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Pfizer
Stories about the Covid-19 vaccine.
Pfizer swoops on $100m Brisbane Covid biotech
Global drug giant Pfizer will fork out $100m to buy a Brisbane biotech developing a revolutionary way to detect Covid.
Pfizer snaps up Covid hopeful
The pharmaceutical giant has made a $100m takeover play for an ASX-listed company which aims to test for Covid-19 using the sound of a cough
New teen booster vaccine approved
The TGA has announced another change to Covid-19 vaccine boosters for children.
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US approves Pfizer jab for 5yos
Children in the United States will begin receiving Covid vaccinations this week after authorities provided the final approval needed.
Qld Health confirms vaccine stuff-up at pop-up hub
A vaccine preparation stuff-up by Queensland Health has resulted in nearly 200 people who attended a pop-up clinic in Brisbane’s south potentially having to get the jab again.
Moderna joins Pfizer in push to vax kids
Moderna will apply to have its Covid vaccine approved for use in children aged five to 11 in Australia. The US has already approved Pfizer jabs for this age group.
Concern over rising Pfizer side effects
There has been a jump in rare side effects linked to the Pfizer vaccine, as Victoria has eased restrictions further despite huge case numbers.
US approves Pfizer vaccine for kids
Young children could soon get Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in the US, after the Food and Drug Administration approved it for “emergency use”.
Bach star hospitalised after Pfizer shot
A former reality star diagnosed with an ultra rare side effect after her first jab has claimed it also had another “traumatic” consequence.
Why Aussies will need third vax dose soon
All Aussies will get access to a third Covid jab starting next month but how much extra protection does getting a booster actually provide?
Third Covid shot gives near complete, possibly lifelong protection
Pfizer booster shots have a green light and so have crowds for the Ashes Test, while a leaked memo has revealed how health services expect to cope with an open-border Covid surge.
Why experts want five-year-olds jabbed
Millions of young children aged five and up will soon start getting their Covid-19 shots after a crucial vote. Here’s what the experts said.
Testing chief forced to defend bizarre retail rule
Jeroen Weimar has attempted to explain why it’s safe for the unvaccinated to shop from Friday, despite eventually being banned when vaccine coverage increases.
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