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  1. Sep 11, 2023 · The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (2023-2024 Formula) includes a monovalent (single) component that corresponds to the Omicron variant XBB.1.5 of SARS-CoV-2. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 ...

  2. Dec 11, 2020 · COMIRNATY is the first COVID-19 vaccine to be granted FDA approval Approval is based on a comprehensive submission package including six-month efficacy and safety data after second dose More than 1.2 billion Pfizer-BioNTech doses have been delivered to more than 120 countries or territories around the world since December 2020 Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today ...

  3. The Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, sold under the brand name Comirnaty, [2] [32] is an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by the German biotechnology company BioNTech. For its development, BioNTech collaborated with the American company Pfizer to carry out clinical trials, logistics, and manufacturing. [44] [45] It is authorized for use ...

    • Comirnaty
    • mRNA
    • What You Need to Know
    • Recommendations for Everyone Aged 5 Years and Older
    • Recommendations for Children Aged 6 Months—4 Years
    • Recommendation for People Who May Get Additional Updated COVID-19 Vaccines
    • When Are You Up to Date?
    • How Well COVID-19 Vaccines Work
    • About COVID-19 Vaccines
    • Getting Vaccines If You Recently Had COVID-19
    • Vaccination Received Outside the United States

    •CDC recommends the 2023–2024 updated COVID-19 vaccines: Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Novavax, to protect against serious illness from COVID-19.

    •Everyone aged 5 years and older ‡ should get 1 dose of an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against serious illness from COVID-19.

    •Children aged 6 months–4 years need multiple doses of COVID-19 vaccines to be up to date, including at least 1 dose of updated COVID-19 vaccine.

    •People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised may get additional doses of updated COVID-19 vaccine.

    •COVID-19 vaccine recommendations will be updated as needed.

    •People who are up to date have lower risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19 than people who are unvaccinated or who have not completed the doses recommended for them by CDC.

    Children aged 5 years – 11 years who are not vaccinated or have gotten previous COVID-19 vaccine(s)

    Children aged 5 years – 11 years who are unvaccinated or have previously gotten a COVID-19 vaccine before September 12, 2023, should get 1 updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

    People aged 12 years and older who are not vaccinated

    Moderna Novavax

    People aged 12 years and older who got previous COVID-19 vaccine(s)

    Vaccine Overview Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines Pfizer-BioNTech VaccineModerna VaccineNovavax Vaccine ‡12 years and older: People aged 12 years and older who have not previously gotten any COVID-19 vaccine doses and choose to get Novavax should get 2 doses of updated Novavax vaccine to be up to date.

    Children Who Are Not Vaccinated

    Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Overview Moderna Moderna Vaccine Overview

    Children Who Got Previous COVID-19 Vaccine(s)

    One Previous Dose Two or More Previous Doses Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Overview Moderna One Previous Dose Two or More Previous Doses Moderna Vaccine Overview

    People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised may get additional doses of updated COVID-19 vaccines. Talk to your healthcare provider about additional updated doses.

    Everyone aged 5 years and older

    You are up to date when you get 1 updated COVID-19 vaccine.‡

    Children aged 6 months—4 years

    You are up to date when you get all recommended doses, including at least 1 dose of updated COVID-19 vaccine.

    People who got the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine

    You are up to date when you get 1 updated COVID-19 vaccine.

    •People who are up to date have lower risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19 than people who are unvaccinated or who have not completed the doses recommended for them by CDC.

    •Additional updated COVID-19 vaccine doses can help restore protection that has decreased since previous vaccination.

    COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States are effective at protecting people from getting seriously ill, being hospitalized, and dying. As with other vaccine-preventable diseases, you are best protected from COVID-19 when you stay up to date with the recommended vaccinations.

    COVID-19 vaccines recommended for use in the United States:

    •Pfizer-BioNTech

    •Moderna

    If you recently had COVID-19, you still need to stay up to date with your vaccines, but you may consider delaying your vaccine by 3 months.

    Reinfection is less likely in the weeks to months after infection. However, certain factors could be reasons to get a vaccine sooner rather than later, such as:

    •personal risk of severe disease,

    •risk of disease in a loved one or close contact,

    •local COVID-19 hospital admission level,

    •and the most common COVID-19 variant currently causing illness.

    For Healthcare and Public Health

    Use of COVID-19 Vaccines in the United States: Interim Clinical Considerations Last Updated Jan. 18, 2024 Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Division of Viral Diseases

  4. Jan 12, 2024 · There are two types of COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States: mRNA vaccines and protein subunit vaccines. CDC recommends the 2023–2024 updated COVID-19 vaccines: Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Novavax, to protect against serious illness from COVID-19. Vaccine recommendations are based on age, and in some cases, time since last dose ...

  5. Nov 3, 2023 · 2023-2024 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This vaccine was first tested against the original strain of the COVID-19 virus. That strain began spreading at the end of 2019. In December 2020, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine two-dose series was found to be both safe and 91% to 95% effective in preventing COVID-19 infection in people age 18 ...

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