Man in Germany gets 90 COVID-19 shots to sell forged vaccination cards
BERLIN — A 60-year-old man allegedly had himself vaccinated against COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with real vaccine batch numbers to people not wanting to get vaccinated themselves.The man from the eastern Germany city of Magdeburg, whose name was not released in line with German privacy rules,…
Facebook Video Misrepresents CDC Report on COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters
A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that side effects such as a sore arm or headache following a booster dose...
Second COVID booster shot does little to stop Omicron, study finds
Israeli healthcare workers who were boosted with a fourth shot of COVID-19 vaccine at the height of the Omicron wave were only marginally more protected against reinfection than their peers who had received three jabs of vaccine, researchers reported Wednesday.Compared to getting two initial doses and one booster shot of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Comirnaty vaccine,…
FDA Begins Releasing Pfizer COVID Vax Documents
The FDA turned over thousands of documents related to its review of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine last week, marking the first of several releases mandated by a court in Texas earlier this year. The agency released 55,000 pages of COVID-19 vaccine review documents last Tuesday, following a loss in court months earlier that forced it to…
COVID Vaccine Less Effective in Younger Kids
Effectiveness of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) against infection and hospitalization dropped among kids ages 5 to 11 a little over a month after vaccination, according to real-world data from New York during the Omicron wave. From Dec. 13, 2021 to Jan. 30, 2022, vaccine effectiveness against infection within 2 weeks of full vaccination dropped…
Vaccine requirements are being lifted across America as Covid cases wane
Seattle, the biggest city in the state where the first U.S. case of Covid-19 was confirmed more than two years ago, will lift its proof-of-vaccination requirement for restaurants, theaters and gyms starting March 1.And city and county employees who have been working from home for two long years will soon start getting called back into…
Though rare, Moderna Covid vaccine recipients have higher risk of heart inflammation than Pfizer
Lalain Reyeg administers a COVID-19 booster vaccine at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital on September 24, 2021 in Hines, Illinois.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesModerna’s two-dose Covid-19 vaccine is associated with a higher risk of heart inflammation than Pfizer’s, but the benefits of both companies’ shots outweigh the risks, according to a Centers for Disease…
Trucks roll into Ottawa for protest against Canada’s vaccine mandates
Author of the article: OTTAWA — Trucks rolled into Canada’s capital Ottawa on Saturday to stage what police say will be a massive protest against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates in front of parliament on a frigid winter day. The so-called “Freedom Convoy” – coming from east and west – started out as…
In Super-Vaxxed Vermont, Covid Strikes — But Packs Far Less Punch
Even Eden, a snow-covered paradise in northern Vermont, is poisoned by omicron. The nearly vertical ascent of new coronavirus cases in recent weeks, before peaking...
Patient who refused COVID vaccine was denied a heart transplant
This family photo shows D.J. Ferguson initially being treated at Milford, Mass., Regional Medical Center. Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston is defending itself after Ferguson’s family claimed he was denied a new heart for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Tracey Ferguson file photo/via AP hide caption toggle caption Tracey Ferguson file photo/via AP…
Omicron variant: Pfizer starts clinical trial for modified Covid vaccine
Pfizer and BioNTech announced Tuesday that they have started a clinical trial testing a modified Covid-19 vaccine to protect against the supercontagious omicron variant of the coronavirus.The drugmakers said they aim to enroll up to 1,420 healthy adults ages 18 to 55 in the trial, which will evaluate whether the omicron-specific vaccine is safe and generates…
Omicron-specific vaccine is coming but ‘may not matter—everybody’s going to be infected,’ says expert
An omicron-specific Covid vaccine will be ready by March but some experts warn it could be “too late” due to the variant’s highly transmissible nature.On Monday, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told CNBC that its vaccine with BioNTech that targets omicron — and other variants that are currently circulating — will be ready for distribution by…
CDC Finds Vaccinated People Rarely Die From Covid — Unless They Have Risk Factors
Topline Vaccinated Americans face an extremely low risk of dying from Covid-19 or developing severe illness, and most of those who do succumb to the disease have multiple underlying health conditions, according to a study released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cast as evidence that vaccines work — but which recommends…
COVID Vaccine in Pregnancy Not Tied to Adverse Outcomes
Pregnant women who received a COVID-19 vaccine faced no additional risks of adverse birth outcomes compared to those who were not vaccinated, according to a retrospective cohort study. COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy was not associated with an increased risk of preterm birth (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 0.91, 95% CI 0.82-1.01) or of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) at…
U.S. FDA clears Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot for 12-year-olds
Brendan Lo (13) receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S., May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comJan 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of…
Why the CDC now recommends mRNA COVID vaccines over J&J’s
The Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccines are preferred over the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to prevent COVID-19 in people 18 years of age and over, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says. The agency’s expert vaccine panel, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, voted unanimously on Thursday to change its official recommendations.…
Two-dose vaccines induce lower antibodies against Omicron, study finds
Health workers prepare doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation centre in Naples, Italy, January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Ciro De LucaDec 13 (Reuters) – Two-dose COVID-19 vaccine regimens do not induce enough neutralising antibodies against the Omicron coronavirus variant, British scientists found, indicating that increased infections in those previously infected or vaccinated may be…
Protection offered by booster shot beats ‘natural immunity,’ study suggests
Public health officials have been struggling to persuade eligible Americans to get their COVID-19 booster shots. New research could help them make the case that the extra dose will provide substantially more protection — even if they’ve also recovered from a coronavirus infection. A small study that’s among the first to track people’s protective antibodies…
American vaccine disinformation used as ‘Trojan horse’ for far right in New Zealand
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — When Josephine Bartley, a councilor in Auckland, New Zealand, heard that a local Covid-19 vaccination clinic had been vandalized in early November, she drove over to survey the damage. After speaking to the owners and helping them connect with local law enforcement, she noticed three men loitering near her parking spot.“Some…
Pfizer’s Covid-19 Shot Offers 100% Long-Term Protection For Young Teens, Trial Shows
Topline Pfizer and BioNTech announced Monday their jointly-developed coronavirus vaccine offered strong long-term protection against Covid-19 in teenagers aged 12 to 15, data the companies said will support planned submissions for full regulatory approval in the U.S. and around the world. Pfizer said its Covid-19 vaccine provides 100% protection in teens 12-15 AFP via Getty…