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FDA authorizes updated COVID boosters from Moderna and Pfizer

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that it has authorized for emergency use bivalent booster shots that target the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants, setting the stage for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory group recommendation discussions tomorrow.

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COVID-19 Scan for Aug 25, 2022

At a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing today, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said COVID-19 deaths for 2022 alone passed 1 million this week, as he pressed countries to do more to vaccinate all healthcare workers, older people, and others at highest risk. Since the pandemic began in early 2020, 6,472,848 deaths have been reported, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.Tedros said countries in Africa with the lowest

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Beware if you are taking this COVID vaccine! You suffer from severe allergic reactions

Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. For now, the FDA authorised Novavax's initial two-dose series for people 18 and older. “I encourage anyone who is eligible for, but has not yet received, a COVID-19 vaccine to consider doing so," FDA Commissioner Dr.

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Novavax COVID-19 vaccine: FDA authorizes fourth shot for adults

COVID-19 vaccine choice as the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared Novavax shots for adults.Novavax makes a more traditional type of shot than the three other COVID-19 vaccines available for use in the U.S. -- and one that’s already available in Europe and multiple other countries.Nearly a quarter of American adults still haven't gotten their primary vaccinations even this late in the pandemic, and experts expect at least some of them to roll up their sleeves for a more conventional option — a protein-based vaccine.The Maryland company also hopes its shots can become a top booster choice in the U.S.

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COVID-19 vaccine: CDC panel to vote on 1st shots for US kids under 5

COVID-19 shots for babies and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin next week.The CDC’s committee of experts began debating the two-dose Moderna and the three-dose Pfizer vaccines on Friday and was expected to vote around 12:30 p.m. ET on Saturday.

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FDA approves COVID-19 vaccines for youngest kids

Accepting a recommendation this week from its independent advisory committee, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today authorized emergency use of Moderna and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months.

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US approves Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for youngest children

The US Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency authorization for the use of Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines in the youngest children, the final age group awaiting immunization in most countries.

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Baby formula production halted at Abbott's Michigan plant due to flooding after severe storms

February due to contamination issues.The closure of the Sturgis facility, the largest in the U.S. and source of leading brands like Similac, exacerbated the industry-wide baby formula shortage. For several months, parents and caregivers have been scrambling as shelves increasingly become more barren.

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Baby formula shortage: Out-of-stock rates surge to 70%

baby formula shortage continues to worsen as baby formula makers and the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue to face bipartisan grilling on what led to the national crisis. For the week ending May 22, the out-of-stock rate for baby formula rose to 70% nationwide, according to recent data by retail data firm Datasembly.

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Baby formula shortage: FDA chief takes heat for slow response to issue

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Baby formula flights to relieve shortage to arrive this weekend

baby formula flights will arrive in Indiana this weekend. The White House said Friday that the U.S. Air Force planes will depart Germany's Ramstein Air Base carrying 132 pallets of Nestlé Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula.An additional 114 pallets of Gerber Good Start Extensive HA formula are expected to arrive over the new few days. ABBOTT SAYS IT WILL BE AT LEAST TWO MONTHS BEFORE BABY FORMULA FROM SHUTTERED PLANT HITS SHELVESIn total, approximately 1.5 million 8-ounce bottles of the three hypoallergenic baby formulas will arrive.Shelves are pictured empty in Chelsea, Massachusetts on May 20, 2022.

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FDA OKs Pfizer boosters in kids; WHO weighs in on second boosters

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today gave the thumbs-up to the emergency use of Pfizer COVID-19 boosters in kids ages 5 through 11, as the country's cases and hospitalizations show more signs of rises.

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Abbott says it will be at least two months before baby formula from shuttered plant hits shelves

Michigan, baby formula manufacturing facility could hit store shelves in the U.S.: At least two months."We understand the situation is urgent – getting Sturgis up and running will help alleviate this shortage," the company said in a statement on Wednesday."Subject to [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] approval, we could restart the site within two weeks," the statement continues.

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Biden picks former FDA chief Robert Califf to lead agency again

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Friday is tapping former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Robert Califf to again lead the powerful regulatory agency, according to a person familiar with the decision.Califf's nomination comes after months of the concern that the agency near the center of the government’s COVID-19 response has lacked a permanent leader.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0