Category: COVID-19 vaccines

  • Second Covid Vaccine Booster Got Any Mojo?

    Second Covid Vaccine Booster Got Any Mojo?

    Tomorrow’s April Fool’s Day and I thought I’d get this post up today so it wouldn’t get confused with a joke. I’m genuinely a little confused about the FDA and CDC approval of the 2nd Covid vaccine booster. It’s almost like this vaccine is getting a mojo of some kind, at least with some experts.…

  • FDA and CDC Endorse 2nd Vaccine Booster for Covid-19

    FDA and CDC Endorse 2nd Vaccine Booster for Covid-19

    On March 29, 2022, both the FDA and the CDC endorsed a 2nd Covid-19 booster vaccine dose. The FDA Advisory Committee on vaccines still has a meeting scheduled about vaccine boosters on April 6, 2022. Neither of the booster doses will be variant specific.

  • FDA Advisory Committee Meeting on Covid Vaccine Boosters Scheduled for April 6, 2022

    FDA Advisory Committee Meeting on Covid Vaccine Boosters Scheduled for April 6, 2022

    The FDA Advisory Committee on Vaccines and Related Biological Products has scheduled a meeting on April 6, 2022 “to discuss considerations for use of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses and the process for COVID-19 vaccine strain selection to address current and emerging variants.” The meeting will run from 8:30 AM-5:00 PM ET.

  • FDA Postpones Meeting to Discuss Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine for Children Less Than 5 years Old

    FDA Postpones Meeting to Discuss Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine for Children Less Than 5 years Old

    The FDA announced today that the meeting to discuss Pfizer’s request for authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for children 6 months through 4 years of age, originally scheduled February 15, 2022, will be postponed. This will give Pfizer time to evaluate a third dose of the vaccine in this age group.

  • FDA Advisory Meeting on Covid-19 Vaccine for Children Less than 5 years Old

    FDA Advisory Meeting on Covid-19 Vaccine for Children Less than 5 years Old

    The FDA Advisory Committee will meet February 15, 2022 between 8:30 AM-5:00 PM ET to discuss Pfizer’s proposal to amend the Emergency Use Authorization for administration of the Covid-19 vaccine to children between 6 months through 4 years of age.