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Vaccines Explained Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Pfizer’s COVID-19 Booster Shot

Some Michiganders may want to seek out a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot. Here’s what to know about the safe extra dose and how it can help keep you and others safe. 

Joey Oliver Joey Oliver October 4, 2021 2:58 pm EDT
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Vaccine News COVID Vaccines for Kids: What’s Different and What’s Next?

Pfizer got one step closer this week to offering a COVID vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 after a trial found it safe and effective.

Amie Knowles Amie Knowles September 24, 2021 1:19 pm EDT
Coronavirus A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 sits on a table. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Coronavirus FDA Gives Full Approval to Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine

The US becomes the first country to fully approve the shot, according to Pfizer.

Associated Press Associated Press August 23, 2021 10:34 am EDT
Coronavirus Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan on December 13, 2020. - The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine was to begin leaving the company's Michigan factory on Sunday, ready to be injected into the arms of millions of the most vulnerable Americans as the global death toll topped 1.6 million.
Coronavirus How Michigan’s Long History With Pfizer Paved the Way for the COVID Vaccine

Still overcoming a rocky vaccine rollout, Michigan and Pfizer have drawn on a deep, shared history to overcome the setbacks.

Katelyn Kivel Katelyn Kivel January 27, 2021 12:40 pm EST
Coronavirus Virginia Moves Ahead with Vaccines
Coronavirus Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine Is Effective Against Key Mutation, New Study Finds

The encouraging news comes the same day the US recorded 4,085 deaths from COVID-19, setting a grim, new single-day record.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil January 8, 2021 2:28 pm EST

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The post-war economic boom of the 1950s and 60s sharply increased Wisconsin crop production. In this photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Latino farm workers hoe a cucumber field near Wautoma in 1967. Economy From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
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A photo of the Fall Creek School District building in Eau Claire County. Gina Kildahl, a parent whose 7-year-old son contracted COVID-19 while attending the school, recently filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to implement masking requirements and other precautions aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fall Creek School District) Coronavirus Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
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Coronavirus As Death Rate Spikes to One per Minute, More Americans Willing to Try COVID Vaccine

More Americans now say they’ll get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it’s ready. Republicans’ enthusiasm nearly tripled as Trump talks less about the pandemic and focuses on his election loss.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright December 15, 2020 2:18 pm EST
Coronavirus A member of medical staff holds a phial of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jab at Guy's Hospital at the start of the largest ever immunisation programme in the UK's history on December 8, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Victoria Jones - Pool / Getty Images)
Coronavirus Pfizer Vaccine Meets FDA Criteria, Final Approval Could Come in Days

But earlier this year the Trump administration decided not to buy an additional 500 million doses of the vaccine.

Elle Meyers Elle Meyers December 8, 2020 12:42 pm EST