Category: Vaccine

House GOPers: Stop Throwing Away Unused CCP Virus Vaccines

House Republicans Ted Budd of North Carolina and Mike Garcia of California want federal health officials to issue new guidance to stop thousands of unused CCP Virus vaccines from being thrown into the garbage in New York, Washington state, and elsewhere. “In New York, unused vaccines sat in freezers and some were even thrown away…


Orange County Supervisor Names Next Super Vaccination Site

As it looks to ramp up its inoculation efforts, Orange County will open its next COVID-19 super vaccination site at Soka University Jan. 23, The Epoch Times has learned. Orange County Supervisor Lisa Bartlett said the Aliso Viejo campus will serve as the second major point of distribution (POD) for the region. Soka University confirmed…


Tourism Will Need Federal Support if Overseas Flights Stop Until 2022: Osmond

The Tourism industry is seeking additional financial support from the federal government after the former chief health officer Brendan Murphy warned international travel would be unlikely this year even with a CCP virus vaccine rollout imminent. Murphy, who is the current secretary of the Health Department, told the ABC on Monday that: “Even if we have…


No Pfizer BioNTech Vaccine Doses to Be Shipped to Canada Next Week: Fortin

OTTAWA—Canada is not going to get any vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech next week and the federal government says it still can’t tell provinces exactly how many doses to expect over the next month. The U.S. drugmaker is cutting back production at its European production facility in Belgium to upgrade capacity and increase the total doses…


Supermarket Chain Aldi Joins Growing List of Firms Paying Workers to Get COVID Vaccine

German supermarket chain Aldi on Tuesday became the latest company in the grocery sector to offer incentives to U.S. employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine, in a bid to remove obstacles for workers who may be reluctant to get the jab for fear of losing wages or other concerns. The retailer, which has more than…


Orange County Health Officials Pull Vaccine Lot Due to Possible Side Effects

Orange County, California, health officials are suspending the use of a Moderna COVID-19 lot following reports of possible adverse side effects. The move was under the directive of the California Department of Public Health, which recommended providers stop using lot 041L20A of the vaccine due to an ongoing investigation into possible allergic reactions. California’s top…


Companies Dangle Incentives to Spur Employees to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

Workers at several companies are being offered money if they are vaccinated against COVID-19, amid reluctance from some to get one of the vaccines. Dollar General is giving hourly workers who get a COVID-19 vaccine the equivalent of four hours of pay. The company said it’s one way to remove barriers to getting vaccinated. Salaried…


Former New York State Democratic Party Leader Receives Vaccine in Florida

A former New York State Democratic Party leader, who previously worked for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has said he received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida due to the slower rollout of inoculations in his native state. New York resident John Sullivan, who worked as the party’s co-chairman in the 1990s, said he…


West Virginia Leads Nation in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration

As states around the country struggle to distribute and administer COVID-19 vaccines to healthcare workers and the older population in long-term care facilities, West Virginia is leading the nation in both areas, with its immunization rate for these groups at almost 100 percent. “Right now, we’re at 98.1 percent, as far as vaccines in people’s…


Norway Warns Against Vaccinating Frail and Terminally Ill People After Reported Deaths

Officials in Norway said they are investigating the deaths of about two dozen elderly patients who received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and are looking into the prospect that adverse reactions to the vaccine “may have contributed to a fatal outcome in some frail patients.” Reports of adverse reactions with a fatal outcome “suggest that common adverse reactions…