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Breakthrough CMV vaccine offers hope to pregnant women

The vaccine, known as mRNA-1647, utilizes the same technology as Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines.

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A pregnant woman gets vaccinated (illustrative).
Woman gets vaccinated.

Health Ministry issues recommendation for Moderna COVID vaccine

Health Ministry recommends getting Moderna’s new Corona substrains’ vaccine as previous ones have lost much of their protective value

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Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020.

Moderna says updated COVID vaccine is effective against newer variant

Moderna said it had shared the new finding on its vaccine with regulators and submitted it for peer review publication.

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Moderna cancer vaccine with Merck's Keytruda delays return of deadly skin cancer

The results add data details to partial findings released by the companies in December.

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Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech over COVID-19 vaccine

Moderna said in a statement that Pfizer and BioNTech infringed on patents filed between 2010 and 2016 that covered its mRNA technology.

AUGUST 26, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021.

European Medicines Agency recommends Novavax add warning to their COVID-19 vaccine

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is recommending that Novavax should start putting a warning label on their COVID-19 vaccines due to a small number of reported cases of heart inflammation.

AUGUST 3, 2022ByREUTERS
The COVID-19 vaccine (illustrative).

COVID-19 booster shots are crucial, according to a Yale study

New study by Yale, UNC, shows that peak antibody levels achieved by getting vaccinated with an mRNA vaccine exceed those gained from natural infection.

JULY 16, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A health worker is seen preparing to administer the a third COVID-19 booster shot (illustrative).

CDC recommends Moderna's COVID vaccine for children 6 months-5 years

President Joe Biden's administration plans to roll out the vaccines to the under-5 age groups as early as next week.

JUNE 18, 2022ByREUTERS
A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., January 29, 2021.

Moderna files for US authorization of COVID shot for kids under 6

Moderna released trial data in March showing that its vaccine was safe and generated a similar immune response in young children as for adults.

APRIL 28, 2022ByREUTERS
Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021.

Moderna recalls thousands of COVID vaccine doses in Europe

No safety issues have been identified, Moderna said about the lots that were distributed in Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden in January.

APRIL 8, 2022ByREUTERS
PFIZER AND MODERNA were able to develop their mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 so quickly because the scientific community has been experimenting with mRNA for so many years for other indications.

FDA green lights second COVID-19 booster shot for older Americans

Pfizer and BioNTech originally asked for the next booster doses to be authorized for people 65 and older in a submission citing data collected in Israel.

MARCH 29, 2022ByREUTERS
Health care worker takes swab samples from Israelis at a covid-19 drive through testing complex in Modi'in, February 1, 2022.

Phase I trial begins for Moderna's mRNA HIV vaccine

Since AIDS was first identified, over 36 million deaths have been attributed to it worldwide.

JANUARY 30, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding (in green) from cultured lymphocyte.

Omicron: UKHSA finds boosters provide 95% protection against death

For Moderna, effectiveness against hospitalization was 90-95% up to 9 weeks after the booster.

JANUARY 27, 2022ByREUTERS
A health worker is seen preparing to administer the a third COVID-19 booster shot (illustrative).

Pfizer CEO: COVID-19 will continue to circulate for many years

Bourla along with Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said last week that they are preparing a booster that will treat the newly-introduced Omicron variant.

JANUARY 17, 2022ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla introduces US President Joe Biden as the president toured a Pfizer manufacturing plant producing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Kalamazoo, Michigan, US, February 19, 2021.