Vaccination
EXPLAINER: Allergic reactions to vaccines rare, short-lived
Vaccines can sometimes cause allergic reactions, but they are usually rare and short-lived.
Dec 9, 2020
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COVID vaccine: Even healthcare workers may be hesitant – but new evidence can be reassuring
Healthcare workers will be among the first to be offered a vaccine against coronavirus. But research suggests that some staff are hesitant about accepting one. Why might there be a level of vaccine hesitancy among health ...
Dec 9, 2020
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Vaccination
Interview: EU regulator hopes for 'multiple' vaccines
The executive director of the European Medicines Agency said Tuesday she hopes there might be "multiple" vaccines to help stop the coronavirus pandemic by the end of next year.
Dec 8, 2020
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Pfizer vaccine moves closer to getting the OK in the US
U.S. regulators Tuesday released their first scientific evaluation of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine and confirmed it offers strong protection, setting the stage for the government to green light the biggest vaccination effort ...
Dec 8, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 vaccines can cause side effects. Here's why that shouldn't stop you from getting the shots
A friend of Paul Offit's volunteered for one of the COVID-19 vaccine trials but, like everyone who participated, was not told whether he was injected with a placebo or the real thing.
Dec 8, 2020
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30% of New Zealanders are 'vaccine skeptics,' so trust is key to COVID-19 vaccine roll-out
The emergency approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the UK and the imminent roll-out of several other vaccines in 2021 raises serious questions about New Zealand's likely uptake of this vital public health response.
Dec 8, 2020
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Grandmother, 90, gets first COVID jab as UK starts vaccine drive
Nurses cheered on Tuesday as a 90-year-old grandmother in Britain became the first person in the Western world to receive an approved vaccine against COVID-19, at the start of a marathon campaign health officials hope heralds ...
Dec 8, 2020
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When and where? How vaccines will roll out in US
With coronavirus vaccines on the horizon, when and where will most Americans get their shots?
Dec 7, 2020
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Pfizer vaccine approved: Here's what the next few months will look like
The U.K. has become the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for widespread use. The government has ordered 40 million doses and the first batch of 800,000 doses is expected to be shipped from Belgium – ...
Dec 2, 2020
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December vaccine rollout possible, BioNTech CEO says
BioNTech co-founder Ugur Sahin said on Thursday the frontrunner COVID-19 vaccine his German firm is developing with Pfizer could be rolled out before the year is over in the United States or Europe.
Nov 19, 2020
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