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PFIZER

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 8, 2021
South Korea to purchase 70,000 courses of new Pfizer COVID-19 pill
Pfizer has said trial results showed that its Paxlovid pill reduced by 89% the risk of hospitalization or death in some patients.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2021
COVID-19 drugs will change the way we live with the virus
New COVID-19 drug approvals couldn't be timelier as hospitals face massive backlogs of delayed procedures.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Nov 6, 2021
Pfizer results open door to new chapter for COVID treatments
The world needs an easy-to-take COVID-19 treatment. Pfizer Inc.'s and Merck & Co. Inc.'s new pills may be just that. But questions remain about their safety and how well they will work.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 5, 2021
Pfizer develops COVID-19 pill that cuts hospitalizations and deaths by 89%
The drugmaker claims 'overwhelming efficacy” and plans to submit their findings for emergency authorization as soon as possible.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 30, 2021
Pfizer won the first round, but Moderna sees final victory ahead
Pfizer has been first across the finish line in nearly every leg of the COVID-19 vaccine race, but Moderna executives say their company's mRNA technology gives it an advantage.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 28, 2021
Pfizer to seek OK for use of COVID-19 shot in children in Japan age 5 to 11
The government is hinting that it will act swiftly to make the vaccine available to children in that demographic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 14, 2021
Japan may recommend Pfizer's COVID-19 shot over Moderna's for men under 30
Even as concerns grow about higher rates of myocarditis among young men who got the Moderna shot, the risk of developing the heart condition is still much lower than after getting COVID-19.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2021
Japan secures 120 million extra Pfizer vaccine doses for next year
The country decided in September to start administering third shots of coronavirus vaccines by the end of this year to increase protection.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 8, 2021
Pfizer seeks U.S. COVID-19 vaccine clearance for children age 5 to 11
The Food and Drug Administration has set a date of Oct. 26 for its panel of outside advisers to meet and discuss the application.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2021
China's vaccine diplomacy drive falters as recipients turn to western shots
In the early days of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, Chinese shots saved countless lives. But as the Western stranglehold on mRNA supplies loosens, a clear preference has emerged.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2021
Liars may get COVID-19 boosters before those in need
Who will get the booster shots? Sadly, the answer is too many of the wrong people and too few of the right ones, adding more messiness to the rollout process.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 29, 2021
Pfizer submits COVID-19 vaccine data to U.S. regulators for use in younger kids
A Pfizer spokesperson said the company expects to start and complete its application very soon.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 24, 2021
U.S. CDC advisers back COVID-19 booster shots for older people but not for high-risk workers
Beyond older Americans, the committee also recommended the shots for all adults over 50 with underlying conditions, as well as some 18- to 49-year-olds with those conditions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 20, 2021
Pfizer COVID-19 shot safely bolsters antibodies in younger kids
In a trial, two shots of a 10 microgram dose — one-third of the adult shot — produced antibody levels comparable to those seen in a trial of 16- to 25-year-olds who got the adult dose.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 20, 2021
Pfizer shot’s protection against hospitalization wanes in study
After four months, Moderna's vaccine was 92% effective against hospitalization, with Pfizer's at 77% and Johnson & Johnson's at 68%.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2021
Contaminants found in Pfizer vaccine in cities near Tokyo and Osaka
All three cities did not use doses containing foreign matter but continued using doses that were not contaminated.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2021
Japan to donate 1.3 million more AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Taiwan and Asian neighbors
Taiwan will get 500,000 more doses, bringing Japan's total donation to the island to 3.9 million, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2021
Vaccines versus COVID-19: The great immunity debate
People who don’t want to get vaccinated will grasp at any new piece of information to justify their reluctance — the latest being some pretty good data suggesting that the natural immunity left after recovering from COVID-19 is stronger over the long run than immunity generated by the Pfizer vaccine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 5, 2021
The Moderna vaccine makes more antibodies than Pfizer's. Does it matter?
Subtle differences between the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc. vaccines are emerging across patient groups over time, but what this all means in the real world is still unclear.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Sep 3, 2021
Vaccine advisers to U.S. FDA face thorny question: Are COVID-19 boosters needed?
A fierce debate is expected around whether most Americans should get another shot rather than just those at high risk of severe illness.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal
A Comac C919 during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore in February
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

Podcast

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Longform

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