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No participants had received a COVID‑19 vaccine or been previously infected with COVID‑19. [12] The main outcome measured in the trial was the proportion of people who were hospitalized due to COVID‑19 or died due to any cause during 28 days of follow-up. [12] EPIC-HR started in July 2021, and completed in December 2021. [51]
Pregnancy and COVID-19 vaccine boosters: What expectant parents need to know. Doctors explain when to get a booster and its benefits during pregnancy.
In America, the CDC, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine encourage pregnant women to get COVID-19 vaccines. [22] The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India recommend vaccination, though it is not currently recommended by the Government of India. [22]
In August 2022, the "Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent (Original and Omicron BA.4/BA.5)" (in short: "COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent") received an emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as a booster dose in individuals aged twelve years of age and older.
The main mix of ingredients remains the same in these new COVID vaccines, according to the Food and Drug Administration, but they have been updated to better target an omicron descendant, XBB.1.5 ...
Companies manufacturing Covid vaccines for the US have set their price lists, and each dose will be between $120 and $130, according to reporting from Reuters. Pfizer and BioNTech set their price ...
[70] [71] High efficacy is achieved with full immunization, two weeks after the second dose, and was evaluated at 94.1%: at the end of the vaccine study that led to emergency authorization in the US, there were eleven cases of COVID‑19 in the vaccine group (out of 15,181 people) versus 185 cases in the placebo group (15,170 people). [70]
Those 65 and older can get a second dose of the updated versions of Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s Covid booster at least four months after their last dose, the FDA said in a statement.