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Pfizer vaccine

Health

FDA approves Pfizer’s COVID booster for teens aged 16 and 17

The CDC must also approve those booster shots for the older teens before shots can begin.

December 10, 2021

UAB pediatric infectious disease expert urges children get COVID vaccine

Alabama has the fourth-lowest percentage of residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

November 15, 2021

CDC approves Pfizer vaccine for kids 5 to 11

President Joe Biden called the decision "a turning point" in the battle against COVID-19.

November 3, 2021

UAB doctors talk COVID, Pfizer’s vaccine safe and effective for 5-11 year olds

The FDA could give emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine for those aged 5 to 11 by the end of October.

September 20, 2021

Do we need a vaccine for stubborn?

Get vaccinated, Alabama.

June 5, 2021

Gov. Kay Ivey, two top state health officials get first doses of Pfizer vaccine

“We need everybody to be immune to this thing and to step up,” the governor said.

December 21, 2020

Second shipment of Pfizer vaccine to Alabama will be reduced

Alabama is among the states receiving fewer doses of the vaccine than initially anticipated.

December 18, 2020

UAB prepares for first vaccinations, but still relies on public to slow virus’s spread

Health experts see a light at the end of the tunnel but warn that we are still very much in the tunnel.

December 16, 2020

Alabama sets new hospitalization record on day vaccines arrive

Officials say the situation for hospitals is dire and vaccines are not coming in time to quell the current surge.

December 15, 2020