Pfizer‘s Covid vaccine will protect against mutated Covid variants because it produces such a massive immune response, a study has claimed. Researchers at Imperial College London studied the impact of a single dose of the Pfizer jab against different types of virus and found it gives broad protection. Although responses were weak after a single … Read more
UK has bought 60million more doses of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine to supply autumn booster jabs that will target mutated variants, Matt Hancock reveals Pfizer is one of the most used in Britain’s rollout and studies have shown it is the most effective one in reality The company is working on a booster jab targeted at … Read more
COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna are 94 percent effective at preventing people 65 and older from winding up hospitalized for the infection, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DC) report finds. That puts the the efficacy rate about as high as what was found in clinical trials, and helps to assuage … Read more
Professor Anthony Harnden said officials were discussing making the change Officials may decide whether under-40s should also be offered an alternative to AstraZeneca‘s coronavirus vaccine in a crunch meeting tomorrow. Professor Anthony Harnden, who sits on No10’s jab advisory panel, said dwindling Covid cases had left officials needing to review current recommendations. Britain’s medical chiefs … Read more
Just one in four people suffer mild side effects after taking a coronavirus vaccine, real-world data has shown. Data from the ZOE Covid Symptom Tracking Study — a surveillance tool that tracks Britain’s outbreak — showed headaches, fatigue and fever were more common with the AstraZeneca vaccine. A third of recipients suffered mild side effects … Read more
A hospital has accidentally dished out the wrong second Covid vaccine dose to a woman, in what is believed to be the first error of its kind in Britain. The patient — who wasn’t identified — turned up at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon expecting to receive another shot of the AstraZeneca jab. But … Read more
Israel is investigating a small number of cases of heart inflammation among people who have been vaccinated with the Pfizer coronavirus jab. Health officials said 62 out of 5million people given the American-made vaccine developed myocarditis, the medical name for swelling in the heart. Pfizer said it has not seen a higher rate of the condition … Read more
The number of Americans skipping their second doses of two-shot COVID-19 vaccines has more than doubled since February, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. Meanwhile, the number of people getting a first dose is falling off even faster than the decline in the number of people completing their vaccine regimens, a … Read more
Britons in their 30s are set to be invited for Covid vaccines within days with officials close to securing tens of millions of Pfizer jabs. The new order of 40million roughly doubles the UK’s original order and will arrive in time for a third booster dose to be given to elderly people in the autumn. … Read more
Under-40s could also get an alternative to Astrazeneca vaccine despite fears that it could delay Britain’s inoculation drive by a MONTH It was ruled under-30s should be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca jab New data from MHRA has indicated risk of a serious blood clot has increased It is understood the JCVI is now … Read more