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Syringes wand vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are prepared to be administered to front-line health care workers under an emergency use authorization at a drive up vaccination site from Renown Health in Reno, Nevada on December 17, 2020. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Pfizer COVID vaccine booster cuts infection risk by 70% or more in Israel study

By Jason Gale and Bloomberg

SPAIN – 2021/08/28: In this photo illustration a vial of Moderna vaccine (COVID-19 mRNA, nucleoside modified) for coronavirus treatment. Spain has exceeded 32 million people vaccinated with the full schedule. (Photo Illustration by Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Belgian data finds that Moderna’s COVID vaccine creates twice as many antibodies as Pfizer’s

By Jason Gale and Bloomberg

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine lie on a table at the Clalit Health Services in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Beit Hanina, in the Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on August 29, 2021. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

An Israeli study finds that a COVID booster shot curbs the risk of serious illness

By Jason Gale and Bloomberg

Orange, CA – August 19: Nurse Mary Ezzat prepares to administers a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot to Jessica M. at UCI Medical Center in Orange, CA, on Thursday, August 19, 2021. Jessica is a healthcare worker and is also immuno compromised. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Booster shots may be crucial for stopping spread of Delta variant, scientists say

By Jason Gale and Bloomberg

YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA – JULY 22, 2021: A woman receives an injection of the Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V) vaccine against COVID-19 as she visits a vaccination site at the Grinvich shopping centre. Donat Sorokin/TASS (Photo by Donat SorokinTASS via Getty Images)

This is why vaccinated people are still testing positive for COVID-19

By Jason Gale and Bloomberg

Covid-19 patients crowded the yard and emergency tents within the Regional General Hospital (RSUD) in Bekasi, West Java, on June 6, 2021. The availability of beds in hospitals is running low and the need for oxygen continues to increase. This happened in line with the drastic increase in Covid-19 cases in the last few weeks, every day Covid-19 patients entering the emergency room and Covid-19 handling tents ranged from 60-80 patients or exceeding the normal capacity of 40 patients. (Photo by Dasril Roszandi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Alpha bad, Delta worse—and Lambda? Why each new COVID variant causes so much alarm

By Jason Gale and Bloomberg

21 December 2020, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Heidelberg: The patient Jörg K., who has recovered from a corona disease, has his lung function measured in a lung test cabin in the Heidelberg-Königstuhl rehabilitation clinic. (to dpa: “Covid-19 patients recover from “inflammatory storm” in rehab”) Photo: Uwe Anspach/dpa (Photo by Uwe Anspach/picture alliance via Getty Images)

COVID leads to an rise in patients getting a rare medical procedure: double-lung transplants

By Jason Gale and Bloomberg

ADANA, TURKEY – MAY 05: Nurses wearing fully covered suit, make routine care and control of a Covid-19 patient as they continue to fight devotedly against Covid-19 pandemic, at Adana City Training and Research Hospital on May 05, 2021, in Adana, Turkey. (Photo by Eren Bozkurt/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

‘Hard to believe’: Scientists alarmed by COVID’s diabetes link, particularly in children

By Jason Gale and Bloomberg

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – MARCH 23: Nurse Catherine Guy handles a COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine vial in the vaccine clinic at Sydney Road Family Medical Practice on March 23, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Medical practices across Australia have started COVID-19 vaccinations for eligible Australians under the Phase 1b rollout. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

AstraZeneca’s U.S. COVID trial in doubt after agency says drugmaker may have submitted outdated data

By Michelle Fay Cortez, Jason Gale, and others

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New COVID vaccines that don’t require needles could be ready later this year, WHO says

By Jason Gale and Bloomberg

An Israeli health worker of the Maccabi Healthcare Services prepares to administer a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine on February 24, 2021 in Tel Aviv. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

After just one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, hospitalizations are down 92%, Israeli study shows

By Naomi Kresge, Jason Gale, and others

Practice nurse Hannah Currie, 25, prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine as Bradford Central Mosque is opened as a community COVID-19 vaccination centre. Picture date: Thursday February 18, 2021. (Photo by Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images)

The U.K. plans to infect young volunteers with COVID-19 to learn more about the virus

By Jason Gale and Bloomberg

LOUISVILLE, KY – FEBRUARY 12: A woman is administered her Moderna COVID-19 vaccine by a medical technician in Bates Memorial Baptist Church February 12, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky. Friday marked the first day that Norton Healthcare offered the vaccination in predominantly black areas of the city, with black churches being the operation centers for the pop-up clinics. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

What you need to know about severe reactions to COVID vaccines

By John Lauerman, Jason Gale, and others

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What to know about delaying second COVID vaccine shots as countries grapple with limited supplies

By John Lauerman, Jason Gale, and others

GREATER MANCHESTER, Jan. 7, 2021 — Doris Wildgoose, 99, receives her second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Hyde Leisure Centre in Greater Manchester, Britain, on Jan. 7, 2021. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told MPs on Wednesday that the government will use “every available second” of the lockdown to place an “invisible shield” around elderly and vulnerable people through the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks. (Photo by Jon Super/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Jon Super via Getty Images)

Pfizer BioNTech vaccine may be effective against fast-spreading COVID-19 variants, study says

By Jeff Sutherland, Jason Gale, and others