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BioNTech, Pfizer To Develop Vaccine Against Shingles
German pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its U.S. partner Pfizer want to jointly develop a vaccine against shingles. Shingles, which is also known as herpes zoster, […]
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Laboratory Research Shows Omicron Variant Can Partially Escape Antibody Immunity
Laboratory research has suggested that the Omicron variant can partially escape antibody immunity induced by the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The research, led by Alex Sigal […]
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FG: Only Pfizer Vaccine To Be Administered As Booster Shots
The federal government says it’s only the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine that is eligible for use as booster shots. On Friday, the federal government had approved […]
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Studies Confirm Waning Immunity From Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine After Two Months
Two real-world studies published Wednesday confirm that the immune protection offered by two doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine drops off after two months or so, […]
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COVID-19: Moderna Vaccine Shot May Generate More Antibodies Than Pfizer’s Vaccine
Ten months ago, the results of large clinical trials appeared almost too good to be true: Two messenger RNA vaccines reduced symptomatic Covid-19 cases by […]
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Atiku Is ‘First Nigerian’ To Take Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. He is suspected to be the first Nigerian to have received the vaccine. Paul Ibe, […]
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US Embassy Celebrates Nigerian Doctor Who Helped Pfizer Develop COVID-19 Vaccine
The US embassy in Nigeria has celebrated Onyema Ogbuagbu, a Nigerian-born researcher and medical doctor, for his role in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. […]