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A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo

Pfizer/BioNTech Seek FDA Nod For New COVID Boosters For Children

Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and its German partner BioNTech on Monday sought the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's authorization for an Omicron-tailored COVID-19 vaccine booster for children aged 5 through…

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Hold on to the Hard Lessons of the Pandemic

It’s getting harder and harder to remember the height of the pandemic, when some 4,000 Americans were dying every day. As recently as January, a person died of COVID-19 every eight minutes in Los…

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The End of the Pandemic Is Now in Sight

For all that scientists have done to tame the biological world, there are still things that lie outside the realm of human knowledge. The coronavirus was one such alarming reminder, when it emerged…

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Oxford Vaccine Scientist Dr Ahmed Salman: The Arab World Will Have to Wait Longer for a Coronavirus Vaccine

Rarely has the fate of many millions of people rested on an international competition like the one for a Covid-19 vaccine - the only sure escape route from the pandemic that can put an end to the …

Yasmine El Geressi 08, Aug 2020

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