist MD Bureau11 Dec 2021 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Stepping up vaccination as well as booster doses against Covid is necessary to counter the Omicron variant, top virologist Dr. Shahid...
WB doctors seek roll out of Covid-19 booster dose program, write to Mandaviya Medical Dialogues Bureau8 Nov 2021 9:30 AM ISTThe West Bengal Doctors Forum (WBDF) in its two page letter to Mandaviya cited studies stating that administration of booster doses is an effective...
