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Corbevax gets nod as booster jab for Covaxin, Covishield recipients

HYDERABAD: Biological E Limited's Corbevax has emerged as India's first Covid-19 vaccine to receive approval as a heterologous booster dose for those aged 18 years and above, after six months of receiving the second dose of either Covaxin or Covishield.

The Times of India

Inhaled vaccine to be more effective

Researchers in Toronto are conducting human trials of the vaccine

The Hindu

Corbevax gets DCGI nod as COVID-19 booster after two doses of Covishield or Covaxin

Clinical trial data is reported to have shown that the Corbevax booster dose provided significant enhancement in immune response and a good safety profile.

The Hindu

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Faye Flam: People, get your booster shots already

Fewer than half of eligible Americans have received a third COVID vaccine shot despite clear evidence of its benefit. That booster shot improves your odds of avoiding even mild omicron. So why haven’t more people gotten it?

Tribune News Service

India approves Biological E. COVID shot as a booster

India has approved Hyderabad-based drugmaker Biological E's COVID-19 vaccine as the first mix-and-match booster dose in the country, the company said on Saturday.

Reuters

US FDA Concerned over Potential Novavax Myocarditis Risk

The Food and Drug Administration voiced concern Friday about myocarditis being potentially linked to the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine, just as experts are to weigh its use in the United States. The Novavax vaccine is already authorized in other countries, particularly in Europe. In the United States, an independent committee convened…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fair Work Commission finds submarine builder ASC's vaccine mandate for workers was proportionate and reasonable

Unvaccinated submarine workers at a South Australian shipbuilding yard now face being sacked after the Fair Work Commission rules in favour of the company's vaccine mandate.

ABC News

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Gadgets: iPhone users can now add vaccine records to Apple Health

iPhone users can keep their COVID-19 vaccination card in Apple Wallet and use it to confirm that they have been fully vaccinated. Full story on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Govt denies oversupply of vaccine

The Public Health Ministry has denied accusations by the Rural Doctor Society (RDS) that it has flooded remote hospitals with Covid-19 vaccines, saying such quantities were justified to expand immunisation coverage.

Bangkok Post

Vaccines and treatments for monkeypox shipped to states as cases rise, CDC says

Officials said monkeypox cases are expected to rise.

Axios

US monkeypox cases rise to 20 as vaccines shipped to states

The number of U.S. cases of monkeypox rose to 20, six more than late last week, as the government began shipping drugs and vaccines to eight states that requested them.

Tribune News Service

Novavax COVID shot effective but carries heart risk, FDA says

Novavax evaluation comes days before key FDA meeting

Axios

Special Olympics drops COVID vaccine mandate after Florida threatens $27.5 million fine

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida threatened to fine the Special Olympics $27.5 million for requiring 5,500 participants at this weekend’s USA Games in Orlando to be vaccinated against COVID, prompting the organization to drop the mandate.

Orlando Sentinel

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

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WTO seeks fish, vaccine deals as war ignites trade tensions

The World Trade Organization will host ministers from across the globe this month with the aim of striking deals on fish and vaccines, testing the world's ability to set trade rules at a time of mounting tensions.

Salon

Who wants a monkeypox vaccine?

The country has a stockpile, but there are not enough vaccines for everyone

Tribune News Service

Children under 5 expected to be eligible for COVID vaccines by June 21, White House says

It could soon be time for shots for tots.

The Conversation

Social media spreads rumours about COVID vaccine harms, but it doesn't always start them

For decades, anti-vaccine movements have generated and spread rumours that vaccines cause serious health problems. The rollout of COVID vaccines has provided new opportunities to spread misinformation.

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COVID vaccines for children under 5 possible by June 21, White House says

The FDA and CDC will still need to authorize the shots.

The Independent UK

Covid vaccine for kids under 5 available 21 June, White House announces

‘Our expectation is that within weeks, every parent who wants their child to get vaccinated will be able to get an appointment’

The Independent UK

Novavax hopes its COVID shot wins over FDA, vaccine holdouts

Americans may soon get a new COVID-19 vaccine option — a more traditional kind of shot known as a protein vaccine

The Conversation

People will continue to die of rabies if Kenya doesn't educate healthcare workers

Rabies – a viral disease spread through an animal bite – has had an effective vaccine for more than a century. Yet people continue to die from it. Rabies kills nearly every known person that shows clinical signs of it, making it arguably one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases.

The Conversation

Unvaccinated South Africans told us why they weren't interested in having COVID jabs

South Africa is currently facing a new wave of infections related to the much higher transmissibility of the omicron COVID variant and its sub-variants. The most recent spike has had similar characteristics as the fourth wave in January 2022: increases in infections have not been accompanied by similar increases spikes…

Wales Online

Covid vaccines for the under-fives - what parents need to know

Children under five represent the only age group yet to have a vaccine approved for use

The Conversation

Future COVID-19 booster shots will likely need fresh formulations as new coronavirus variants of concern continue to emerge

Being up to date on COVID-19 vaccines means having had three or four doses of the same shot at this point. Current boosters are the same formulations as the first authorized shots, based on the original strain of the coronavirus that emerged in late 2019. They do still protect against…

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