covid booster shot

• Boosters help fight COVID-19, experts say. But are they the pathway out of the pandemic?

  As Ontario broadens its COVID-19 booster eligibility to those aged 50 and up, experts say the threat of the Omicron variant is unclear — and that poorer nations need these doses.

  Canada

  Dec 2
  
• COVID-19 surge in Europe prompts experts to reconsider booster shots

  Many EU countries have already begun giving COVID-19 booster doses to their populations but are using different intervals between the first shots and boosters.

  Health

  Nov 24
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• British Columbians to be eligible for COVID-19 booster shot 6 to 8 months after second dose

  Starting in the new year, booster shots will first be offered to clinically extremely vulnerable people, health workers in acute care and community centres, and Indigenous people.

  Health

  Oct 26
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• U.S. health regulators poised to make call on COVID-19 booster doses

  The U.S. FDA's Doran Fink previewed "some announcements later today," which were expected to include allowing the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster doses.

  World

  Oct 20
• Moderna’s data not strong enough to support booster shots, FDA says

  Documents released ahead of an FDA meeting suggest that Moderna's data hasn't proven the need for a booster shot.

  Health

  Oct 13
• NACI backs 3rd dose of COVID-19 vaccine for immunocompromised

  Based on new recommendation from NACI, Dr. Theresa Tam, advised, "an additional dose, or third dose of COVID-19 vaccine, for moderately or severely immunocompromised people."

  Canada

  Sep 10
• COVID-19 vaccine booster strategy risks emergence of new variants, WHO head warns

  The WHO Director-General called on countries offering third vaccine doses to share with other countries "so (they) can increase their first and second vaccination coverage."

  Health

  Aug 23
• 3rd dose of established COVID-19 vaccine best way to fight Delta variant: BioNTech

  The German biotech firm said a third dose of its established two-shot vaccine remained the best response to concerns over waning immune protection in the face of the Delta variant.

  Health

  Aug 9
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• COVID-19 vaccine protection likely to dim over time: U.K. advisers

  Scientists said it might be expected that COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness would remain high for severe disease but effectiveness against mild disease could fall off over time.

  Health

  Jul 30