Pfizer study says updated COVID boosters rev up protection
Pfizer's updated COVID-19 booster significantly revved up adults' virus-fighting antibodies, the company said Friday, releasing early findings from a rigorous study of the new shots.
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Pfizer's updated COVID-19 booster significantly revved up adults' virus-fighting antibodies, the company said Friday, releasing early findings from a rigorous study of the new shots.
Needle-free vaccines may persuade people who don't like shots to get vaccinated and help expand vaccination in poor countries because they're easier to administer.
Dr. Joseph Ladapo said it poses an increased risk of cardiac-related death in men 18 - 39. The CDC says that is not true.
The federal budget for buying and distributing COVID-19 vaccines will run out "as early as January."
Federal health officials say thousands of updated booster shots are already being shipped around the country.
U.S. regulators say they are no longer considering authorizing second COVID-19 booster shots for all adults under 50 this summer.
The BA.5 subvariant now accounts for about 78% of all COVID infections in the United States, according to the CDC.
COVID-19 variants are taking a toll on the U.S. as medical researchers eye the next generation of protection.
Novavax's is the fourth coronavirus vaccine available in the U.S., and it uses a different type of vaccine technology than the others.
"You don't want to be the person who brings COVID to your grandparents, or COVID to a wedding."
Two of China's biggest cities enjoyed only about a month of relief before cases re-emerged, prompting tighter rules on testing and vaccination, but confusion over the latter.
"The first key outcome is that vaccines are highly effective across all body weights and that is great news."
Nineteen of the members voted yes, two voted no.
Miami-Dade County partnered with Nomi Health to offer the vaccines.
"I believe in the vaccine," said Daniel Dadron., who took his son to get vaccinated.
The researchers say 600,000 more deaths could have been prevented if vaccine roll-out had been more ubiquitous.
The vaccine drive starts Saturday and will run through Wednesday at eight different locations.
Its website indicates it is currently offering the vaccine to adults and children 5 and older.
COVID is now the leading infectious cause of death in children under five
Florida doctors and hospitals are responsible for ordering their own vaccines
Until Friday, healthcare providers in Florida could not order the COVID-19 vaccine dosage to administer to children between six months and five years old.
Florida will not be preordering the vaccines, and that has some parents scratching their heads.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that he won't facilitate their distribution.
The White House says doses will be available everywhere from pediatricians' offices to children's museums, if health authorities sign off on the shots later this month.
Volunteers gathered at the Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) warehouse in Doral on Saturday to pack supplies for relief efforts in Venezuela.
Colombia finished the World Cup's opening round as the Group K winner after playing Portugal to a scoreless draw.
Anthony Cohen has spent his life bringing attention to the Underground Railroad, secret routes once used by enslaved people seeking freedom.
Carín León sees the World Cup as something that pulls different cultures together.
President Trump on Saturday said he has nominated Lance Schroyer to be the next director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Volunteers gathered at the Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) warehouse in Doral on Saturday to pack supplies for relief efforts in Venezuela.
Colombia finished the World Cup's opening round as the Group K winner after playing Portugal to a scoreless draw.
CBS Miami, Neighbors 4 Neighbors and Global Empowerment Mission are collecting donations to help families affected by the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela.
Anthony Cohen has spent his life bringing attention to the Underground Railroad, secret routes once used by enslaved people seeking freedom.
Carín León sees the World Cup as something that pulls different cultures together.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The U.S. military says it hit Iranian targets over Iran's drone attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first American strikes on Iran since the two countries formally agreed to extend a ceasefire last week.
A judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to either release unredacted versions of several files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein or explain why it can't do so.
The president and his conservative allies have stymied other legislation as they unsuccessfully try to pass a voting regulations bill that lacks even simple majority support in the Senate.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration can move forward with its efforts to strip more than 356,000 Syrian and Haitian immigrants of temporary protections.
The Trump administration on Wednesday sent Congress a long-awaited supplemental funding package to help cover the cost of the Iran war.
More than two decades after voters were promised a new facility to treat people with mental illnesses, rather than warehousing them in the county jail, the Miami-Dade County Commission gave final approval on Tuesday to open the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery.
There are seven Democrats in the race and whoever wins the primary in August will almost certainly be elected to Congress, since this is the most Democratic district in the state.
Democratic CFO candidate Annette Taddeo says she is running to strengthen oversight of Florida's insurance industry and better protect homeowners.
Miami-Dade Commissioner Oliver Gilbert says his record of delivering results sets him apart in the Democratic primary to replace retiring Rep. Frederica Wilson.
Florida House Speaker Danny Perez denied claims his nomination as U.S. ambassador to Brazil was tied to Florida's recent redistricting effort.
Gallup found that only 49% of Americans were "cost-secure" last year, with concerns about medical bills and prescription costs rising across income groups.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
The FDA is moving ahead with a safety study of the abortion pill mifepristone, a senior FDA official confirmed to CBS News, a step that could create a path for the Trump administration to restrict access to the medication.
U.S. government plans to open a quarantine center for Americans exposed to Ebola on an air base in Kenya have been temporarily halted by a court order.
The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Carín León sees the World Cup as something that pulls different cultures together.
There appear to be new clues about the location of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding.
Clive Davis helped shape the careers of music stars including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, including every episode of the original "Will & Grace."