Federal health agencies are investigating whether there is a link between BioNTech and Pfizer’s bivalent COVID-19 booster and stroke in seniors.
Federal health officials are investigating whether there is a link between BioNTech BNTX and Pfizer’s PFE bivalent COVID-19 booster and stroke in seniors.
“Although... Federal health officials are investigating whether there is a link between BioNTech BNTX and Pfizer’s PFE bivalent COVID-19 booster and stroke in seniors. “Although the totality of the data currently suggests that it is very unlikely that the signal in VSD represents a true clinical risk, we believe it is important to share this information with the public,” the agencies said in a joint statement.
Less than 40% of seniors in the U.S. have received either of the updated COVID boosters that were designed to better protect against the omicron subvariants.At this time, federal health officials say there is no reason to avoid getting vaccinated or boosted while they investigate whether there is a tie between the Pfizer/BioNTech booster and stroke.
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