{"id":8602,"date":"2025-05-02T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=8602"},"modified":"2025-05-05T19:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T23:39:30","slug":"va-study-pfizer-covid-booster-68-effective-against-hospitalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/va-study-pfizer-covid-booster-68-effective-against-hospitalization\/","title":{"rendered":"VA study: Pfizer COVID booster 68% effective against hospitalization"},"content":{"rendered":"

A study published earlier this week in Nature Communications<\/i> using claims data from the US Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System finds protection from the 2024-25 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was 68%, 57%, and 56% against COVID-19\u2013associated hospitalizations, emergency department and urgent care (ED\/UC) visits, and outpatient visits, respectively.<\/p>\n

However, the authors caution that uptake of the vaccine was extremely low\u2014only 3.7% through November 2024\u2014and the study did not assess waning effectiveness.<\/p>\n

The study<\/a> estimated early BNT162b2 KP.2 (2024-25 formulation) vaccine effectiveness (VE) against COVID-19 outcomes compared to not receiving the vaccine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A study published earlier this week in Nature Communications<\/i> using claims data from the US Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System finds protection from the 2024-25 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was 68%, 57%, and 56% against COVID-19\u2013associated hospitalizations, emergency department and urgent care (ED\/UC) visits, and outpatient visits, respectively.<\/p>\n

However, the authors caution that uptake of the vaccine was extremely low\u2014only 3.7% through November 2024\u2014and the study did not assess waning effectiveness.<\/p>\n

The study<\/a> estimated early BNT162b2 KP.2 (2024-25 formulation) vaccine effectiveness (VE) against COVID-19 outcomes compared to not receiving the vaccine.<\/p>\n

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