COVID booster vaccinations — both monovalent and bivalent — offer benefits in reducing the risk for severe outcomes of COVID among patients with autoimmune diseases, a US real-world study shows.

Vaccination with the bivalent Covid-19 mRNA booster vaccines has began. The bivalent is designed to offer better protection against the more recent Omicron variants, BA.4 and BA.5. (Photo by Scott ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the terms of its emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer and Moderna bivalent vaccines on Tuesday, allowing people ages 65 and older and certain ...

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The new Covid-19 mRNA bivalent boosters are different but at the same time the same. And the same might apply to the side effects that you may experience. Yes, same as it ever was, the most commonly ...

The Omicron variant has morphed into more than half a dozen different strains—the latest of which include BQ.1.1 and XBB.1, and XBB.1.5. Combined, these variants and their close relatives now account ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bivalent mRNA booster vaccine efficacy for preventing hospitalization was 72%. Bivalent mRNA booster vaccine ...

If your last interaction with COVID-19 — either by vaccination or infection — feels like a distant memory, it might be time to book in for a booster shot. A new COVID-19 vaccine targeting Omicron BA.4 ...

Pfizer-BioNTech announced that they now have the first human data hinting at how effective the new Omicron booster might be. The updated bivalent vaccine targets both the original SARS-CoV-2 strain ...

For months, many people have been wondering, “When can I get a second bivalent COVID booster?” — especially if they got their first bivalent booster seven months ago, in September 2022, back when ...

The original COVID-19 boosters did a great job of preventing severe illness and hospitalization, even during the delta surge. Then came omicron and its subvariants, which are more transmissible than ...