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Pfizer launches trial of omicron-targeted COVID vaccine

Michael Erman and Ludwig Burger, Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 04:17 AM

Pfizer has said that 2 doses of the original vaccine may not be sufficient to protect against infection from the omicron variant. Read more »

Pfizer strikes global licensing deal for COVID pill

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 17 06:00 AM

Pfizer will sub-license production of its promising Paxlovid pill to generic drug manufacturers for supply in 95 low- and middle-income nations. Read more »

Pfizer jab effectiveness drops after 6 months: study

Manas Mishra, Reuters
Posted at Oct 05 06:52 AM

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of a booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine for some Americans at high risk of getting infected. Read more »

PH has enough COVID-19 jabs for child vaccinations— DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 10:30 AM

The Philippines has enough COVID-19 vaccines allowed for children as it gears up for the start of inoculations among minors in Metro Manila on Oct. 15. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 23, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 11:43 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Sri Lanka vaccinates children over 12 against COVID-19

Ishara S. Kodikara, AFP
Posted at Sep 24 06:30 PM

A health worker inoculates a child against COVID-19 at a children's hospital in Colombo on Friday as the country began inoculating children over 12 Read more »

Western COVID-19 vaccines arrive in 'trickles': gov't

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 03:21 PM

Malacañang said Western-made COVID-19 vaccines continue to arrive in trickles following a mayor's appeal to buy those instead of Chinese jabs. Read more »

Pfizer to test COVID-19 vaccine in larger group of children below 12

Michael Erman and Ankur Banerjee, Reuters
Posted at Jun 09 05:25 AM

The study will enroll up to 4,500 children at more than 90 clinical sites in the United States, Finland, Poland and Spain, the company said.   Read more »

Philippines to get 2.2 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next week

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 05:12 PM

The Philippines will get 2.2 million COVID-19 shots from Pfizer-BioNTech next week from vaccine-sharing COVAX Facility, an official leading the inoculation strategy said on Tuesday.    Read more »

Pfizer jab less effective, still protects against Indian strain, shows study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 29 11:38 PM

People who had received two doses of Pfizer saw a three-fold reduction in their antibodies against the variant, B.1.617, according to the study, but were still protected. Read more »

Pfizer begins to export US-made COVID-19 shots, first doses sent to Mexico

Carl O'Donnell, Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 10:59 AM

Pfizer Inc's shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico this week includes doses made in its US plant, the first of what are expected to be ongoing exports of its shots from the United States, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.   Read more »

Philippines to get 2.3 million Pfizer COVID-19 shots 'not later than June'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 29 02:19 PM

The Philippines will receive 2.3 million COVID-19 shots from US-based Pfizer-BioNTech "not later than June," an official leading the vaccination strategy said on Thursday.    Read more »

Pinoy medical frontliners sa Kuwait, kasama sa naunang nabakunahan kontra COVID-19

Maxxy Santiago, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 05:44 PM

Kabilang ang mga Pilipino medical frontliner sa mga nakatanggap ng libreng bakuna kontra COVID-19 na hatid ng gobyerno ng Kuwait. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 8, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 03:48 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

UK rolls out COVID-19 vaccine

Jacob King, Pool via AP
Posted at Dec 08 06:50 PM

Nurse May Parsons prepares 90-year-old Margaret Keenan, the first person in the UK to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, at University Hospital, Coventry, England on Tuesday. Read more »