Pfizer Booster

• No ‘elevated risk’ of stroke from Pfizer’s bivalent COVID shot, Health Canada says

  'Currently, in Canada, available data shows that there is no indication of a signal related to ischemic stroke and mRNA bivalent vaccines,' Health Canada said.

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  Jan 29, 2023
  
• Health Canada OKs Pfizer’s bivalent Omicron BA.4/BA.5 booster for kids 5-11

  Health Canada has authorized Pfizer-BioNTech's bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, also known as Comirnaty, for children who are five to 11 years of age. 

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  Dec 9, 2022
  
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• Caution should be on the table this Thanksgiving as new COVID variants swirl: experts

  With Thanksgiving around the corner, health experts are advising Canadians to exercise caution as new variants of the COVID-19 virus swirl across the country.

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  Oct 8, 2022
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• Canada OKs Pfizer’s bivalent booster targeting Omicron subvariants

  Health Canada announced Friday it has approved the updated shot, which has been designed to target Omicron’s BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants.

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  Oct 7, 2022
• Health minister to make COVID-19 vaccine announcement as Canada reviews Omicron booster

  Bivalent vaccines under review by Health Canada re designed to recognize specific mutations in the spike protein of the Omicron BA.1 subvariant.

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  Sep 1, 2022
• ‘Booster hesitancy’: Poll shows growing rifts between double vaxxed and boosted Canadians

  About 41 per cent of Canadians over the age of 18 have opted for a COVID-19 booster as of Jan. 15, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.

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  Jan 26, 2022
• U.S. expands Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to 16 and 17-year-olds

  The authorization comes a day after Pfizer released data suggesting that COVID-19 booster shots could be key to protection against infection from the new Omicron variant.

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  Dec 9, 2021
• mRNA booster vaccines 3 months after 2nd dose raise antibodies the most, study finds

  The "COV-Boost" study was cited by British officials when they announced that Pfizer and Moderna were preferred for use in the country's booster campaign.

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  Dec 2, 2021
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• 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.

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  Dec 2, 2021
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• 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.

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  Nov 24, 2021