For young, healthy people who may be wondering, “do I need a COVID booster at all?”, having one annually is sensible.

The evidence on whether vaccines reduce transmission of the virus is mixed, but there is consensus that vaccination reduces the overall burden of disease. The rollout of the new Pfizer booster ...

The third scenario, in which the booster dose was with the Pfizer vaccine, showed the highest percentages of effectiveness: 56.8% against symptomatic infections and 85.5% against severe cases.

Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration has approved a new COVID booster by Pfizer targeting the JN.1 sub-variant of Omicron. Despite evolving variants, boosters remain crucial, especially for ...

The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccination. Britain's medicines regulator, the MHRA, says the jab, which ...

Most patients with rheumatoid arthritis or spondyloarthritis had significant antibody responses to COVID vaccine boosters, whether or not their immunomodulatory medications were held.

Big news in health: The Food and Drug Administration has approved new COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. The updated ...

A protein-based booster vaccine made by Novavax, which works differently to the Pfizer and Moderna jabs, is also available. Moderna is hoping to launch a combined flu and Covid vaccine in 2025 or ...

In the spring of 2022, officials authorized a second booster dose after the initial fall ... but experts say there’s no reason to believe that the vaccines — and in particular, the mRNA vaccines from ...

There's no guidance on drinking alcohol before getting a COVID booster or vaccine. Research on the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines did not ask trial participants to avoid alcohol. Research on ...

Yes, you can get your flu and COVID-19 shots at the same time. Don't call them boosters -- they're not just another dose of ...