I-Team: Parents Say Boy Could Go Blind After Pfizer Discontinued 'Miracle Drug'
Families are concerned after Pfizer discontinued a medicine that treats childhood glaucoma.
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Families are concerned after Pfizer discontinued a medicine that treats childhood glaucoma.
Clinics across the state started vaccinating children age 12 to 15 Thursday, a day after the CDC gave the green light for that age group to get the Pfizer vaccine.
Anyone age 12 or older can now get a COVID vaccine in Massachusetts.
Federal health advisers have endorsed use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12.
The U.S. is expanding use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to children as young as 12.
This is the first Covid-19 vaccine in the United States to be assessed for full approval from the FDA.
Pfizer expects to submit its COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use authorization for children ages 2 to 11 years in September.
The FDA is expected to authorize Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 12 to 15 by next week, setting up shots for many before the start of the next school year.
Researchers studied 35,000 women who received either one of the shots while pregnant from December 2020 through February 2021.
With a pause in place for Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines, local clinics have been forced to switch up operations.
Pfizer announced on Friday that it has submitted a request to the FDA to expand emergency use of its vaccine for kids that are 12 to 15 years of age.
Pfizer has completed its findings in adolescents 12 to 15 years of age calling its vaccine 100 percent effective against COVID-19.
Dr. Mallika Marshall says many of the vaccine makers are now testing on children.
Pfizer said 2,260 people ages 12 to 15 took part in the phase three trial and none in the vaccinated group had the virus.
Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were 90% effective after two doses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday.
A new study conducted in Israel shows the Pfizer vaccine blocked 94% of asymptomatic infections of COVID-19.
They make the case that in times of scarce coronavirus vaccine, people can skip their second doses, immediately doubling the supply for others.
Two top members of the Food and Drug Administration are dismissing reports about stretching out the vaccine supply.
Sophal "Paula" Soth, the janitorial supervisor at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, got the Pfizer COVID vaccine on Friday.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said the state is ready to "hit the ground running" as it received its first shipment of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine on Monday.
Researchers spent hours assuring the group that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine candidate is safe, and it works.
Local doctors from Tufts Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard are among those considering approval of a coronavirus vaccine.
UK health officials are now warning people with significant allergic reactions to vaccines, food, and medications to avoid getting the new Pfizer COVID vaccine...for now.
Is it going to be like the flu vaccine? Will it be more painful? And what about side-effects?
