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New Zealand authorities on Monday said they had linked a 26-year-old man's death to Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine after the person suffered myocarditis, a rare inflammation of the heart muscle, after taking his first dose.

New Zealand authorities on Monday said they had linked a 26-year-old man's death to Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine after the person suffered myocarditis, a rare inflammation of the heart muscle, after taking his first dose.

Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said on Friday they would include and evaluate a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine in an ongoing trial in children six months to under five years of age.

European Union governments have agreed to exercise an option to buy over 180 million doses of a version of the COVID-19 vaccine adapted for the Omicron variant

Australia will return three million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to the United Kingdom next month, three months after a vaccine swap deal was signed between the two nations. The Morrison government secured four million doses of Pfizer from the British government in September as part of a vaccine …

A study in South Africa showed that two shots of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s vaccine could offer 70% protection against hospitalization with the omicron variant. The World Health Organization said Africa experienced fewer deaths during the continent’s recent Covid surge.

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout will extend to children as young as five, who will be eligible for Pfizer from January 10.

Australia's medical regulator approving the Pfizer vaccine for five to 11-year-olds is a very reassuring announcement for parents of schoolchildren, says AMA Vice President Dr Chris Moy. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation gave the green light for Pfizer to be made available for children aged five to 11 …

Documents obtained under freedom of information laws shed new light on Pfizer and the government's dealings at a critical time for negotiations last year.

New Zealand has secured supplies of another medicine to treat COVID-19, Health Minister Andrew Little said on Monday. In October, New Zealand was one of the first countries in the world to make an advance purchase of a promising new antiviral drug,