Category: Vaccine

New Jersey Hospital System Fires Employees Who Refused to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine

A hospital system in New Jersey announced this week that it fired six employees who refused to comply with the company’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. RWJBarnabas Health (RWJBH) said 99.7 percent of its employees, or 2,979, at the supervisor level and above have either gotten fully vaccinated or been approved for a medical or religious exemption…


New Jersey Hospital System Fires Employees Who Didn’t Get COVID-19 Vaccine

A hospital system in New Jersey says that it has fired six senior employees who didn’t comply with the company’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. RWJBarnabas Health (RWJBH) said 2,979 staff members, or 99.7 percent, at the supervisor level and above have either been fully vaccinated or been approved for a medical or religious exemption or a…


McConnell Warns of Lockdowns If More People Don’t Get COVID-19 Vaccines

More Americans should get vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19 or the country could see harsh measures imposed this fall, the top Republican in Congress said Wednesday. “It never occurred to me after three highly effective vaccines were developed in under a year that we’d have difficulty getting Americans to take the shots. But…


McConnell Warns of What ‘We Went Through Last Year’ If More People Don’t Get COVID-19 Vaccines

More Americans should get vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19 or the country could see harsh measures imposed this fall, the top Republican in Congress said Wednesday. “It never occurred to me after three highly effective vaccines were developed in under a year that we’d have difficulty getting Americans to take the shots. But…


Spike in Death Reports Following COVID-19 Vaccination an ‘Error’: CDC

A sudden jump in the post-COVID-19 vaccination death reports is not correct and was the result of an “error,” according to a U.S. health agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday said a passive reporting system it runs with the Food and Drug Administration had received 12,313 reports of death among…


Spike in Death Reports Following COVID-19 Vaccination Caused by a Mistake: CDC

A sudden jump in the post-COVID-19 vaccination death reports is not correct and was the result of an “error,” according to a U.S. health agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday said a passive reporting system it runs with the Food and Drug Administration had received 12,313 reports of death among…


COVID Vaccine Policies Handled Inconsistently Throughout China

Conflicting orders from Chinese authorities at the central and municipal levels were issued throughout the past week regarding mandatory COVID-19 vaccination. The Chinese Communist Party has handled vaccine mandates for students and government workers in an inconsistent manner. Several provincial governments either mandated vaccination or required vaccine certificates for students to enroll in the coming…


COVID-19 Vaccine Policies Handled Inconsistently Throughout China

Conflicting orders from Chinese authorities at the central and municipal levels were issued throughout the past week regarding mandatory COVID-19 vaccination. The Chinese Communist Party has handled vaccine mandates for students and government workers in an inconsistent manner. Several provincial governments mandated vaccination or required vaccine certificates for students to enroll in the coming school…


CDC Advisory Panel to Meet on Cases of Rare Syndrome in Vaccinated Americans

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee is set to meet Thursday to go over data regarding cases of a rare syndrome in people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a panel made up of medical and public health experts who make recommendations on vaccinations, will…


J&J Vaccine Significantly Less Effective Against CCP Virus Variants, Study Suggests

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19 is significantly less effective against variants compared to the two other COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in the United States, a pre-print study by scientists from the New York University School of Medicine suggests. According to the paper’s summary, the antibodies elicited by the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines “showed…