Tag: Pfizer
McKee: COVID-19 vaccines for young children arriving in R.I. next week
PROVIDENCE – On the heals of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on June 18 recommending the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages...
White House: 1st COVID-19 shots for kids under 5 possible by...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration said Thursday that children under 5 may be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccination doses as soon...
Nation’s first test-to-treat COVID-19 clinic to open in Providence
PROVIDENCE – White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish K. Jha said sick Rhode Island residents should not be shy about coming by to...
Biden administration expands availability of COVID antiviral pill
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden's administration is taking steps to expand availability of the life-saving COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid, as it seeks to...
Pfizer pill becomes 1st U.S.-authorized home COVID treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Wednesday authorized the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take...
Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%
WASHINGTON (AP) – Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% in...
Pfizer asks U.S. to allow COVID shots for kids ages 5...
Pfizer asked the United States government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 - and if regulators...
Pfizer vaccine for kids may not be available until November
WASHINGTON (AP)– Pfizer has submitted research to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine in children but the...
R.I. makes Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots available to eligible residents
PROVIDENCE – Booster shots of Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine are available in Rhode Island for residents 65 and older, and high-risk individuals following recommendations...
Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11
Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group...
