Category: Moderna vaccine

Health Canada Approves Pfizer’s COVID Booster for Children 5 to 11 Years Old

Health Canada has approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster vaccine for children five to 11 years old following approval two months ago of the same shot for individuals 12 years and older. “After a thorough and independent scientific review of the evidence, Health Canada has determined that the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty Omicron BA.4/BA.5 bivalent-adapted booster vaccine for children 5 to…


Moderna Requests US Authorization for Omicron-Targeted COVID-19 Booster, Day After Pfizer

Moderna announced on Aug. 23 that it has requested emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine targeted for the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. The company’s latest so-called bivalent vaccine dose, mRNA-1273.222, targets the BA.4/BA.5 subvariants of the Omicron strain as well as the original strain of…


Vaccination Increases Risk of COVID-19, But Infection Without Vaccination Gives Immunity: Study

Having two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine has been linked with negative protection against the disease, scientists say, while a previous infection without vaccination offers around 50 percent immunity, according to a study analyzing the Omicron wave in Qatar. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on June 15, examined the Omicron…


Vaccination Increases Risk of COVID-19 Infection, But Infection Without Vaccination Gives Immunity: Study

Having two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine has been linked with negative protection against symptomatic infection with the disease, scientists say, while a previous infection without vaccination offers around 50 percent immunity, according to a study analyzing the Omicron wave in Qatar. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on June 15,…


Health Expert Calls on Australian States to Lift Mask Mandates in Schools

A leading authority in infectious disease has called for Australian state governments to remove mask rules for school students in the classroom as the jurisdictions proceed with relaxing indoor mandates. Many states across the country have taken action to ease mask mandate in indoor venues, except for some high-risk environments like hospitals, aged care and…


LIVE: CDC Advisors Meet on Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine


Facts Matter (Nov. 12): Regulators Probe ‘Rare and Serious’ Blood Clots; FDA Recalls 2M Tests Over False Positives

In Europe, the European Medicines Agency has just confirmed that they’re currently in the process of investigating a rare and serious blood condition that has arisen for people who received the Moderna vaccine. And this is not the only challenge that Moderna is currently facing. On Tuesday, the French Health Authority released a new public advisory…


CDC Endorses Boosters for Moderna, J&J, Mixing Shots

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has approved booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson brands, including taking different shots for the booster compared to the initial inoculation. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky gave her final approval late Thursday after an advisory panel unanimously endorsed the boosters,…


Iceland Stops Using Moderna Vaccine Over-Heart Inflammation Risk

Iceland on Oct. 8 halted the use of the Moderna vaccine against the CCP virus due to reports from Nordic countries of “increased incidence” of inflammation of heart muscle and tissues triggered by the injection. Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway have already limited the use of the Moderna vaccine over the same concerns. Iceland went…


Western Australia Govt. Pushes For Children to Roll up Sleeves and Get COVID-19 Jab

The Western Australian (WA) government is urging students to roll up their sleeves and receive a COVID-19 vaccination ahead of Term 4 as children aged 12 and over have been given the green light to receive the Moderna vaccine. “Having access to the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in selected pharmacies provides another option for Western Australians…