Category: Vaccine

Biden Administration Officials Signal Some Americans May Need COVID-19 Booster Shots

Top Biden administration officials are now signaling that certain groups will need COVID-19 booster shots, a shift from earlier this month when they said the argument for boosters lacked evidence. Government officials are “actively looking into ways” to let people who don’t have strong immune systems, or the immunocompromised, gain access to boosters, Dr. Amanda Cohn,…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (July 23)

General Motors recalling some Chevy Bolt electric vehicles – for the second time. Apparently the first recall didn’t fix all the issues, what’s the problem? The Biden admin extends mortgage help as the pandemic forbearance program expires next week. We have the details. And the NFL has a new vaccine policy. Teams with unvaccinated players could potentially…


Tennessee to Resume Most Outreach Regarding Childhood Vaccinations

Tennessee health officials are resuming outreach regarding childhood vaccinations. Officials paused such outreach in recent weeks due to concern that vaccination messages on social media and on flyers and other materials being conveyed were targeted towards children instead of their parents. A top Tennessee Department of Health official, Dr. Michelle Fiscus, was fired for posting…


Doctor Calls Out Fauci’s ‘Vaccine Frenzy’ After He Slammed Missouri for Low Vaccination Rates

An Arizona doctor decried the COVID-19 vaccines as dangerous after National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci criticized Missouri for not having a high enough vaccination rate. Fauci recently called out Missouri’s COVID-19 vaccination rate, stating, “If you have a low level of vaccination, which certain sections of the state of Missouri…


Pfizer Says US Govt Buying 200 Million More Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech said on Friday the U.S. government had purchased an additional 200 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the total number of doses to be supplied to the country to 500 million. The government has an option to buy an updated version of the vaccine to address potential variants…


NYC Mandates Health Workers to Be Vaccinated or Show COVID-19 Test Weekly

New York City is requiring staff at city-run hospitals and clinics to get tested against COVID-19 on a weekly basis or get vaccinated, a move that prompted rallies by the nation’s largest healthcare union. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the new policy at a press briefing on Wednesday, explaining the measure will go into effect…


Tennessee Governor Backs Firing of Top Health Official, Pause on Vaccine Promotion to Children

Tennessee’s governor is backing the termination of a top health official after she noted that state doctrine allows children to get vaccines without parental consent. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said that he sets a vision for each department and that the state Department of Health acted in line with his vision when it fired Dr….


Israel Reports 39 Percent Effectiveness of Pfizer Vaccine in Halting Delta Variant Infections: Reports

Israeli health officials on Thursday reported that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is just 39 percent effective in preventing infections with the more contagious Delta variant, while noting that the vaccine remains highly effective in preventing serious illness and hospitalization, according to reports. New statistics from Israel’s Health Ministry, released Thursday, indicated that the vaccine jointly developed…


49 Fully Vaccinated New Jersey Residents Have Died From COVID-19

About four dozen fully vaccinated people in New Jersey have died with COVID-19, health officials say. Forty-nine deaths among the population have been recorded since December 2020, the New Jersey Department of Health confirmed to The Epoch Times. Some 5,300 people who had not gotten a vaccine also died with COVID-19. The 49 deaths come…


EU Lists Rare Nerve Disorder as Side-Effect of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine

Europe’s medicines regulator said on Thursday it had added a rare nerve-degenerating disorder, Guillain-Barré syndrome, as a possible rare side effect from Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine after it reviewed 108 cases reported worldwide. “After assessing the available data, PRAC considered that a causal relationship between COVID-19 vaccine Janssen and GBS is possible,” the European…