Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as scorching heat and floods sock other parts of US
A tornado has heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina โ the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. Torrential rains flooded communities in Kentucky while an area from California to South Florida endured more blistering heat on Wednesday.
EU regulator clears Pfizer-BioNTech's tweaked COVID booster
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.
Pfizer COVID shot less effective in children ages 5-11, study finds
A study by researchers in New York State found that two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was protective against severe infection in children aged 5 to 11 during the surge of omicron, but quickly lost most of its potency when it came to preventing the disease in the children in the age group.