Scientists, in a preprint, estimated 73% protection against symptomatic disease from Omicron and 95% against severe infections for those who had been vaccinated & previously infected.
An estimated 418.41 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine have been administered across the world, as of 3 November. India hasn’t given approval to the vaccine.
President Joe Biden’s administration has said they have enough vaccines for all 28 million kids in the 5 to 11 age group, and they are ready to ship the shots.
The efficacy of the third shot was consistent across age groups and among people with pre-existing conditions, Pfizer and BioNTech said in a statement.
Pfizer and BioNTech SE said phase 1/2/3 trial initially enrolled up to 4,500 kids between 6 months to 11 years in the US, Finland, Poland & Spain from over 90 clinical trial sites.
New data shows CDC erred in telling people that vaccine-induced immunity is better than that acquired from infection. But point of vaccine is to cut risk of infection in the first place.
The yet-to-be published study, by Case Western Reserve University and Brown University, studied blood samples of 120 nursing home residents and 92 health care workers.
Of the 189 patients who participated in the study, 130 received the Moderna vaccine, while 59 got the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Second dose was administered to 159 subjects.
Days after Trump lay claim to the Bagram base, Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan “firmly opposed the reestablishment of military bases in and around Afghanistan by the countries responsible for the current situation”.
Federal think tank report says gap persists across most sub-sectors, shaped by occupational segregation, limited access to high-paying positions, and skill mismatch.
At 11th edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said there are three major currents shaping this maritime 'dynaxity'.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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