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Pharmaceutical giant BioNTech, which worked with Pfizer to create their mRNA coronavirus vaccine, told German news weekly Der Spiegel in an interview published Friday that it would be seeking FDA approval “over the next few weeks” for use of its vaccine in children ages 5 to 11.

Preliminary data from the Israeli Health Ministry suggests that senior citizens who received a Pfizer vaccine booster had five to six times more protection against serious illness and hospitalization after 10 days.

Now that the FDA has given the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine its stamp of full approval, doctors hope that some vaccine skeptics will finally be convinced to get the shot. As NBC News medical contributor Dr. Kavita Patel explains, the approval is also likely to lead to more vaccine mandates by employers.

The FDA gave Pfizer-BioNTech’s two-dose coronavirus vaccine full approval on Monday for all Americans over the age of 16. The vaccine, which will now be marketed as Comirnaty, is the first COVID-19 vaccine to receive full approval by the agency.

A preliminary survey out of Israel suggests that a coronavirus booster shot may cause similar side effects to the second dose.

The U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, says he’s hopeful that the Food and Drug Administration will give full approval to the coronavirus vaccine by month’s end.

Pfizer could soon have full approval by the FDA, a development that could lead to more vaccination mandates.

So far, the “variant of interest” has been detected in 29 countries, and it may spread more quickly than milder versions of the coronavirus.

A Boston man says he is frustrated after a vaccine “mix up” over the weekend at a pop-up clinic in the city. “I still don’t understand how they could make this mistake,” Thelbert Foster, Jr., of Roxbury, said Tuesday. After being extremely hesitant to get the COVID vaccine, Foster finally rolled up his sleeve for the first shot Saturday...

After being extremely hesitant to get the COVID vaccine, Thelbert Foster, Jr. finally rolled up his sleeve for the first shot Saturday at a pop-up clinic at Ramsay Park run by Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Clinic. But he got a phone call from a nurse Monday telling him there had been a mix up

A new study from the University of Miami found that the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines– the two mRNA vaccines that currently have emergency use authorization in the U.S.– do not contribute to male infertility.

The U.S. will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower income countries and the African Union over the next year.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 12 to 15 by next week, setting up shots for many before the beginning of the next school year.

After the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was paused on Tuesday over reports of six cases of blood clotting, Jeff Zients, coordinator for the White House coronavirus response, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIAID director, spoke to reporters on the impact the pause will have on the coronavirus vaccine initiative.

As more Americans get fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, the number of breakthrough infections is expected to rise, too. Here’s what you need to know about this medical phenomenon.

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech have requested the FDA expands the emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine to include adolescents aged 12 to 15.

The United States reached a milestone in its efforts to combat the coronavirus, with one in four American adults now fully vaccinated.

Pfizer and Biontech announced Thursday that their vaccine has proven effective against the coronavirus for at least six months after the second dose, including the South African variant.