rna vaccines
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Why You Still Need a Booster, Even After a Breakthrough COVID Case
If you haven’t personally caught any variant of COVID-19 by this point, you might have an attitude of “well, I’m gonna get it eventually.” That isn’t necessarily true (nor is it the best attitude to have), but it sure can feel that way.
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We Are This Close to Kids Getting a COVID Vaccine
Today marks a milestone in the path toward availability of kids’ COVID vaccines. The FDA’s advisory panel on vaccines, VRBPAC, voted that the benefits outweighed the risks for Pfizer’s new kids-only vaccine for ages 5 to 11.
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Why You Shouldn’t Expect a COVID Vaccine Booster Anytime Soon
We don’t know how long protection from the COVID-19 vaccines will last, which has led to speculation that we might all need to get booster shots — perhaps yearly, as with flu shots — to stay protected. But according to data presented at a recent U.S. CDC meeting, people who finished their vaccinations six months…
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Can You Still Get COVID After You’ve Had the Vaccine?
Reports are trickling in of people who contracted COVID-19 even though they were vaccinated, like these four people in Oregon and these 12 in Hawaii. But these are just a few cases out of millions vaccinated. New research confirms that the vaccines are overwhelmingly effective in real-world use, and that breakthrough cases like these are…