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Fox News host Tucker Carlson exposes Pfizer's alleged manipulation of the COVID-19 virus as many suffer from the pandemic on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

The Food and Drug Administration's independent advisory committee on Thursday unanimously recommended replacing Pfizer and Moderna's original Covid vaccine used in the U.S. for everyone's first two immunizations with the new bivalent omicron shots. Instead, the drugmakers' bivalent omicron shots that target the omicron BA.5 subvariant as well as the original strain would be used for the entire vaccination series. Currently, Pfizer's and Moderna's omicron shots are only authorized as a booster, while the first two doses are still their old shots based on the original Covid strain. The FDA has proposed moving to a system that resembles how the agency updates and rolls out flu shots every year. The agency would select a Covid vaccine formulation in June to target the variant that is expected to dominate in the fall and winter.

Preliminary CDC data indicated a possible stroke risk following simultaneous administration of the Pfizer Covid booster and the flu vaccine.

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The CDC study published Wednesday provides the first estimate of the omicron shots' real-world effectiveness against the XBB family of subvariants. For people ages 18 to 49, the omicron booster reduced the risk of mild illness by about 48% two to three months after receiving the shot. The shots provided 38% protection against mild illness for those ages 50 to 64 and 42% protection for people ages 65 and older, according to the study. They had very little protection against mild illness due to waning immunity observed with the old vaccines, Link-Gelles said. It's too early to draw conclusions about how the protection from the omicron boosters holds up over time, she said.

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The CDC said one of its monitoring systems detected a preliminary safety signal for stroke in people ages 65 and older who received the Pfizer omicron booster.

The agencies said the surveillance signal “is very unlikely” to represent a “true clinical risk” and said they continued to recommend the vaccine.

The CDC has identified a "safety signal" in the Bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech and is investigating whether the shot creates an increased stroke risk for people 65 and older.

Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk waded into a discussion about COVID-19 boosters in a tweet on Wednesday, with the billionaire claiming that it “isn’t clear whether, all things considered, a second booster helps or hurts.”

The Conservative MP has been suspended after a tweet comparing Covid vaccine side effects to the Holocaust.

Alex Berenson was the latest writer to be tapped by Elon Musk to dive into Twitter's archives, showing Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a Pfizer board member, targeting vaccine skepticism.

China will not include Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment drug in a national reimbursement list that would have allowed patients to get it at a cheaper price, saying it was too expensive.

The company aims to test 10,000 personalized mRNA therapies, including cancer vaccines, between September 2023 to the end of the decade.

PORTAGE, MI — Addressing a need for housing in the area, Portage Planning Commission and City Council moved 10 new residential projects forward, accounting for 779 new units, over the course of 2022. You’ve got a city council, the leadership, that is directing staff to apply the capacity to make these developer’s dreams come true. The city has also created a new position for a city housing specialist, which they are currently looking to fill, he said. Wild Plum: Just southeast of Pennridge Trail, at 1109 W. Osterhout Ave., is the future site of the Wild Plum housing development. StoryPoint South: A new 172-unit senior housing development, approved by city council on Oct. 18, is expected to break ground this coming May and open in 2025.

But Chinese tourists will not have unfettered access to all countries - as some impose restrictions.

Germany has dispatched a batch of the BioNTech-Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to China, where it will be administered to Germans who live in the country

Robert Malone, an mRNA vaccine researcher, has returned to Twitter after being banned from the platform over its coronavirus misinformation policy.

Young children are now eligible to get the latest COVID-19 vaccine booster. Children can get a single bivalent booster two months after completing their two-dose primary series with the original, monovalent COVID vaccine from Moderna. Bivalent COVID vaccines have been available since September, and more than 1.33 million Michigan residents have since been boosted. Both bivalent shots include an mRNA component corresponding to the original strain of coronavirus, plus an mRNA component corresponding to the omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5. To find a vaccine provider near you, visit vaccines.gov/search, input your ZIP code, and select one or both of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccines.

In a press release Pfizer says its maternal shot was 69% effective in preventing severe RSV infection in infants 0-6 months.

The decision aims to better protect the littlest kids amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases around the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to sign off soon.

The FDA on Thursday approved the use of updated COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than 5, three days after Pfizer-BioNTech applied for an emergency use authorization.

U.S. regulators have cleared doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccines to children younger than 5.

The FDA's decision to authorize the shots for the youngest kids comes as Covid infections and hospitalizations are increasing nationally.

Pfizer said the FDA has accepted its RSV vaccine candidate for review under an expedited process that reduces the approval process by four months.

The boosters did not trigger a robust response against BQ.1.1. People with a prior history of infection who received the booster had a stronger response

PORTAGE, MI — Another large investment in Pfizer’s Portage facility has state, county and city leaders highlighting the benefits for the community. It will bring a total of 300 new jobs to the facility, not including construction jobs. Morse credited the continued commitment by Pfizer to the community to the importance that Kalamazoo County places on education. In 2018, the Portage City Council approved a PA-198 tax abatement for the MAP project, Pfizer with a 50% break on taxes for 15 years. Since, the city has partnered with the company to help bring $1.3 billion in investment and the creation of 1,000 well-paying jobs, city officials said.

Pfizer plans to invest an additional $750 million for an expansion of the company’s facility in Portage to increase the pharmaceutical corporation’s modular aseptic processing capacity. Gretchen Whitmer hosted Pfizer executive David Breen Monday for a press conference announcing the investment. He said the spending had been formally approved by the corporation and the purchase of equipment had already begun. Messer said there was “no anticipation” dollars from the state’s SOAR fund would be used in connection with Pfizer’s spending. Breen said the Portage facility had been the only place considered.

Pfizer is asking U.S. regulators to authorize its updated COVID-19 vaccine for children under age 5.

The study did not look at hospitalization, but experts believe the omicron booster shots will provide strong protection against severe outcomes.

The BQ coronavirus subvariants are likely resistant to key antibody medications used by people with compromised immune systems.

Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 booster may offer some protection against newly emerging omicron mutants even though it’s not an exact match, the pharmaceutical company announced Friday. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said their updated booster generated virus-fighting antibodies that can target four additional omicron subtypes, including the particularly worrisome BQ.1.1. The immune response wasn’t as strong against this alphabet soup of newer mutants as it is against the BA.5 strain. Moderna recently announced early evidence that its updated booster induced BQ.1.1-neutralizing antibodies. Updated boosters are available for anyone 5 or older, but only about 35 million Americans have gotten one so far, according to the CDC.

Pfizer said its updated COVID-19 booster may offer some protection against newly emerging omicron mutants even though it’s not an exact match.

Pfizer said the booster triggered more antibodies against omicron BQ.1.1, BA.4.6, BA.2.75.2 and XBB.1 in adults older than 55 compared to the original vaccines.

The Indian Health Service says all tribal members covered by the federal agency will be offered a vaccine at every appointment, when appropriate.

A study published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine found that 1.8% of healthy infants are hospitalized with RSV before their first birthday.

A study of health records for 60,000 patients suggests the treatment might be useful in preventing long Covid, but the conclusion is far from certain.

People older than 55 who received the new Covid booster had about four times more antibodies targeting omicron BA.5 than people who received the old vaccine.

The latest version of COVID-19 vaccines have been available in Michigan for about nine weeks, yet only 10% of eligible residents have gotten boosted. Pfizer and Moderna’s latest COVID shots aim to offer enhanced protection by including the blueprints for the latest mutations of the virus, known as omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5.

CEO Albert Bourla said Pfizer is staring down an expected loss of up to $18 billion in revenue from 2025 through 2030 as patent protections expire.

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Pfizer now expects earnings per share of $6.40 to $6.50 for the year, up from its previous forecast of $6.30 to $6.45.

Pfizer said it will submit an application to the Food and Drug Administration for the RSV vaccine's approval by the end of 2022.

Get a free COVID-19 bivalent booster shot at five upcoming community clinics.

The FDA pushed back against two independent studies that found the new boosters don't trigger a better immune response than the old shots.

Pfizer will charge $110 to $130 for a dose of its COVID-19 vaccine once the U.S. government stops buying the shots.

Novavax's Covid shots rely on protein technology used in other vaccines for decades, rather than the messenger RNA used in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

More people would roll up their sleeves for the flu vaccine if it were more reliably effective.

Experts and new data suggest the new omicron-specific Covid boosters work well — regardless of if you experience moderate, mild or no side effects at all.

New findings are the first released from human clinical trials examining the bivalent booster shots that have been rolled out across the country.

The FDA has authorized Pfizer's boosters without direct human data on how they perform against the omicron BA.5 subvariant.

The boosters, rolled out for Americans 12 and older last month, are doses modified to target today's most common and contagious Omicron relatives.

The U.S. is seeking to expand protection ahead of an expected winter wave.

Tweaked boosters rolled out for Americans 12 and older last month, modified to target today's most common and contagious variant. The latest move may expand protection before an expected winter wave.

The U.S. is about to offer updated COVID-19 booster shots to kids as young as 5.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still has to issue its recommendations before pharmacies can administer the new shots to kids.

The newest medical innovation to fight COVID-19 is here, but people are hardly racing to get it this time around. The Pfizer and Moderna bivalent booster shots have been available in Michigan since early September. The vaccine includes mRNA components of the original COVID-19 strain (like the initial vaccines) plus components of the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants to help fight the latest strains of the virus.

A change in menstrual cycle length of eight days or less is considered within the normal range of variation, according to NIH.

Pfizer is asking the Food and Drug Administration to expand use of its updated COVID-19 booster shot to children ages 5 to 11.

Israel has started administering doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine tailored to fight the highly infectious omicron variant.

The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of a tweaked booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine that includes protection against two of the latest versions of omicron, as countries look to bolster their immunization programs ahead of winter.

The updated COVID-19 boosters are now available throughout Washtenaw County.

Michigan health officials are planning to begin the rollout of newly updated COVID-19 booster shots this week.

New COVID-19 boosters targeting today’s most common omicron strains should begin arriving within days.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed updated COIVD-19 boosters.

The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of two coronavirus vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Inc., tweaked to include protection against an early version of the omicron variant.

The Biden administration hopes to make getting a COVID-19 booster as routine as going in for the yearly flu shot.

California won't allow teens age 15 and up to be vaccinated against the coronavirus without their parents' consent.

U.S. regulators have authorized updated COVID-19 boosters, the first to directly target today's most common omicron strain.

Pharmaceuticals Pfizer and BioNTech say they have asked the European Medicines Agency to authorize their updated coronavirus booster vaccine that includes the most recent omicron subvariants.

COVID-19 vaccines tweaked to better match today’s omicron threat are expected to roll out in a few weeks but how much will they help.

Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill appears to provide little or no benefit for younger adults.

Pfizer’s says its COVID-19 vaccine was 73% effective in protecting children younger than 5 as omicron spread in the spring.

Pfizer has asked U.S. regulators to authorize its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the newest omicron relatives.

Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the U.S. and Europe to test the first potential vaccine against Lyme disease in 20 years.

BioNTech, which teamed with Pfizer to develop a powerful COVID-19 vaccine, has reported higher revenue and net profit in the first half of the year.

U.S. regulators say they are no longer considering authorizing second COVID-19 booster shots for all adults under 50 this summer.

Everyone in Britain who is 50 or over will be offered a fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine in the fall, lowering the age threshold from the previously announced 65.

The clinics “are part of a continued effort by the Ann Arbor YMCA to support Washtenaw and Southern Livingston Counties through the Covid-19 pandemic,” YMCA officials said in a release.

The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice.

U.S. pharmacists can now prescribe the leading COVID-19 pill directly to patients.

U.S. regulators are telling COVID-19 vaccine makers to tweak any booster doses intended for fall so they protect against the newest omicron relatives.

The U.S. government will purchase another 105 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in anticipation of a fall booster campaign.

U.S. health authorities are facing a critical decision: whether to offer new COVID-19 booster shots this fall that are modified to better match the latest changes of the shape-shifting coronavirus.

Pfizer says tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and boosts protection.

Scientists estimate that nearly 20 million lives were saved worldwide by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year.

Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines will be offered at the Washtenaw County Health Department’s ongoing COVID-19 clinic at 555 Towner St. in Ypsilanti.

Hear experts from U-M discuss vaccinating babies to five-year-old children in a livestream on Thursday.

U.S. health officials have opened COVID-19 vaccines for infants, toddlers and preschoolers — the last group without the shots.

U.S. regulators have authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers.

The first COVID-19 shots for infants, toddlers and preschoolers in the U.S. have moved a step closer.

A government advisory panel has endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens.

A review by federal health officials says that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine appears safe and effective for children under 5, the only group not currently eligible for vaccination.

Next week brings a marathon of hearings as the U.S. decides whether to open COVID-19 vaccinations to kids under 5.

White House officials say orders have been coming in for COVID-19 vaccine doses for small children.

A more traditional kind of COVID-19 vaccine is a step closer to becoming the fourth option for U.S. adults.

Pfizer announced an additional $120 million investment into its Kalamazoo, Michigan facility with an aim to boost production of the company’s COVID-19 oral treatment.

The Biden administration says children under 5 may be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccination doses as soon as June 21, if federal regulators authorize shots for the age group as expected.

Pfizer says it will provide nearly two dozen products at not-for-profit prices in some of the world’s poorest countries.

Parents hoping to get their youngest children vaccinated against COVID-19 have some encouraging news.