Category: Vaccine

China in Focus (March 16): China Urges Foreigners to Take Chinese Vaccine

China is urging foreigners to get inoculated with Chinese-made vaccines. Beijing says anyone who does gets an expedited process toward a Chinese visa. The Chinese regime calls the United States an empire of espionage and accuses its government of hacking after the United States labeled Chinese telecom giant Huawei and four other Chinese companies as…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (March 16)

The Department of Justice and several other government agencies say foreign actors did not manipulate the 2020 election, Moderna tests its COVID-19 vaccine on children younger than 12, and four states and a territory are joining forces with Texas.


Virgin Voyages Mandates CCP Virus Vaccines for All Crew and Passengers

Virgin Voyages, the cruise line founded by billionaire business magnate Richard Branson, will require all crew and passengers to get a CCP virus vaccine, the company said. Tom McAlpin, CEO of Virgin Voyages, said in a statement emailed to The Epoch Times that the company’s goal is to provide “the safest travel experience, which means…


Operation Warp Speed Helped Spur ‘Manufacturing Miracle’ in US

WASHINGTON—Operation Warp Speed forged by the Trump administration to develop vaccines resembles the U.S. industrial mobilization effort for World War II, according to experts. With the partnership between the government, military, and private sector, the American industry delivered vaccines within a seemingly impossible timeline. Former President Donald Trump launched the program in May 2020 with…


Italy Launches Criminal Manslaughter Investigation After Teacher Dies Hours After Getting AstraZeneca Vaccine

Italian officials have launched a manslaughter investigation after a 57-year-old music teacher died after receiving AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to local media reports, as officials with the firm and state regulators said there is no evidence that the drug causes blood clots. Prosecutors in the northern Italian region of Piedmont announced they opened a manslaughter probe…


Italy Opens Manslaughter Probe as Teacher Dies Hours After Getting AstraZeneca Vaccine

Italian officials have begun a manslaughter investigation following the death of a 57-year-old music teacher hours after receiving AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to local media reports. Officials have so far said there is no evidence of a direct link between the man’s death and his shot. Prosecutors in the northern Italian region of Piedmont announced they opened…


European Union Medical Authority: ‘No Indication’ AstraZeneca Vaccines Are Cause of Blood Clots

There is no sign that AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is linked to blood clots, the European Union’s medicinal watchdog said on Tuesday. “At present, there is no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions. They have not come up in the clinical trials and they’re not listed as known or suspected side events with this vaccine,” European Medicines…


AstraZeneca Vaccine Now Safe for Seniors, NACI Says

OTTAWA—The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says there is now enough “real-world evidence” to show the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is both safe and effective for seniors. The decision reverses a recommendation made by the body on March 1, when the panel of vaccine experts said AstraZeneca hadn’t included enough people over the age of 65…


AstraZeneca Vaccine Now Safe for Seniors in Canada, NACI Says

OTTAWA—The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says there is now enough “real-world evidence” to show the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is both safe and effective for seniors. The decision reverses a recommendation made by the body on March 1, when the panel of vaccine experts said AstraZeneca hadn’t included enough people over the age of 65…


Massachusetts Teachers Unions Push to Delay Return to Classroom: ‘This Whole Process Is Being Rushed’

The leaders of three teachers’ unions in Massachusetts are supporting an emergency legislation that would delay the school reopening for the state’s youngest students for another three weeks. State Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley, who heads the Bay State’s K-12 systems, has ordered school districts to bring students from pre-K to 5th grade back to classrooms…