The authors of a clinical study of a 20-year-old Australian man with symptoms of myocarditis that developed after his second dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine have concluded that mRNA vaccines are still “overwhelmingly favourable for all age and sex groups, including young people.” The research team, led by Joshua Wong from the Royal Melbourne Hospital, examined…
Report Concludes COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Myocarditis Remains Rare in Australia
Australian Research Declares mRNA Vaccines ‘Overwhelmingly Favourable’ Despite Causing Myocarditis
Australian researchers who studied a 20-year-old man with symptoms of myocarditis after his second Pfizer COVID-19 jab have argued that mRNA vaccines are still “overwhelmingly favourable” for all eligible age and sex groups. This is despite the country’s medicines regulator noting that myocarditis and pericarditis rates were increasing each week as vaccination rates rise. The…
Vaccines Not Durable, Omicron Might Turn COVID-19 Endemic: Bill Gates
Bill Gates, in a Twitter discussion Tuesday, said that the current COVID-19 vaccines were missing two key factors, and claimed that Omicron might bring about a wave of immunity in communities it passes through. Microsoft co-founder and one of the world’s richest men, Gates, has invested in vaccine research through his foundation and given prominent…
FDA Shortens Interval for Moderna COVID-19 Booster Based on Safety Data From Pfizer’s Booster Doses
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to shorten the interval time for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to five months was based on scientific evidence that included the safety data from Pfizer’s booster shots given in Israel, the health regulator wrote in its authorization letter to Moderna. The health regulator announced Friday that it had amended…
Health Minister: Enough Boosters For All Australians
Health Minister Greg Hunt has assured that there are enough vaccines for booster shots despite the timeframe between the second dose and the booster shot being brought forward by a month. The minister announced at the press conference at Mornington Village pharmacy on Dec. 12 that 4.1 million Australians will be eligible to receive the…
EU: Vaccine Targeting Omicron COVID-19 Variant Could be Approved Within 3-4 Months If Needed
The European Union drug regulator said Tuesday it will be prepared to approve a new COVID-19 vaccines targeting the Omicron variant within three to four months. European Medicines Agency (EMA) executive director Emer Cooke told the European Parliament that the EMA is prepared if pharmaceutical companies need to modify the existing COVID-19 vaccines for them…
Misspelling of Moderna Leads to Tourist’s Arrest in Hawaii
HONOLULU—A 24-year-old Illinois woman submitted a fake COVID-19 vaccination card to visit Hawaii with a glaring spelling error that led to her arrest: Moderna was spelled “Maderna,” according to court documents. In order to bypass Hawaii’s 10-day traveler quarantine, she uploaded a vaccination card to the state’s Safe Travels program and arrived in Honolulu Aug….
Vaccine Makers Face Fresh Challenges as COVID Variants Weaken Vaccine Efficacy
Scientists have already started looking for new vaccine candidates for the CCP virus as the mRNA vaccines, such as Pfizer and Moderna, become less effective against increasingly contagious coronavirus mutations, according to new research. The report, published in the U.S.-based New England Journal of Medicine at the beginning of July found that vaccine-induced antibodies were 2.9…
Australia Secures 25 Million Moderna Vaccines
The Australian government has secured 25 million doses of the two-dose Moderna vaccine and is also in talks with the company to establish an mRNA manufacturing facility in the country. “Moderna is, on the advice that we have, the most advanced of the vaccine products with relation to the capacity to adapt to booster and…
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