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Nov 4, 2022 · The FDA has authorized new COVID-19 bivalent boosters for children as young as 5. The new COVID-19 boosters were authorized before being tested on humans, but experts say that they are still...
Sep 13, 2022 · So the bivalent boosters tested in these human studies were not exactly the same as the bivalent ones being administered now in clinics, pharmacies, and other vaccination sites throughout...
Aug 30, 2022 · Because the Biden administration has pushed for a fall booster campaign to begin in September, the mRNA vaccine-makers Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have only had time to test the reformulated...
Sep 15, 2023 · Uptake of the bivalent booster was low overall — 17% of the population — and only 0.6% of kids age 4 and younger had received the shot as of May 10, the latest CDC data available. Nearly 70%...
Oct 13, 2022 · Pfizer released its first human data results on the bivalent omicron booster, which showed an increase in antibodies, but more data is needed to show how effective the shot is.
Aug 31, 2022 · Individuals 18 years of age and older are eligible for a single booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent if it has been at least two months since they have completed primary...
Sep 16, 2022 · The superiority of the antibody response against omicron after a second booster dose of 50-μg mRNA-1273.214 as compared with 50-μg mRNA-1273 was tested only after the meeting of noninferiority...
Oct 3, 2022 · While the BQ and XBB variant families, which took hold in the U.S. in late 2022, are more immune-evasive than the original omicron strain, the bivalent booster still appears to be effective in reducing the risk of severe disease. If you’re eligible to receive the bivalent booster, get it.
Feb 2, 2023 · Early Estimates of Bivalent mRNA Booster Dose Vaccine Effectiveness in Preventing Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection Attributable to Omicron BA.5– and XBB/XBB.1.5–Related Sublineages Among Immunocompetent Adults — Increasing Community Access to Testing Program, United States, December 2022–January 2023. Weekly / February 3, 2023 / 72 (5);119–124.
Nov 4, 2022 · Bivalent booster elicited approximately 4-fold higher neutralizing antibody titers against Omicron BA.4/BA.5 sublineages compared to the original COVID-19 vaccine in individuals older than 55 years of age.
