A low dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine didn’t produce a significant immune response among children between the ages of 2 and 5, the two firms said on Friday. Amid clinical trials that are ongoing, the two drugmakers tested 3 micrograms of the vaccine in kids aged 6 months to less than 5 years of age….
Biden Administration Announces COVID-19 ‘Test-to-Stay’ Policy in Schools
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced updated guidance that unvaccinated students who are considered close contacts with a positive COVID-19 case do not need to quarantine, if they consistently test negative for the virus. The new directive was announced by CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, who cited several studies for the decision, during…
Growing Number of Companies and Organizations Are Walking Back Vaccination Requirements
More and more businesses in recent days have walked back previous rules mandating COVID-19 as a condition for employment in a bid to keep workers. Earlier this week, Amtrak—a quasi-public corporation—became the latest to rescind its vaccine requirement amid concerns about staff shortages and cut service in January. In a memo sent to staff that…
Trust in Vaccines ‘Undermined’ When Officials Try to Force Everyone to Get Them: Dr. Atlas
Public confidence in COVID-19 vaccines is being undercut by the widespread push for everybody, even those with natural immunity, to get them, according to a member of the White House COVID-19 Response Team during the Trump administration. That administration was able to help several companies produce vaccines in record time. “It wasn’t just cutting red…
Fauci Warns Hospitals Could Be ‘Overwhelmed’ Within Weeks Due to Omicron
White House COVID-19 advisor Anthony Fauci warned that U.S. hospitals will be soon overwhelmed by Omicron variant patients in the coming weeks although South African health officials have said the newly discovered variant has produced a low number of hospitalizations so far. Omicron, Fauci said Thursday, will likely become the dominant strain within a “few…
Eight Cases of Heart Inflammation Reported Among Kids 5–11 Who Received Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine: CDC
Eight cases of myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation, have been reported in children aged 5–11 years who received Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Dec. 16. The CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel spoke via an online meeting Thursday to discuss the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine…
Eight Cases of Heart Inflammation Reported Among Kids Ages 5–11 Years Who Received Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine: CDC
Eight cases of myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation, have been reported in children aged 5–11 years who received Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Dec. 16. The CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel spoke via an online meeting Thursday to discuss the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine…
Biden’s Health Care Worker COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Now Blocked in Texas
December 17, 2021
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The federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers cannot go into effect in Texas, a federal judge ruled this week. The Department of Health and Human Services’s (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the mandate last month despite not having clear authority from Congress to do so, U.S. District Judge Matthew…
Over 100 Marines, Six Army Leaders Booted for Not Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
More than 100 Marine Corps members have been kicked out of the force for not getting a COVID-19 vaccine, the military branch announced Thursday. Marine officials decided to discharge 103 individuals, spokespersons for the branch told news outlets. The Army on Thursday announced it had relieved six active-duty leaders, including two battalion commanders, for refusing…
Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Not ‘Preferred’ Due to Link to Severe Condition: CDC Advisers
A panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) unanimously voted on Thursday to recommend the agency tell the public that the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are preferred to the jab from Johnson & Johnson (J&J). “mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are preferred over the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine for the prevention of…
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