Pfizer

COVID booster children

Children ages 5-11 now eligible for COVID-19 booster dose, FDA says

Children's Health

Pfizer asks FDA to approve COVID-19 booster for children ages 5 through 11

COVID-vaccines for children

Pfizer recalls blood pressure drug Accuretic due to potential carcinogen

Pfizer Accuretic Recall

Pfizer CEO pushes yearly shots for COVID-19. Not so fast, experts say

Pfizer CEO Vaccines

Pfizer asks the FDA to authorize a second COVID-19 booster for seniors

Pfizer COVID-19 booster

Children's Health

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine less effective among children ages 5-11, study finds

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer, FDA delay timeline for COVID-19 vaccines for young children

Vaccine Delay Kids

COVID-19 vaccines for young children may be just a few weeks away

COVID-19 Vaccine Young Children

Is a fourth COVID-19 shot necessary? Health experts have mixed opinions

Fourth COVID-19 shots

FDA authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shots for children ages 12-15

COVID-19 booster eligibility Pfizer

Pfizer's antiviral pill appears effective against omicron variant, company says

Pfizer antiviral pill

Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shots authorized for teens ages 16-17

COVID-19 boosters teens

The Pfizer vaccine is less effective against omicron, but a booster restores protection, company says

Pfizer COVID vaccine

Matching a J&J booster with the Pfizer vaccine prompts a robust immune response, study finds

Johnson & Johnson booster

Franklin Institute to honor Penn researchers who played vital role in developing COVID-19 vaccines

Franklin Institute Awards Drew Weissman Katalin Karikó

Pfizer's experimental COVID-19 antiviral therapy shown to reduce risk of hospitalization, death

Pfizer COVID pill

Children's Health

Philly ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccines for young children

Confused by COVID-19 booster eligibility requirements? Here's the basics

Mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines appears to be safe, but the most effective combination isn't yet known

Vaccinated women have more COVID-19 antibodies than men, study shows

Pfizer

COVID-19 boosters are just as safe as the first two shots, CDC study shows

COVID-19 vaccine booster shots

Philly begins administering Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots

Vaccinated pregnant women pass COVID-19 protection to their newborns, data shows

COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy

Children's Health

A COVID-19 vaccine for young children advances one step closer

Penn researchers awarded $3 million Breakthrough Prize for developing mRNA technology used by COVID-19 vaccines

Penn Breakthrough Prize

A pill to treat COVID-19? Pfizer takes next step in study of Tamiflu-like drug

Pfizer Antiviral Pill COVID-19

FDA fully approves Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

Philly Vax Sweepstakes didn't influence vaccination rates in the city, Penn study shows

Philly Vax Sweepstakes

In Philly, COVID-19 booster shots will be given through existing vaccine providers, officials say

COVID-19 boosters Philly

COVID-19 booster shots offered to immunocompromised patients by pharmacies, Black Doctors Consortium

COVID-19 Booster Shots for Immunocompromised People

Most unvaccinated Americans don't want the shot, AP-NORC poll shows

Vaccination poll

How effective is the first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine?

The mRNA technology used in COVID-19 shots may yield a more effective flu vaccine

City Honors Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium with Magis Award

Black Doctor's COVID Consortium Magis Award

COVID booster shots might not be needed for Pfizer, Moderna vaccine recipients, new research shows

Immunity COVID-19

Pennsylvania's universal mask mandate ends Monday

Pennsylvania Mask Mandate

N.J. eclipses initial COVID-19 vaccination goal ahead of schedule

Just 0.06% of vaccinated New Jerseyans have gotten COVID, state says

New Jersey COVID-10 vaccination

How does full FDA approval differ from an emergency use authorization?

FEMA vaccination sites close in Philadelphia

FEMA Philadelphia

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine found to be effective, safe for adolescents, study shows

750,000 Pennsylvania teens are eligible for the COVID vaccine, shots could be administered soon

Pfizer Teens Approval

Free beer, donuts and more offered as incentives for getting COVID vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine incentives

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